Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts – study
World 11:58 01/07/2025More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.
Trump Organization shows interest in int’l financial center in Da Nang
Economy 11:56 23/06/2025The Trump Organization has expressed interest in investing in an international financial center in Da Nang, which aims to begin operations by 2030 as part of the central Vietnamese city’s plan to become a regional financial hub, according to a report by the municipal People’s Committee.
Trump makes hasty summit exit over Iran crisis
World 12:18 17/06/2025US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and warned Tehran residents to evacuate.
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority
World 14:40 29/05/2025A U.S. trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners.
Trump says US wants to make tanks, not T-shirts
World 10:30 26/05/2025U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.
Former US President Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer
World 11:03 19/05/2025Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday.
Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
World 10:13 20/04/2025Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's White House launched a COVID-19 website on Friday in which it blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticizing Democratic former President Joe Biden, former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization.
From Messi to Trump, AI action figures are the rage
World 10:13 20/04/2025The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures.
In stunning U-turn, Trump walks back some tariffs, triggering historic market rally
World 09:57 10/04/2025WASHINGTON -- In a stunning reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China, sending global stocks rocketing higher.
Harvard plans to borrow $750 million after federal funding threats
World 16:06 08/04/2025WASHINGTON -- Harvard University plans to borrow $750 million from Wall Street as part of contingency preparations, it said on Monday, days after President Donald Trump's administration announced a review of $9 billion in federal grants and contracts to the Ivy League school in a crackdown on alleged antisemitism on campuses.
US, Vietnamese businesses ask Trump to delay 46% tariffs on Vietnam
Economy 18:15 06/04/2025U.S. and Vietnamese businesses have asked the Trump administration to delay its planned 46% tariff on Vietnamese goods, saying the levy will hurt them and bilateral commercial relations.
