Eli Lilly plans $27bn in new plants as Trump threatens pharma tariffs The new plants will be built in the US over the next five years and create 3,000 jobs for skilled workers. Eli Lilly said it hopes the US government will exempt medical supplies from potential tariffs [File: Darron Cummings/AP Photo] Published On 26…
Washington Post opinion head departs as Jeff Bezos shifts focus for paper The section will not include viewpoints that oppose personal liberties and free markets, Bezos said in a staff memo. Jeff Bezos is among the several tech executives seen as making overtures to President Donald Trump in recent months [File: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool/AP Photo]…
Israel-Hamas agreement needed to move to phase two of multi-stage deal.
Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting with Elon Musk Musk defended DOGE attempts to fire federal employees, while Trump said Russia would have to make concessions for peace. US President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting on February 26 [Brian Snyder/Reuters] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 26 Feb 202526 Feb 2025 United States…
This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up the continent to “own” it themselves.
Trump memo calls on US federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs The US president and his allies continue their efforts to dismantle agencies long viewed with ire by conservatives. Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk outside the US Capitol on February 25 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] Published On 26 Feb 202526 Feb…
Trump administration appeals deadline to release US foreign aid funding Nonprofits and businesses have argued that a 90-day foreign aid freeze under Trump has left US government bills unpaid. United States President Donald Trump froze foreign aid funding on the first day of his second term [Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo] Published On 26 Feb 202526…
The Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison by a Bosnian court.
US will not give security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump says US president says Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Washington, DC, on Friday to sign US-Ukraine critical minerals deal. World leaders support Ukraine at the war’s third anniversary summit Published On 26 Feb 202526 Feb 2025 President Donald Trump says the United States will not give Ukraine…
BP drops climate targets in pivot back to oil and gas BP slashes planned investment in renewable energy and is increasing annual oil and gas spending. The BP Plc company logo at the entrance to the BP Pulse headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK [File: Bloomberg] Published On 26 Feb 202526 Feb 2025 Oil major BP…