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Trump: US Will “Take a Pass” on Ukraine Talks if Stalemate Persists

This is Beirut, 18/04 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv. Trump was speaking after Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented -- following talks with European allies - that Washington would "move on" if a truce did not seem "doable" within ...

Macron Invites Foreign Researchers to "Choose France"

This is Beirut, 18/04 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday invited foreign researchers to work in France, in an apparent effort to lure US scientists hit by federal research spending cuts under Donald Trump. "Researchers from the world over, choose France, choose Europe," Macron said on X. https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1913265914377633928  The ...

Trump Administration Studying Option to Fire Fed Chair

This is Beirut, 18/04 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump and his administration are studying whether dismissing independent Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell is an option, his top White House economic aide said Friday. "The president and his team will continue to study that matter," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told reporters when asked if ...

Google Has Illegal Monopoly in Ad Tech, US Judge Rules

This is Beirut, 18/04 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine. The federal government and more than a dozen US states filed the antitrust suit against Alphabet-owned Google, accusing it of acting illegally to dominate three sectors of ...

Trump Softens on Zelensky, Claims Mineral Deal Coming Soon

This is Beirut, 17/04 23:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he doesn't hold Volodymyr Zelensky "responsible" for Russia's invasion of his country but continued to criticize the pro-Western Ukrainian leader. Trump has repeatedly made the false claim that Ukraine started the war and this week accused Zelensky of responsibility for "millions" of deaths. "I don't ...

US Supreme Court to Rule on Trump’s Challenge to Birthright Citizenship

This is Beirut, 17/04 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship on May 15, the court announced Thursday. Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office seeking to limit birthright citizenship for children whose parents are in the United States illegally or on temporary visas, but it has been ...

Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

This is Beirut, 17/04 22:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he could force out the head of the independent Federal Reserve, lashing out after Jerome Powell warned of tariffs-fueled inflation. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Powell would "leave if I ask him to." He added, "I'm not happy with him. I let him know it, and if I want him ...

Iran: Diplomacy on the Edge of Collapse

Paul Guillot, 17/04 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Speaking from Tehran on Thursday, April 17, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warned that “time is running out” to reach a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. His visit comes at a tense moment, with European diplomatic efforts largely sidelined and fears of military confrontation ...

US-China: the Clash of the Titans

This is Beirut, 17/04 11:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As the trade war between the United States and China escalates, here is a point-by-point comparison of the world's two biggest economic powers. Geographic, demographic giants  With a surface area of more than nine million square kilometres (3.5 million square miles) each, the United States and China rank among the world's four biggest ...

Trump Blocked Israeli Plan to Strike Iran Nuclear Sites

This is Beirut, 17/04 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump scuppered an Israeli plan to strike Iranian nuclear sites, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, as Washington attempts to reach a deal to curb Tehran's weapons program. The United States and Iran, which have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are seeking a new nuclear deal after Trump pulled out of ...

Trump Says 'Joke' Harvard Should be Stripped of Funds

This is Beirut, 17/04 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the prestigious university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision. Trump's administration also threatened to ban the famed seat of learning from accepting foreign students unless it bowed to the ...

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