President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States intended to sign a trade deal with Britain that would bring the two nations closer and roll back some of the punishing tariffs he issued on that country’s products. Both sides consider a trade pact deeply beneficial, and a deal has been under discussion since Mr….
Donald Trump is the face of these cuts, but the cruelty of his administration is not the only story. After leaping upward in the 2000s, global giving for health grew very slowly through the 2010s. The culture of philanthropy has changed somewhat, too, with the age of the Giving Pledge — in which hundreds of…
Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic gas and dust that are brimming with hydrogen and other molecular ingredients. On Monday, astronomers revealed the discovery of the closest known cloud to Earth, a colossal, crescent-shaped blob of star-forming potential. Named Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn, the cloud was found…
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that significant progress had been made during talks to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. He stated that most of the key points for a potential deal had already been agreed upon. “They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet…
The Trump administration plans to eliminate most of the State Department’s Africa operations as part of a sweeping overhaul of the agency, The New York Times reported, citing a draft executive order that could be signed as early as this week. According to the draft, the administration plans to shut down American embassies and consulates…
The United States has made the decision to lift sanctions on Antal Rogan, a senior assistant to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn. The US Department of State stated that the move was made because maintaining the sanctions was no longer consistent with American foreign policy objectives. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the…
Bihar Home Guard registration 2025: The Bihar Home Guard and Fire Services Department will close the registration window for 15,000 Home Guard posts tomorrow, April 16, 2025. Eligible candidates who have not yet applied can visit the official website to submit their application forms. The recruitment drive aims to fill 15,000 Home Guard vacancies across…
President Trump is planning to announce new deals with several of the nation’s top law firms requiring them to offer legal support for some of his favored causes, according to people with knowledge of the matter. In a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mr. Trump said four or five firms would reach deals with the administration,…
The United States is considering offers from 15 countries on tariff agreements and is close to deals with some of them, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday after President Donald Trump lowered some of the duties in a stunning reversal. “USTR has informed us that there are maybe 15 countries now that…
Soon after he took up his post in El Salvador, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson forged an unusually close relationship with the country’s president. President Trump had nominated Mr. Johnson in 2019 as his ambassador to the country shortly after the White House declared war on El Salvador’s notoriously violent gangs, including MS-13. The relationship between…