A web of complex issues remain as peace talks continuepublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 19 August 19:43 BST 19 August Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent Kyiv’s European allies are keen to capitalise on yesterday’s sense of momentum, engaging with the Trump administration while they feel they have the president’s attention. Hence the urgent dispatch to Washington … Read more
“At the request of President Zelenskyy, I will join the meeting with President Trump and other European leaders in the White House tomorrow,” von der Leyen said in a statement, prior to receiving the Ukrainian leader in Brussels for a virtual summit of the Coalition of the Willing, the informal grouping of European countries pushing … Read more
Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister last month to ask about a nomination for the Nobel peace prize, Norwegian press reported on Thursday. The Norwegian outlet Dagens Næringsliv, citing unnamed sources, reported: “Out of the blue, while finance minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called … He wanted the … Read more
OPEC+ is opening the oil taps again, while Donald Trump’s tariffs target Russian crude buyers. OPEC+, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, has agreed to another large production hike in September. That’s despite a warning by the International Energy Agency, the extra barrels could tip the market into oversupply later this year. US President Donald … Read more
Cannabis stocks soar after US president says he is ‘looking at’ reclassification. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration is “looking at” reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said he would make a determination on the legal classification of the drug over … Read more
Conservative attorney George Conway warned that President Donald Trump is steering the nation toward a constitutional crisis. Conway, a longtime Trump critic, shared a report on political turmoil in Israel, where the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted to fire the attorney general who is prosecuting him in a corruption case. Conway warned that … Read more
Western nations discuss Palestinian statehood, but Israel’s policy to starve the Palestinians in Gaza remains intact. Despite some pushback from his party to deal with the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza – especially Israel’s starvation policy – the US governing Republican Party remains unmoved. Republicans overwhelmingly support Israel’s tactics against the Palestinians, as support for … Read more
President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves drew worries from Wall Street as stocks slumped Friday and Treasury yields fell sharply. Trump signed an order Thursday night imposing steep tariffs on 66 countries, the European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands to go into effect on Aug. 7, after he originally threatened them for April but … Read more
“President Trump has brokered, on average, about one peace deal or ceasefire per month during his six months in office,” she said as she listed some of those efforts. “It’s well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” While Trump has had his hand in some ceasefire agreements, his efforts overall … Read more
The US president says he is disappointed in Russia’s Putin as he shortens a 50-day deadline he set this month. United States President Donald Trump has set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to end its war in Ukraine, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for prolonging the conflict. … Read more