THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday in its first case stemming from the blitz of actions that have marked the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Before the court are the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders putting nationwide holds on the Republican president’s push to deny citizenship to children…
President Trump suggested Thursday that the United States be in charge of Gaza and make it into a “freedom zone.” Source link
NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defence investment to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next seven years, as the U.S. focuses on security challenges outside of Europe. At talks in Antalya, Turkiye, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that more investment and military equipment are…
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27 per cent from the 110,000 in 2023. The CDC has…
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said a group of white Afrikaners who chose to move to the U.S. as part of a resettlement program created by the Trump administration are “cowards,” stating he has no doubt they will return to their home country soon. The cohort of about 60 Afrikaners, which included babies…
A Wisconsin judge has been indicted after officials say she helped a Mexican man evade immigration officials by ushering him out the back door of a courthouse. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, was arrested last month and charged with obstructing or impeding a proceeding before a department or agency of the United…
Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration. Source link
The U.S. will cut the “de minimis” tariff for low-value shipments from China to as low as 30%, according to a White House executive order and industry experts, further de-escalating a potentially damaging trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The order published late on Monday offers some relief to big Chinese e-commerce players…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.” Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad….
Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in the coming months. Consumer prices rose 2.3 per cent in April from a year ago, the Labor Department said Tuesday, down from 2.4 per cent…
