Trump, Japan’s Ishiba play nice despite tariff threat Leaders pledge to stand against Chinese ‘aggression’, announce compromise on Nippon Steel-US Steel deal. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025 [Jim Watson/AFP] Published On 8…
Missing Alaska plane found with all 10 people on board presumed dead Deadly crash is the third aviation disaster in the US in little over a week. US Coast Guard personnel examine the wreckage of a small commuter plane in western Alaska, the United States, on February 7, 2025 [US Coast Guard via AP Photo]…
EXPLAINER Why has Pakistan’s Punjab province imposed a complete ban on kite flying? The new penalties will also target kite makers and transporters, in addition to those who fly kites. Two Pakistani youths carry a giant paper kite with ‘Kite 2000’ written on it, on the eve of Basant in Lahore [File: Reuters] By Areesha LodhiPublished…
War crimes prosecutor Reed Brody talks about what’s needed now, now that Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the ICC.
Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law Trump’s executive order comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country would not be ‘bullied’. US President Donald Trump, pictured in Washington, DC, the United States on February 6, 2025, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pictured in Maputo, Mozambique, on…
What does Trump’s ethnic cleansing proposal mean for ceasefire deal? US president’s call for mass displacement in Gaza risks renewing the fighting in the devastated enclave, analysts say. Palestinians walk past the rubble of bombed-out buildings in Gaza City on February 6 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters] By Ali HarbPublished On 8 Feb 20258 Feb 2025 Washington, DC…
Noboa has continued to weather controversy about the limits of his authority through the end of his latest campaign. Ecuador’s constitution requires that public officials take a leave of absence to run for re-election. But Noboa instead signed two executive decrees to avoid transferring power to his vice president, Veronica Abad, with whom he is…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Trump revokes Biden’s access to intelligence briefings US president says ‘no need’ for predecessor to have access to classified information. US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, in Morningside, Maryland, on February 7, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP Photo] Published On 8 Feb 20258 Feb 2025 United States…