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What makes Greenland strategic prize at time of rising global tensions

When US President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now. Trump's interest in Greenland, restated vigorously soon after he returned to the White House in January, comes as part of an aggressively America First foreign policy platform that includes demands for Ukraine to hand over mineral rights in exchange for continued military aid, threats to take control of the Panama Canal, and suggestions that Canada should become the 51st US state. Why Greenland? Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and Trump wants to make sure that the US controls this mineral-rich country that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America. Who does Greenland belong to? Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a long-time US ally that has rejected Trump's overtures. Denmark has also ..

US to speed up weapons shipments to Taiwan amid concerns over pausing aid

Taiwan depends on US military support to fend off China, which wants to bring the democracy of 23 million people under its control someday, by force if needed

Trump administration in talks with 4 buyers for TikTok's US business

Even though the President did not mention which four companies are involved, he did mention that a 'lot of people want it' and 'all options were good'

India has agreed to cut tariffs, says Trump amid bilateral trade talks

India and the US are holding discussions on a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) aimed at reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers

'You have fired nobody': Elon Musk clashes with cabinet over govt cuts

Republicans pressure President Donald Trump to rein in Elon Musk's 'unchecked influence' and 'authority' amid sweeping cost-cutting measures

Donald Trump signs executive order to create Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

US President's decision comes a day before he is slated to meet with executives from the cryptocurrency industry at the White House

'India very high tariff nation': Trump as he warns of reciprocal tariffs

This is the second time that Trump has commented about India's tariffs. Previously, Trump has also called India a 'tariff king'

Trump limits Musk's authority, says he can't fire federal workers

At a cabinet meeting, Trump clarified that while Musk can make recommendations as head of the DOGE, he does not have the authority to make unilateral staffing or policy decisions

India is closely monitoring trade talks with US, says FM Sitharaman

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is currently in the US for discussions aimed at safeguarding Indian exporters' interest

Musk wins the Twitter war, but Tesla and X are fighting for survival

Elon Musk's business empire is facing mixed fortunes-Tesla's stock has declined, X continues to struggle financially, while SpaceX remains strong due to government contracts and commercial missions

Trump administration plans to layoff 80,000 employees, shows internal memo

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an aggressive reorganisation that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The VA's chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. That would require terminating tens of thousands of employees after the VA expanded during the Biden administration, as well as to cover veterans impacted by burn pits under the 2022 PACT Act. The memo instructs top-level staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganisation in August to resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised structure. It also calls for agency officials to work with the White House's Department of Government Efficiency to move out aggressively, while taking a pragmatic and disciplined approach to the Trump ...

US holds secret talks with Hamas for release of US hostages in Gaza

US special envoy for hostage affairs Adam Boehler has been holding the direct talks with Hamas in recent weeks in Doha

Elissa Slotkin slams Trump over tariffs, Musk in Democratic response

Slotkin, who won her Senate seat despite Michigan voting for Trump in the presidential election, largely focused her message on the economic headwinds facing the nation

Donald Trump thanks Pakistan during address to US Congress: Here's why

Trump announced the arrest and imminent extradition of the suspect, Sharifullah, who was involved in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing

Japan, South Korea want to partner with the US in Alaska pipeline: Trump

Trump said in an address to the US Congress that the pipeline would be one of the largest in the world

'Illegal border crossings at lowest ever': Trump in US Congress address

Drawing a comparison with former President Joe Biden, Donald Trump claimed that under the former's presidency, there were hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings a month

Reciprocal tariffs: India, Thailand most impacted in Asia, says Nomura

On Wednesday, US president Donald Trump reiterated his stance to impose reciprocal tariffs on counties, including India from April 02, 2025, during his address to the Congress

Demonstrators across 50 states unify against Trump and his sweeping agenda

As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the country to assail his presidency as dangerous and un-American. The rallies and marches set in motion by the fledgling 50501 Movement, a volunteer-driven group organised in the weeks after Trump's inauguration mark the latest attempt at national resistance to the hardened support of Trump's Make America Great Again base and the success it has had in reshaping the Republican Party in the president's populist image. Yet some early scenes Tuesday vividly demonstrated the difficulty Democrats, progressives and everyday citizens face in marshalling a tangible response to Trump and the swift, sweeping actions of his second administration. Protesters have so many things to push back against from tariffs to Trump's reset on the war in Ukraine to the aggressive and sometimes legally dubious actions of the Department of Government ...

US govt on verge of shutdown as Trump pushes unilateral budget cuts

The longest government shutdown in US history during President Trump's first term, lasting 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019

China watches from sidelines as Donald Trump 'switches allegiance'

China never was or will be a neutral party dedicated to bringing the Ukraine war to a just conclusion