KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The United States signed a flurry of deals on trade and critical minerals with four Southeast Asian partners on Sunday, looking to address trade imbalances and diversify supply chains amid tighter export curbs on rare earths by China. U.S. President Donald Trump, who is in Kuala Lumpur to attend…
Libertarian president’s party wins 41.5% in Buenos Aires province, increasing lower house seats from 37 to 64 Argentine President Javier Milei secured a decisive victory Sunday in midterm elections, expanding his control of Congress and giving his government fresh momentum to push forward with deep spending cuts and sweeping free-market reforms. The result gives Milei’s…
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces seized a key military base in the army’s last stronghold in the western Darfur region, activists and aid groups said Monday, a significant blow in the war that has gripped the country since 2023. Medical groups reported dozens of civilians killed. Over a quarter-million people — half of them…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deployed a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its complement of guided missile destroyers to the South American coast Friday, according to his top spokesperson. Sean Parnell, who is Hegseth’s assistant defense secretary for public affairs, announced that the USS Gerald R. Ford, its on-board warplanes, and the other ships in its…
The populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany Party, labeled “extremist” by German authorities, wants to build closer ties to President Trump. BERLIN — It was 1885 when Friedrich Trump first left Bad Dürkheim, in Germany’s western Palatinate region, for the United States. Now, 140 years later, the populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wants to…
The world’s two largest economies are once again battling for dominance. In the latest exchange between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Beijing is using financial markets as leverage in the trade war, betting that a sustained downturn might pressure Trump to compromise. The Trump administration, however, has made clear it will…
Greetings from Tyler, The whole media is out to get Trump. The news organizations are beside themselves, but he’s smiling the whole time. It’s about to get real, all the scoundrels who thought they’d get Trump one way or another are going down, most of them anyway. All the lawsuits, all the criminal investigations, where…
This is the first time Trump has imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia during his second term. The United States announced sanctions against Russian oil companies on Wednesday (local time) as a result of “Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine”. The sanctions were announced by United States…
Starting on Nov. 1, additional new requirements are going into effect that may impact Pennsylvanian’s eligibility for SNAP benefits. HARRISBURG, Pa. — More changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) following passage of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” earlier this year. That spending bill created new work requirements and placed limits on how long…
Lavrov and Rubio are expected to meet in Budapest on Oct. 30, an anonymous German official told the Financial Times. They added that Hungary’s pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was expected to outline plans ahead of the summit, which could include a meeting between Trump and EU leaders. The plans have not yet been confirmed. EU leaders…