NATO is in disarray after US says its security priorities lie elsewhere

Associated Press 02/14/2025

BRUSSELS — In just one speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, the most powerful member of NATO has thrown the world’s biggest military alliance into disarray, raising troubling questions about America’s commitment to European…

Trump and Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine

Agence France Presse 02/13/2025

Washington, United States – US President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday he expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between…

US consumer inflation unexpectedly up, Trump blames Biden

Agence France Presse 02/13/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US consumer inflation unexpectedly accelerated last month, data showed Wednesday, in a moment of potential political peril for President Donald Trump, who quickly blamed the uptick on his predecessor Joe Biden. The consumer…

‘Make California Great Again’: Danes dream of buying golden state

Agence France Presse 02/13/2025

COPENHAGEN, Denmark —In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, some Danes are California dreaming, offering to buy the golden state and infuse it with a Nordic vibe and universal health care.…

Trump warns: ‘All hell’ if Gaza captives not freed by Saturday

Agence France Presse 02/11/2025

Washington, United States  – US President Donald Trump set a Saturday deadline for all hostages to be released from Gaza, saying that otherwise “all hell” would break out and he would call for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to…

Trump on Gaza: US will take over it, create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

Agence France Presse 02/05/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries — seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not —…

Musk: Trump ‘shutting down’ US aid agency

Agence France Presse 02/04/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s controversial close advisor, said Monday the giant USAID humanitarian agency will be “shutting down” as part of his radical — and critics say…

Colombia caves in on deportations after Trump threats

Agence France Presse 01/27/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Colombia on Sunday caved in,  backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass…

Trump to sanction Colombia over rejection of US deportation flights

Associated Press 01/27/2025

BOGOTA, Colombia — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two U.S. military flights carrying migrants. Trump said…

Trump’s geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering – what next?

Associated Press 01/24/2025

What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been…

Trump, Musk and AI: What happened at Davos Thursday

Agence France Presse 01/24/2025

DAVOS, Switzerland — Donald Trump grabbed the spotlight in Davos on Thursday, even if he wasn’t physically there, but other things happened at the annual meeting of world elites in the Swiss ski village. One of his…

Trump on Tiktok says he would be open to Musk buying it

Agence France Presse 01/22/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk — the owner of social media platform X — buying Chinese-owned app TikTok. “I would be if he…

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