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Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that US Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado. The long-expected decision from Trump caps a four-year tug of war between two states and opposing administrations about where to locate US Space Command, an intense fight because the headquarters would be a significant boon to the local economy. Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command, with elected officials from both states asserting their state is the better location. The US Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City, said Trump, flanked by Republican members of Alabama's congressional delegation, from the Oval Office on Tuesday. We had a lot of competition for this and Alabama's getting it." Trump said Huntsville won the race for the Space Command headquarters, in par

US strike on vessel in Caribbean killed 11, targeted Venezuela gang: Trump

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. The president said 11 were killed in the operation. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States, Trump said in a social media posting. No US Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier on X that the vessel was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization. He described the operation as a lethal strike. Rubio addressed the strike on Tuesday shortly before he was scheduled to depart for Mexico and Ecuador for talks on drug cartels, security, tariffs and more. The US recently announced plans to boost its maritime force in the waters

Trump addresses health rumours after days of absence from public events

Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump. So when he didn't appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health. Not even a few glimpses of the president visiting his golf course over the weekend were enough to stanch the social media rumor mill fueled by political opponents. Trump was asked directly about it Tuesday at his first public event in a week. How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?" asked Fox News' Peter Doocy. "Did you see that? No, the 79-year-old Trump responded flatly. The senators and administration officials gathered around him for the Space Command headquarters announcement shifted their weight and smiled. The president said he wasn't aware that people were wondering if he had died, but he had heard there were concerns about his health. I knew they were saying, like: Is he OK? How is he feeling? What's wrong?' Trump said, calling the speculation fake n

US appeals court allows Donald Trump's EPA to nix climate grants

Trump's predecessor Joe Biden's signature 2022 Inflation Reduction Act had awarded the grants aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Govt may line up four schemes to soften Donald Trump's tariff blow

Cabinet likely to take up proposal on Wednesday

US holds back China trade threats as it weighs Russia sanctions

President Donald Trump has threatened to slap sanctions on buyers of Russian oil unless an agreement between Kyiv and Moscow can be reached to end the conflict that's now well into its fourth year

US court ruling on Donald Trump's tariffs fuels market uncertainty

Wall Street's main indexes fell about 1% on Tuesday, while longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields jumped, amid a global bonds selloff on fiscal worries

US ICE to gain access to Paragon spyware after Biden order dropped

The Trump administration reactivated an ICE contract for spyware from Tel Aviv-based Paragon on Saturday that had previously been blocked due to a stop order

Trump likely to move Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama

The move appears to reward a state that overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump's three Republican presidential bids, at the expense of one that opposed them

Trump sent India back toward Russia, closer to China: ex-US NSA John Bolton

President Donald Trump has shredded decades of Western efforts to wean India away from Russia and caution it on the threat posed by China, US' former National Security Adviser John Bolton has said, noting that the American leader's tariff policies and claims of ending the recent India-Pakistan military conflict worsened the situation. Bolton, who served as NSA in the first Trump administration, has been very critical of his former boss. The West has spent decades trying to wean India away from its Cold War attachment to Soviet Union Russia, and cautioning India on the threat posed by China. Donald Trump has shredded decades of efforts with his disastrous tariff policy, Bolton said in a post on X Monday. In an interview with Sky News, Bolton elaborated that the West, and the US in particular, has spent decades trying to wean India away from Russia, buying sophisticated weapons from them and cautioning New Delhi on the danger posed by China. This was symbolised by the Quad grouping of

Trump ties to reforms: Mexico's first female prez reviews a year in office

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government's handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her first state of the nation address Monday. Sheinbaum, who is nearing the end of her first year in office, notably left out some of the major problems still simmering in Mexico, including ongoing cartel violence plaguing much of the country and democratic concerns over wider concentration of executive power. Mexico's first female president took office in October and has led the Latin American nation of 131 million at a time of radical global shifts. Despite that, the 63-year-old progressive leader has enjoyed soaring approval rates between 70% and 80% in Mexican polls. Things are going well, and they're only going to get better, she promised. Here are some of the top takeaways from Sheinbaum's State of the Nation address. Navigating the Trump era Chief among Sheinbaum's challenges has been ...

Trump's policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labour Day

Protesters took to the streets in multiple US cities on Labor Day to criticize President Donald Trump and demand a living wage for workers. Demonstrations in Chicago and New York were organized by One Fair Wage to draw attention to the struggles laborers face in the US, where the federal minimum wage is USD 7.25 an hour. Chants of Trump must go now! echoed outside the president's former home in New York, while protesters gathered outside a different Trump Tower in Chicago, yelling No National Guard and Lock him up! Large crowds also gathered in Washington D.C. and San Francisco. In New York, people gathered outside Trump Tower, which has become a magnet for protests and remains a prominent symbol of the president's wealth, even though the president hasn't lived in the Manhattan skyscraper for years. Demonstrators waved signs and banners calling for an end to what they said is a fascist regime. In Washington, a large crowd gathered with signs saying Stop the ICE invasion and an ...

Brics leaders to hold virtual meet to discuss Trump's trade tariffs

The US has set different tariffs for different BRICS nations, however, making it difficult for them to agree on a joint statement, according to the Brazilian officials

India offered to cut tariffs on US goods to 'nothing', says Donald Trump

India-US trade deal: Trump said that India does a tremendous amount of business with the US, while the US does very little with India

Trump plans hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices, shortages

President Donald Trump has plastered tariffs on products from almost every country on earth. He's targeted specific imports, including autos, steel and aluminium. But he isn't done yet. Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he's largely spared in his trade war. For decades, in fact, imported medicine has mostly been allowed to enter the United States duty-free. That's starting to change. US and European leaders recently detailed a trade deal that includes a 15 per cent tariff rate on some European goods brought into the United States, including pharmaceuticals. Trump is threatening duties of 200 per cent more on drugs made elsewhere. Shock and awe' is how Maytee Pereira of the tax and consulting firm PwC describes Trump's plans for drugmakers. This is an industry that's going from zero (tariffs) to the potential of 200 per cent.' Trump has promised Americans he'll lower their drug costs. But imposing stiff pharmaceutical tariffs

India pushes back at US over Russian crude, calls 'laundromat' claim false

India defended its Russian oil imports, saying it followed international rules and helped keep global prices stable, rejecting US claims that it fueled the Russian war effort

OpenAI bets big on India with 1 GW data centre plan, builds local presence

From ChatGPT licences to data hubs: OpenAI doubles down on India with plans for a new data centre and an expanded local team, as part of its Stargate AI infrastructure push in Asia

Trump slams tariff ruling by court, says US could be 'completely destroyed'

US President Donald Trump criticised a court ruling that struck down most of his tariff orders, warning that US would be 'completely destroyed' without them, while one judge defended his stance

India's rise as China's economic alternative stalls under Trump's tariffs

A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy

US wooed India for 30 years, Trump upended ties within few months

The United States is India's largest trading partner, and the tariffs are expected to devastate businesses across a range of sectors, causing factory closings, job losses and slower growth