US Oil Plan Amid Price Surge Risks ‘Perfect Storm’

Measures considered by the Trump administration would do little to ease higher gas and diesel prices in the U.S., an analyst said.


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Trump Administration Tells Congress It Will Admit 17,500 White South African Refugees In 2027

The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.


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AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid deep distrust between US and China

Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting

When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, touches down in Maryland on Wednesday, he will step out into the arms – perhaps a hug, if Donald Trump’s wishes come true – of a US president who has shown China more bonhomie than any of his recent predecessors.

The meeting between Xi and Trump this week will be the second time that the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies have talked face to face this year. At the previous summit, held in Beijing in May, there was much talk of building a “strategic stability” between the two powers. But there was little by way of concrete outcomes: the countries remain at loggerheads over trade, export controls and geopolitics. Continue reading...


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How Trump's New Greenland Security Deal Compares to 1951 Defense Treaty

President Donald Trump has signed a new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland, ending months of tension.


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