Tag: Donald Trump

• Thursday, March 6th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

  Trump gives Hamas last warning before “hell”

  

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent an ultimatum to the terrorist organization Hamas to release all hostages or face hell. “'Shalom Hamas' means hello and goodbye. You have a choice,” he stressed, meaning he was done talking. The Republican leader also stressed he was sending Israel “everything it needs to finish the job” in Gaza

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• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

  Trump's tariffs become effective, but new compromise expected

  

  The United States implemented tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, triggering responses from these nations and causing a market meltdown. The tariffs include a 25% levy on imports from Mexico and Canada and an increase from 10% to 20% on goods from China. The move seeking to address fentanyl trafficking and border security has failed to meet expectations.

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• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Trump says he would look into signing FTA with Argentina

  

  Just hoours after US Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone said his country was not interested ina Free Trade (FTA) with Argentina and that President Javier Milei should pick his advisors better, US President Donald Trump said the Libertarian was “a great leader” and admitted he could “look into” a commerce arrangement.

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• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 09:29 UTC

  Canada will retaliate if Trump moves on with tariffs

  

  Canada's Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday that her country was ready for if or when US President Donald Trump decides to move on with the 25% tariffs currently on pause following a telephone understanding with acting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 14:46 UTC

  US not interested in FTA with Argentina, Latin American Envoy says

  

  Former Inter American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone, now Us State Department envoy for Latin American Affairs, said during the weekend that President Donald Trump's administration was not after any new Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which might be disappointing to Argentina's Javier Milei who announced he was willing to leave Mercosur to achieve just that.

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• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 09:43 UTC

  Europe steps in behind Zelensky after Trump's withdrawal

  

  After being ejected from the White House last Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky found support for his cause in a European Summit in London, where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer picked up the baton Donald Trump dropped. Other regional leaders followed suit.

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• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 21:45 UTC

  Zelensky's appearance at the Oval Office ends in acrimonious dismissal

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a rough time Friday at the White House as his US colleague Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance conveyed to him the Republican Government's view of how he handled the three-year war with Russia. Trump insisted his guest was not ready to negotiate peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin and ended up ejecting the Ukrainian delegation from the Oval Office. In a later posting on social media, Trump said the former comedian could return when he was ready for peace.

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• Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

  Trump ends Biden's oil concessions to Venezuela

  

  US President Donald Trump has revoked the oil concessions granted to Venezuela by his predecessor, Joseph Biden, due to non-compliance with electoral conditions and lack of cooperation in the process of deporting “violent criminals,” it was announced in Washington DC. This decision impacts Chevron's operations in Venezuela, which were authorized by Biden in 2022.

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• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Milei tells CPAC deeper chainsaw coming up

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the United States that the “era of the omnipresent State” was over ass he pledged to deepen his so-called “chainsaw” efforts cutting expenses.

• Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC

  Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

  

  US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.