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Tag: Donald Trump

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

    Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

    Al-Sharaa wants Trump to help Syria transition to an ally in the Middle East

    US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 08:47 UTC

    BBC Chiefs resign amid crisis over misleading Trump speech edit

    Davie had served the BBC for 20 years

    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was thrown into a deep leadership crisis on Sunday after Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness both resigned following accusations that a documentary had misleadingly edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.

  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 12:19 UTC

    Milei criticizes Mamdani and praises Trump

    Milei described his recent Oct. 26 election win as a “plebiscite for two models of the country”

    In his appearance on Thursday at the America Business Forum in Miami, Argentine President Javier Milei seized the opportunity to lambast New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, praise his US colleague Donald Trump, and seek investments for his country. Milei described his own electoral victory as a mandate for capitalist reform.

  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    US Senate rejects resolution to curb Trump’s military actions in Venezuela

    The proposal, drafted by Senators Tim Kaine, Adam Schiff, and Republican Rand Paul, aimed to reaffirm Congress’s authority as the only body empowered to declare war

    The US Senate, controlled by Republicans, rejected on Thursday a bipartisan resolution that sought to block President Donald Trump from launching military operations in Venezuela without congressional approval. The measure was defeated 51 to 49, with only two Republican senators siding with Democrats.

  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

    Trump intensifies pressure on Maduro after Senate refuses to limit his military powers

    Trump defended the US military’s extrajudicial strikes. “We’re blowing up cartel terrorists linked to Maduro’s regime”

    Despite the legislative setback, President Donald Trump continues to escalate his campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom he accuses of leading a regional narcotics network.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 16:43 UTC

    Bad news for Punta Arenas: NFS Antarctic researchers and icebreakers return to US

     Built in 1992, the Palmer is a 7,600-ton icebreaker capable of breaking 3 feet (1 meter) of ice at 3 knots. It is 308 feet (94 meters) long and has 12,720 horsepower.

    Severe cuts in Budget resources for the United States National Science Foundation, (NSF) dictated by president Donald Trump are having an impact on Antarctic research, and a huge financial loss for the community of Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, according to polar scientists.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

    Machado is due to appear remotely from Venezuela

    A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    US attacks boat near Colombia, killing two

    Some 66 people are believed to have been killed by US forces so far in 17 of these attacks

    The US Department of War confirmed a new military strike on Tuesday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, near Colombia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals classified as suspected drug traffickers.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    FT says Trump teams evaluating dollarization of Argentina's economy

    Trump remains committed to “maintaining the strength and power of the dollar,” as Beijing pushes for the use of other currencies

    Sources close to US President Donald Trump said the Republican administration was actively discussing a strategy to encourage several countries to adopt the greenback as their official currency, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday. The move would seek to curb China’s growing influence and maintain the dollar's global dominance.

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Maduro's days in power “are numbered,” says Trump

    “We have very secret plans” about Venezuela, Trump argued

    US President Donald Trump suggested in a TV interview on Sunday that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's time in power is limited. However, he downplayed the likelihood of the United States' engaging in a war with the South American country. Asked whether the United States would go to war with Venezuela, Trump replied, “I doubt it. I don't think so.”