WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.” This move, as local media described it, fulfilled decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency. …
Read More »Trump, Zelensky agree to “partial ceasefire against energy” in Ukraine
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The White House said U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday agreed to “a partial ceasefire against energy” between Russia and Ukraine. The phone call came one day after Trump and Russian President Vladimir …
Read More »Almost entire VOA staff sent on leave, radio station going silent
WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | More than 1,300 employees of the Voice of America (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent media outlet) have been sent on administrative leave, and the radio station itself is going silent, Michael Abramowitz, Voice of America’s director announced. He said …
Read More »Donald Trump’s reverse Kissinger strategy
Why it is unlikely that a few baubles will attract Putin to adopt his strategy to befriend Russia to isolate China COMMENT | VIJAY PRASHAD | U.S. President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin and told him that the U.S. government is committed to a peace process in Ukraine. …
Read More »Trump: Europe does not know how to resolve Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | European countries don’t know how to resolve the Ukraine crisis, US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House. When asked why European countries weren’t proposing specific options for settling the conflict, the US leader said that “sometimes questions aren’t answerable.” “They’re …
Read More »NATO chief tells Zelensky to restore relations with Trump
BRUSSELS | TASS | NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has urged Vladimir Zelensky to restore ties with US President Donald Trump and branded their heated exchange as “unfortunate.” In an interview with BBC, the NATO chief said: “I told Zelensky: you have to find a way to restore your relationship …
Read More »Donald Trump’s war on global governance
Lessons from the past on how to fight back when the dominant global power bullies weaker nations COMMENT | DANNY BRADLOW | U.S. president Donald Trump’s recent actions seem designed to reassert American power and demonstrate that it is still the dominant global power and is capable of bullying weaker nations …
Read More »What to know about landmark U.S.-Russia talks?
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | High-level delegations from the United States and Russia met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, agreeing to work toward ending the three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict and restoring bilateral relations. It marked the first face-to-face interaction between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak of the …
Read More »Shots and shocks: Trump’s 1st month in office
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his first month in office, his administration has been marked by a series of headline-grabbing actions and remarks: the deportation of undocumented immigrants, massive federal government layoffs, frequent tariff threats, and the idea of “owning” Gaza. Trump’s …
Read More »U.S., Russia agree to improve ties, work on ending Ukraine conflict
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | Xinhua | The United States and Russia have agreed to work on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine and improve bilateral ties during extensive high-level talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. In the first face-to-face interactions between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak …
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