WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions, following his…
After Joe Biden was called out on Fox News for going on a holiday vacation, many on social media rallied around the former president and slammed host Tomi Lahren for mocking the retired politician. During Tuesday’s broadcast of “Hannity,” Lahren openly mocked Biden for his end-of-year trip, noting, “And you’ll never believe where Joe Biden…
Photo credit: X/@SusieWiles05 Did the “Ice Maiden,” as Donald Trump calls his no-nonsense chief of staff Susie Wiles, who has quietly run the White House with a relatively steady hand unlike his chaotic first term, have a meltdown or was it a hit job?Washington was abuzz Tuesday with a bombshell Vanity Fair interview with the…
Donald Trump was having a very Donald Trump Christmas morning! If you didn’t already know, unhinged Christmas messages are basically Trump’s tradition. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Related: “You Look Ridiculous!!!!”: Older Women Are Sharing The “Puzzling” Things Younger Women Do, And Wow In his 2024 Christmas message, he rambled on about the…
The senior Democrat on a US congressional committee focused on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill the State Department’s vacant post for Arctic affairs, citing intensifying competition with Beijing and adding to growing pressure to address the vacancy. The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs leads US engagement with the eight-country Arctic Council…
The Valera vessel, which loaded a shipment from Gazprom PJSC’s Portovaya facility on the Baltic Sea, arrived at the Beihai import terminal in China today. (Gazprom pic) MOSCOW: A Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility delivered its first shipment to China since being sanctioned by the US in January, the latest sign of increased…
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Bankruptcies, suicides: US farmers detail cost of trade tensions illustration by Brian Wang High fuel costs, rising interest rates, falling crop…
The Trump administration announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades on Thursday, as President Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems. The oil industry has been seeking access to new offshore areas, including off…
Limiting AI use in military applications and ensuring global AI governance could ease collaboration and dialogue between China and the US as they vie for influence over the transformative technology, according to experts at a forum in Hong Kong on Monday. Their remarks came as artificial intelligence is being increasingly adopted in the defence sector,…
By lifting its arms embargo on Cambodia, Washington has signalled that President Donald Trump aims to lure Phnom Penh away from Beijing – a move experts warn would be difficult to achieve. According to a notice from the US Federal Register, the State Department formally ended its arms embargo on Cambodia as of November 7,…