Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth – Donald Trump President Donald Trump has called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to leverage China’s influence to help end the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Speaking via video link at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump stated that China holds significant power over the conflict and revealed…

A United States federal district court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. John C. Coughenour, US district judge, gave the ruling on Thursday, January 23, 2025. The order to end birthright citizenship had originally been slated to take effect on February 19 but 18 states’ attorneys general filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging it. The Democratic officials also filed a request asking the court to…

Bangladesh released 178 former paramilitary troops from prison on Thursday, nearly 16 years after their arrest for involvement in a violent mutiny that claimed the lives of dozens of senior army officers. The mutiny, which erupted in 2009, was led by disgruntled members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), who brutally murdered 74 people during a two-day rebellion. The revolt began in the capital, Dhaka, and rapidly spread across the country,…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to once again designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels a “foreign terrorist organisation,” the White House announced Wednesday. When former president Joe Biden took over from Trump in 2021, he removed the designation that Trump had signed near the end of his first term. Biden’s move came in response to concern from aid groups that they would need to pull out of Yemen…

The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its defunding after a description of his recent flourish, seen by some as a Hitler salute, appeared on the encyclopedic website. The fight pits two of the internet’s best-known tech giants against each other — and highlights the starkly different ethos behind Musk’s X social media site and Wikipedia, founded by American entrepreneur…

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials apprehended 308 migrants across the country. The New Daily Prime earlier reported that President Donald Trump, in the early stages of his 2024 presidential campaign, promised to focus on reducing legal migration and deporting individuals living in the U.S. without legal status. During his inauguration on Monday, Trump signed several executive actions related to border policy. Some of the orders include…

Frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor says businesses must be prepared for ‘disruptions’ Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner in the race to become Germany’s chancellor, has warned German companies about the “great risk” of investing in China. “I say to all representatives of the German economy that the decision to invest in China is a decision involving great risk,” the Christian Democratic party chief said in Berlin on Thursday. He issued…

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Twenty-five victims’ families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have sued South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government for what they say is its failure to properly investigate those offences and deliver justice. The group is seeking about 167 million rand ($9 million) in damages, according to the case filed at the High Court in the capital Pretoria on Monday, and shared by the…

 In a move that has reignited global health concerns, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing the agency of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic, lacking necessary reforms, and failing to remain independent. The executive order, signed on January 20th, marks the second time Mr. Trump has attempted to sever U.S. ties with the United Nations health body. His…

President Donald Trump threatened to impose “high levels” of tariffs and sanctions on Russia if there is no deal to end the war in Ukraine. Trump called out Russian President Vladimir Putin by name in the social media post, arguing that he always had a good relationship with the leader, but that it was time to settle “this ridiculous War!” “We can do it the easy way, or the hard…

President Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is already under threat of being shut down after a lawsuit was filed almost immediately after he took office. DOGE has been one of Trump’s most touted plans leading up to being sworn in as he tapped tech billionaire, Elon Musk to help cut government waste. It was one of dozens of executive orders the president signed with the flourish of…

Donald Trump has already returned the bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office in a symbolic ‘mark of respect’ for his ‘idol’, after Joe Biden removed the bronze statue during the last administration. The 47th President has refreshed his office with decorations, including a portrait of George Washington, a rug designed by Nancy Reagan and the infamous Diet Coke button, moving, this time, to the other side of his…