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Colombia President Says Will Not Accept US Deportation Flights

January 26, 2025 admin

Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro said Sunday he would not allow US migrant deportation flights access to his country’s airspace. “The United States cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I forbid entry to our territory to US planes carrying Colombian migrants,” Petro wrote on X, adding they would only be accepted once Washington had created…

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“Canada Is Not For Sale” Hat Goes Viral After Trump Threats

January 24, 2025 admin

Donald Trump’s verbal threats towards Canada are paying off for one entrepreneur, after the new US president’s belligerent approach gave him an idea. Liam Mooney, founder of an Ottawa-based design firm, made a hat emblazoned with “Canada is Not for Sale” in response to Trump’s tariff threats and suggestions that Canada become the 51st US…

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Slams Biden, Dismisses Spying Concerns With TikTok

January 23, 2025 admin

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sat for his first interview since returning to the White House and targetted his predecessor former President Joe Biden for issuing several pardons for family members and officials on his last day in office. Mr Trump claimed he was given the option to pre-emptively pardon himself at…

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Trump Administration Makes India A Priority

January 22, 2025 admin

Washington DC: Indicating the importance Washington gives to New Delhi as the new Trump administration takes office, US Secretary of State Maro Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Walz held their first bilateral and international meets respectively with India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is in Washington at the invitation of…

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Surat Firm Creates Donald Trump’s Carving In Lab-Grown Diamond

January 20, 2025 admin

Surat: A diamond firm in Surat has crafted a stunning and striking carving of Donald Trump, using a 4.5 carat laboratory-grown diamond, to present it to the US President who took oath for a historic second term on Monday. The firm had earlier created a 7.5 carat eco-friendly laboratory-grown diamond that was presented by Prime…

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US Policy Will Only Recognise 2 Genders, Says Trump During 1st Address

January 20, 2025 admin

Washington: US President Donald Trump will issue a series of executive orders targeting diversity programs and gender identity policies Monday, using his inauguration speech to signal a definitive break with what he decries as “woke” culture. On the campaign trail Trump railed against diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government and corporate world,…

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Trump Vows To “Tariff And Tax Foreign Countries” As He Returns As President

January 20, 2025 admin

Washington: US President Donald Trump vowed to embrace trade wars Monday, promising tariffs and taxes on other countries in a nationalistic inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president. “I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families,” he said at the US Capitol. “Instead of…

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Trump meets with GOP senators as supporters cheer his return on eve of inauguration

January 19, 2025 admin

President-elect Donald Trump consulted privately with Republican senators on Sunday (January 19, 2025) before heading off to a series of events designed to celebrate his return to power and the “Make America Great Again” movement, despite deep national political divisions on the eve of his inauguration. The private meeting featured a breakfast at Blair House,…

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Judge clears the way for release of special counsel’s report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case

January 13, 2025 admin

Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Justice Department can publicly release its investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, a federal judge said on Monday (January 13, 2025) — the latest ruling in a court dispute over the highly anticipated document days before Mr. Trump…

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Is Trump Team Diluting The “Universal” Tariff Plan? Here’s What He Said

January 7, 2025 admin

Washington DC: With just weeks to US President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration, his aides are reportedly exploring plans to translate the Republican leader’s campaign pledges of imposing universal tariffs on imports from overseas into policy. In the run-up to the Presidential polls, Donald Trump has called for “universal” tariffs as high as 10 or 20 per…

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