BOSTON: President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday (Apr 28) said it was probing whether Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review violated civil rights laws when the journal’s editors fast-tracked consideration of an article written by a member of a racial minority. News of the new probe came hours afterContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Four people aged four to 18 were killed on Monday (Apr 28) when a vehicle ploughed into a building housing an after-school camp in the US state of Illinois, police said, adding they were investigating the crash. Several others were injured and transported to hospital, Illinois State Police said inContinue Reading
SEJONG, South Korea: A senior South Korean government official ruled out on Monday (Apr 28) that Seoul would agree to a trade package with Washington by the time the country holds a presidential election on Jun 3, and flagged challenges to reaching a deal even before early July. The countries lastContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US military said on Sunday (Apr 27) it will not reveal specific details about its military strikes in Yemen, citing what it called the need “to preserve operational security” while also saying the strikes had “lethal effects” on Houthi rebels. Republican President Donald Trump ordered the intensification ofContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s foreign minister has hit out at the “extreme selfishness” of tariffs, hinting at the steep levies imposed on Beijing by US President Donald Trump. “Certain countries” resort to “pressure and coercion, and trigger unjustified trade wars … This extreme selfishness only harms their credibility”, top diplomat Wang YiContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a “very productive” meeting on Saturday (Apr 26) in Rome, a White House official said, as both leaders attended the funeral of Pope Francis. A spokesman for Zelenskyy’s office confirmed that the meeting with Trump had takenContinue Reading
The Trump administration has been locked in an escalating confrontation with federal judges, as several have issued rulings that limit its aggressive use of presidential power in immigration and other matters. State courts have played a less significant role in that dispute. FBI Director Kash Patel said on social mediaContinue Reading
Add to the mix Trump’s well-known preference for a weaker US dollar, and the current circumstances bear a striking resemblance to those of the late 1970s, when a weak dollar and a weak Fed compounded America’s first outbreak of stagflation. Remember the clueless G William Miller, who was Fed chairContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS, United States: China savaged US trade practices as “bullying” and “blackmail” on Wednesday (Apr 23) in a fiery United Nations speech, accusations rejected by Washington, which levelled its own criticism at rival Beijing’s policies. “Unilateralism is on the rise, and bullying practices run rampant … blatantly challenging the internationalContinue Reading
‘SPECIAL PERSON’ Vance is on a mostly personal, four-day visit to India along with his wife, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, and their three children. India is seeking an early trade deal with the US – its largest trading partner – before the end of a 90-day pauseContinue Reading
