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Angela Merkel reveals strategies for dealing with Donald Trump in ‘Memoir’

In her memoir, Angela Merkel reveals that she sought advice from the pope on how to handle Donald Trump after his election as U.S. president. Merkel hoped to find ways to persuade Trump, whom she viewed as having a winner-or-loser mentality typical of a property developer, to remain in the Paris...

Bitcoin tops $95,000 for 1st time

Bitcoin hit a record Thursday, topping $95,000 for the first time as it benefits from expectations that President-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to ease regulation of the unit. The digital currency reached $95,004.50 in early Asian trade, with observers expecting it to soon reach...

Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip

For the last two weeks, Donald Trup has welcomed Elon Musk into his world, but now its Elon Musks turn to welcome the president-elect into his world, repots UNB. Trump flew on Tuesday to South Texas to watch SpaceXs Starship rocket launching near the Mexican border. Musk explained how the...

Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches 1,000-day mark

Russia conducted drone attacks on Ukraine overnight, intensifying its full-scale invasion as the conflict reached its 1,000th day. In the northeastern region of Sumy, a Russian drone strike claimed the lives of six people, including a child, and left 12 others injured, according to regional...

Team Trump criticizes Biden's decision on missiles for Ukraine

Donald Trumps allies sharply criticized President Joe Biden on Monday for allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, accusing him of escalating the conflict, reports AFP. With two months left in office, lame-duck US President Biden made a major...

Trump nominates Carr as media chief

US president-electDonald Trumpon Sunday nominated Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) media regulator. In his statement on the nomination, Trump describedCar as a warrior for free speech. It comes days afterTrump nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr. to be the head of...

Xi ready to work with Trump administration

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday expressed his readiness to work with Donald Trumps incoming administration to ensure a smooth transition in bilateral relations. He made the remarks during his final meeting with outgoing President Joe Biden on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit in...

China is ready to work with Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday has held his final meeting with his outgoing counterpart in the US, Democrat Joe Biden, reports Al Jazeera. In his encounter with Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, Xi emphasised the importance of the US...

Transgender youth in tension with Trump’s return

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. Many teens worry about how their lives could change once he takes office, reports AP. During his presidential bid, Trump pledged...

Five key takeaways from Trump’s first week as President-Elect

Donald Trump has quickly begun laying the groundwork for his second term in the White House following his victory in the U.S. presidential election. He has made his priorities clear from the outset, surprising many in Washington and across the globe with his early moves. Here are the key...

Germany's Scholz holds first conversation with Russia's Putin in two years

The leaders of Russia and Germany held their first conversation in nearly two years as Western nations brace for the incoming Trump administration, which has signaled its intent to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz initiated a phone call with Russian President...

Xi Opens South America's First Chinese-Funded Port in Peru

Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated Latin Americas first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru, on Thursday. The new port marks a significant step in Chinas expanding influence in the region, as the country prepares for potential challenges under a new Donald Trump administration. The $3.5...

Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy

US President-elect Donald Trumps second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space programme. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history qualities tailor-made for space exploration, reports AFP....

New Trump administration ‘more pro-Israel than most Israelis’: Analysts

US president-elect Donald Trump will move his administration even closer to Israel and would feel no pressure to pretend there is a difference between the interests of the two sides, analysts said, reports Al Jazeera. Speaking to the AFP, Asher Fredman, director of the Israeli think tank the...

Karoline Leavitt: Youngest White House press secretary

Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trumps 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during his 2016 campaign for the White House, reports BSS. After serving as an assistant press secretary during...

Trump promises to end wars with a 'strong military'

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday promised a strong military, as he reiterated his pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, reports AFP. Trump, who campaigned on an America First foreign policy, has said previously that he wanted to strike a deal between Kyiv and Moscow,...

Trump choses vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. as health dept head

US President Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he was thrilled to name...

Modi likely to find comfort in Trump's return and shared worldview

Donald Trumps return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I know today a lot of countries are nervous about the...

ECB's Villeroy warns Trump's economic agenda could threaten global economy and trigger inflation

Francois Villeroy de Galhau, the head of the Bank of France and a member of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Wednesday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trumps economic agenda could reignite inflation in the United States and negatively impact global economic growth. The programme risks...

Trump's key picks for second term so far

President-elect Donald Trump is beginning to select key figures for his second administration, focusing on individuals who were among his most loyal supporters during the 2024 campaign. The Associated Press(AP) has created a report on these appointments, which follows below. Pete Hegseth,...

Trump’s ultimatum before taking office

President-elect Donald Trumps border security director Tom Homan urged illegal immigrants to voluntarily return to their home countries before the upcoming crackdown in the United States. After knowing about Trumps appointment on Monday, Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE (Immigration and...

Jacqueline's boyfriend writes letter from prison, refers to Trump as 'Big Brother’

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandezs alleged boyfriend, Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who is currently incarcerated in Delhis Mandoli Jail in connection with a Rs 200 crore financial fraud case, has attracted attention once again for sending letters to her from prison. This time, Sukesh...

Trump's key appointments so far: A look at his picks for top positions

President-elect Donald Trump is beginning to appoint key figures to his second administration, focusing on aides and allies who were among his most steadfast supporters during the 2024 campaign. Heres a look at the individuals he has selected for key positions so far. Susie Wiles has been...

Bitcoin tops $87,000 for a new record high

As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trumps victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high, reports AP. The worlds largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000 for the first time on Monday. As of around 3:45 p.m. ET, bitcoins price stood at $87,083, per CoinDesk,...

Trump may pick China hawk for crucial national security role

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked former a army special forces veteran and noted China hawk, Michael Waltz, for the crucial National Security Advisor post in the White House, reports said on Monday. Waltz looks set to be a key advisor in the incoming adminstration as it faces a raft of...

Trump set to name Marco Rubio secretary of state: NYT

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly poised to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, according to a Monday night report by The New York Times. It quoted three people as saying that the decision is not final, but that Trump appears to have settled on Rubio, a...

Judge to decide if Trump’s hush money conviction is affected by president-elect immunity claim

After Donald Trumps criminal conviction last spring on 34 counts of falsifying business records, many defendants would have been reeling. But for Trump, it became a rallying point. His supporters emblazoned T-shirts, hats, and lawn signs with the slogan, Im Voting for the Felon, turning the legal...

Arrests were of AL activists, nothing to do with Trump: CA Press Wing

There have been no arrests or crackdowns on the supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump in Bangladesh, said Chief Advisers press wing, reports UNB. Some international newspapers have been aggressively spreading misinformation about the student-led mass uprising since Sheikh Hasina was...