US President Donald Trump is set to receive a luxury jumbo jet, intended for use as a presidential plane, from the royal family of Qatar. According to US media reports, the plane will not be ready for use right away, as it will need to be retrofitted. The US government also plans to check the…
Getty Images A 25% import tax on engines, transmissions and other key car parts has come into force in the US, raising pressure on an industry finding its way through a thicket of policy changes. The new tariff comes days after Donald Trump eased the measure in response to business worries, but did not eliminate…
The potential Western troop deployment to Ukraine being discussed in London should be described as a “reassurance force” rather than a “peacekeeping force”, defence and diplomatic sources say. Currently dubbed the Multinational Force Ukraine or MFU, it would be sent to the country to cement any ceasefire and encourage long-term confidence in the country. The…
Israel has “resumed combat in full force” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night. In a defiant video statement, he warned that “negotiations will continue only under fire” and that “this is just the beginning”. His comments came after Israeli aircraft launched massive airstrikes against what the military…
Mark Carney’s elevation to the top job in Canada is of particular significance at this moment when his country is at the frontline of a North American trade war. He becomes the “anti-Trump” on the US president’s doorstep. The former Bank of England governor chose to lean strongly into resisting Donald Trump’s policies at his…
DeepSeek has rattled the U.S.-led AI ecosystem with its latest model, shaving hundreds of billions in chip leader Nvidia’s market cap. While the sector leaders grapple with the fallout, smaller AI companies see an opportunity to scale with the Chinese startup. Several AI-related firms told CNBC that DeepSeek’s emergence is a “massive” opportunity for them, rather…
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News x/@petrogustavo Colombian President Gustavo Petro published a photo of himself on board the plane on social media Two Colombian air force planes sent to the US to fetch deported migrants have landed in the capital, Bogotá. The migrants had been on US military flights headed for Colombia on Sunday, when Colombian…
Mark Uyeda, commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during the 2024 Financial Markets Quality Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration took its first steps Tuesday toward an expected lowering of regulatory barriers for cryptocurrency….
Getty Images The majority of women cast their ballots for Harris, but not by the margins she needed to win At least one thing was taken for granted before voting day – women across the US were going to turn out for Kamala Harris. Just as months of relentless polling showed Harris in a virtual…
