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US President Donald Trump smiles at the White House

Gutting Aid, US Cedes Soft Power Game To China

When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country -- until China stepped in with the necessary funding.

AP Reporter Barred From White House Event Over 'Gulf Of America'

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on February 11, 2025

The Associated Press said Tuesday that its White House reporter was barred from an event with President Donald Trump over the top US news agency's refusal to follow his order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

WHO Facing 'New Realities' As US Withdrawal Looms

The WHO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland

The World Health Organization on Tuesday wrapped up its executive board meeting, held against the backdrop of the United States -- by far its largest donor -- heading for the exit.

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on February 10, 2025, in Washington

Trump Blasts Judges, Fueling Fear Of Constitutional Clash

US President Donald Trump accused the judges blocking his executive orders of committing a "serious violation" Tuesday as his administration veered towards a constitutional clash with the courts over his plans to radically downsize the government.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (R) met US envoy Richard Grenell in Caracas on January 31

Venezuela Sends Planes To Fetch Irregular Migrants From US

Venezuela sent two planes Monday to bring nearly 200 undocumented migrants back from the United States, saying it hoped for a "new beginning" in ties with Washington, which does not recognize Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate president.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Macron and Modi must mount a charm offensive to find consensus with other governments

World Leaders Seek Elusive AI Common Ground At Paris Summit

World leaders were set to hold formal talks in Paris on Tuesday on artificial intelligence (AI), seeking elusive common ground on a technology subject to a global race for promised economic benefits.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Online disinformation about the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is fueling anti-Beijing sentiment

Virus Disinformation Drives Anti-China Sentiment, Lockdown Fears

A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Jotham Napat, pictured meeting French President Emmanuel Macron (R) in April 2023, was a senior disaster management official before entering politics

Pacific Nation Vanuatu Elects Prime Minister

Vanuatu's parliament resoundingly elected a former foreign minister as premier Tuesday, less than two months after a deadly earthquake rocked the Pacific nation.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Google says people using Maps outside the United States will see both the original Gulf of Mexico name and the 'Gulf of America' moniker

Google Changes Name Of Gulf Of Mexico To 'Gulf Of America' For US Users

Google on Monday changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for those using its Maps platform inside the United States, complying with an executive order by President Donald Trump.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2025.

Trump Warns Of 'All Hell' If Gaza Captives Not Freed By Saturday

US President Donald Trump set a Saturday deadline for all hostages to be released from Gaza, saying that otherwise "all hell" would break out and he would call for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to be canceled.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Donald Trump named Russell Vought the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Union Sues Over US Consumer Protection Agency Work Pause

The union representing staff at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the acting head of the agency, as the Trump administration ordered all work at the watchdog to cease on Monday.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Vance and Zelensky are set to discuss Washington's push for an end to the three-year war with Russia

Trump Floats Ukraine 'May Be Russian Someday' Ahead Of Zelensky-Vance Meeting

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine "may be Russian someday", as his Vice President JD Vance gears up to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later this week.

AFP news Feb 11, 2025

Drones are changing the face of modern warfare, particularly in Ukraine

US Army Takes Ukraine Drone Warfare Notes In Bavaria

Deep in a Bavarian forest, a black reconnaissance drone buzzes overhead, piloted by US soldiers hoping to put lessons learnt from the war in Ukraine into practice.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

Countries party to the Paris Agreement have been consistently late in submitting climate targets to the United Nations

Almost All Nations Miss UN Deadline For New Climate Targets

Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

Vice President JD Vance will take part in an AI summit in France and then attend the Munich Security Conference in Germany along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Top Trump Officials Head To Europe For Security Talks

A trio of top Trump administration officials will make separate trips to Europe this week, with security and Washington's commitment to Ukraine expected to be at the heart of their discussions.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

US President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs as a threat to achieve his wider policy goals

Trump To Impose New 25% Tariff On US Steel, Aluminum Imports

US President Donald Trump plans to impose 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Monday, prompting the threat of retaliation from Europe and a warning from China that there were no winners in a trade war.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

This was their first direct TV debate ahead of the February 23 vote

Germany's Scholz, Merz Clash Over Far-right AfD In Election Debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through parliament.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

Macron (R) talked up French tech firms in a TV interview

Macron Beats French Investment Drum Ahead Of AI Summit

French President Emmanuel Macron trumpeted the benefits of artificial intelligence Sunday, ahead of a two-day Paris summit on the technology and its potential benefits and pitfalls.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

Tributes are placed beneath the covered seal of the US Agency for International Development at USAID headquarters in Washington, after an unprecedented campaign to dismantle the humanitarian agency

Trump Says Musk Will Help Uncover 'Hundreds Of Billions' In US Govt Fraud

US President Donald Trump said in remarks aired Sunday that Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of government jobs, will help find "hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud" in federal agencies.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

Power infrastructure across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been disconnected from the Russian electricity system in a move that became a priority after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Baltic States 'Successfully' Link With European Power Grid

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Sunday announced that the three Baltic states had "successfully" joined the European power grid after severing ties with the Russian network.

AFP news Feb 10, 2025

A hostages campaign group has called on Israel to complete its ceasefire agreement with Hamas ahead of the next planned swap

Hostage Families Urge Israel To Complete Gaza Truce Deal Ahead Of Swap

An Israeli campaign group urged the government on Friday to stick with the Gaza truce ahead of a fifth hostage-prisoner swap, after explosive comments by US President Donald Trump raised questions over the future of the deal.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

'You don't end the war by supporting a war,' said Ishman Martino

'Irresponsible' Or 'Antiwar': US Fighters In Ukraine Grapple With Trump

Tracey, an American fighting in Ukraine, got angry at social media posts from his friends back home calling for Washington to cut its support to Kyiv.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

Hong Kong said Friday it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization in response to heightened US tariffs on its goods

Hong Kong To File Complaint With WTO Over US Tariffs

Hong Kong will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization in response to heightened US tariffs on its goods, a government spokesperson said Friday, days after Beijing announced a similar move.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

US President Donald Trump's executive order against the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeks asset freezes and travel bans against ICC officials, employees and their family members, along with anyone who may have helped the court's investigations

Trump Sanctions ICC For 'Illegitimate' Israel, US Probes

US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court for probes targeting America and its ally Israel, but the ICC on Friday vowed to continue providing "justice and hope" around the world.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

A “seized” sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a press conference where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) announced its seizure in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on February 6, 2025.

Rubio Renews US Hard Line With Venezuela Plane Seizure

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday supervised the seizure of a second aircraft belonging to Venezuela's leftist government in less than a year, showing a hard line despite nascent diplomacy.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

Panama's Jose Raul Mulino has called US claims to have obtained free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal an "absolute falsehood"

'Intolerable' US Claim Sparks New Row Over Panama Canal

Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese project.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

Musk is aiming to cut over a trillion dollars in federal spending and pledged to push the legal limits of executive power to do so

Judge Pauses Musk Plan For Mass Cull Of US Govt Workers

A judge on Thursday suspended a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a mass buyout.

AFP news Feb 07, 2025

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-described 'defence geek'

Japan's 'Geeky' PM Ishiba To Navigate Trump Relations

Days after Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, Japan's then-prime minister Shinzo Abe rushed to deliver him a gold-plated golf club, becoming the first leader to visit and setting the tone for a relationship both men said was close.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

Much of Gaza was levelled by the 15-month Israel-Hamas war

Israel Orders Army To Plan To Let Palestinians Leave Gaza

Israel's defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to start making preparations to allow for "voluntary" departures from the Gaza Strip, after US President Donald Trump floated a proposal to move Palestinians out of the territory.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

'With this executive order the war on women's sports is over,' US President Donald Trump says

Trump Signs Order Barring Trans Athletes From Women's Sports

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

Yoon Suk Yeol attending his impeachment trial in Seoul

Top South Korean Officer Says Was Asked To Help Yoon Martial Law Bid

The commander of a crack South Korean special forces unit told a court Thursday he had been asked by a superior officer how to cut electricity to parliament during last year's failed martial law order by impeached president Yook Suk Yeol.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an 'anti-American' agenda

US Skipping G20 Talks Due To S. Africa's 'Anti-American' Agenda: Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an "anti-American" agenda.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

Xi said that China appreciates the strong measures taken by Thailand to combat online gambling and phone and online scams

China's Xi Hails Thailand's 'Strong' Action Against Scam Centres

Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday for the "strong measures" her country has taken against scam centres targeting Chinese people.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

Flames engulf a museum honouring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Protesters Raze Buildings Linked To Ousted Leader

Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, hours after students with excavators began demolishing a museum to her father.

AFP news Feb 06, 2025

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