Pentagon chief reiterates commitments to Vietnam during meetings with top leaders
Vietnam News 16:42 03/11/2025U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to supporting Vietnam in modernizing its defense industry and overcoming war consequences during meetings with Party General Secretary To Lam and State President Luong Cuong in Hanoi on Sunday.
Nvidia CEO expects to make announcements with South Korean partners this week
World 09:49 29/10/2025Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday he expects to make announcements with South Korean companies that will please U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korea when he visits the country this week.
Vietnam’s premier attends ASEAN summits with US, Japan, India
Vietnam News 14:31 27/10/2025Continuing his official schedule in Malaysia, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh participated in a series of high-level ASEAN meetings with key partners on Sunday, including the United States, Japan, and India, as part of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.
Investors managing $3 trillion in assets urge countries to stop deforestation
World 09:30 21/10/2025Global investors managing over $3 trillion in assets called on governments on Monday to stop and reverse deforestation and ecosystem degradation by 2030, in a statement signed ahead of a U.N. climate conference in Brazil next month.
Trump says FIFA chief would back moving World Cup games
World 11:27 15/10/2025US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary.
EU targets foreign steel to rescue struggling sector
World 10:18 08/10/2025The EU moved Tuesday to double tariffs on foreign steel -- taking a leaf from U.S. President Donald Trump's book to shield the bloc's struggling industry from a flood of cheap Chinese exports.
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
World 15:36 01/10/2025The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, grueling standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs.
South Korea cannot pay $350 billion to US for tariff deal as Trump suggests, top aide says
World 15:43 28/09/2025SEOUL - South Korea is unable to pay $350 billion upfront in investment in the United States as President Donald Trump suggested under a deal to cut tariffs and is seeking an alternative solution, Seoul's presidential adviser said on Saturday.
WHO sees no autism links to Tylenol, vaccines
World 16:29 24/09/2025GENEVA -- Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.
Trump tells world leaders their countries are 'going to hell' in combative UN speech
World 11:27 24/09/2025U.S. President Donald Trump argued for lower levels of global migration and urged a turn away from climate change policies on Tuesday in a combative, wide-ranging speech to the U.N. General Assembly that leveled scathing criticism of world leaders.