WASHINGTON/BEIJING – Aides to Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed a potential meeting between the leaders during a trip by the U.S. president to Asia later this year, according to two people familiar with the plans. While plans for a meeting have not been finalized, discussions on both sides of the Pacific…
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has welcomed the recent decision on Saturday, 19 July, by the United States and the United Kingdom to upgrade their travel advisories for Egypt to Level II: Exercise Increased Caution. This classification places Egypt alongside countries like France and Germany. Tamim Khallaf, the official spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, described in…
President Donald Trump is doing something no American president has ever done. Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, from Sept. 17 to 19, when King Charles III and Queen Camilla will host them at Windsor Castle. Buckingham Palace made the announcement on Monday,…
NEW YORK — A modest pullback for U.S. stocks Friday eased the market from all-time highs and left major stock indexes on Wall Street in the red for the week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed 0.3% lower a day after setting a record high. The benchmark index’s loss for the week followed two straight weekly…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump has the power to deem China an enemy to stop them from buying farmland in the U.S., says China expert Gordon Chang. “He might be loath to declare China an enemy, but in fact it is,” Chang said. “They call us an enemy. And also, he just has inherent…
July 10 (UPI) — A third of all U.S. counties do not have full-time journalists, according to a new report by the non-profit Rebuild Local News and journalism aggregator Muck Rack. The United States averaged 40 full-time journalists for every 100,000 residents in 2002, but that average has dropped to 8.2 in 2025, according to…
A rally in big tech stocks led the broader market to a higher close Wednesday, lifting the Nasdaq to an all-time high and helping Wall Street claw back most of its losses from earlier in the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% for its first gain this week. The benchmark index remains near the record…
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions. It’s unclear exactly how many foreign medical residents were unable to start their assignments, but six medical residents interviewed by The Associated Press…
Canadian climate startup Deep Sky is rapidly emerging as a leader in carbon removal after completing construction on what it calls the world’s first test hub dedicated entirely to direct air capture technologies. Located in Alberta, the Alpha facility has secured contracts with eight companies from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, and the Netherlands,…
June 29 (UPI) — President Donald Trump said a group of “very wealthy people” wants to buy the Chinese-owned TikTok social media app that is facing a ban in the United States. During an interview Friday with Maria Bartiromo that appeared Sunday on Fox News, Trump said, “We have a buyer for TikTok, by the…