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Trump tells House Republicans he wants border wall, immigration funds

Trump also indicated that he was pursuing the ability to deport undocumented migrants, even if they couldn't be returned to their home countries

Trump 2.0 has garnered strong Muslim support: Pakistani American bizman

The biggest difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is that he got endorsements from the Muslims in cities like Detroit in Michigan

Trump vows tariffs on nations that 'harm' US; names India, China, Brazil

We're going to put tariffs on outside countries and outside people that really mean harm to us said Trump

Trump pledges tariffs 'much bigger' than 2.5% and on crucial sectors

Remember, again, the word 'tariff.' We're going to protect our people and our businesses, and we're going to protect our country, with tariffs, Trump added

India, Nepal review progress of post earthquake reconstruction projects

India and Nepal held the 5th meeting of the JPMC on post-earthquake reconstruction projects on 27th January, 2025 in Kathmandu

In early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly

Through economic coercion and sharp rhetoric, Trump is signalling that he intends to be a bull in the China shop in hopes of extracting what he wants from allies and adversaries alike

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says hit with 'large-scale malicious attacks'

The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech world into a frenzy, said that it had suffered large-scale malicious attacks on its services

Canada's Freeland hopeful, lays out plan to fight Trump's tariff threats

A list of products worth 200 billion Canadian dollars ($139 billion) would send a message to US exporters about the harm tariffs would cause them, Freeland said in a statement

Trump Justice dept says it fired employees involved in prosecuting him

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department

Netanyahu hopes to meet Trump in US as soon as next week, say officials

Should the trip come together in that timeframe, Netanyahu could be the first foreign leader to meet with Trump at the White House since his inauguration last week

US CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, to wait for orders

Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa

LinkedIn's founder optimistic about AI, hopes peers are right about Trump

Hoffman has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence craze while investing in trailblazing startups such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Inflection

DeepSeek sparks AI stock selloff; Nvidia loses record $593 bn in mcap

Nvidia's market-cap loss on Monday was more than double the previous one-day record, set by Nvidia last September

Visa appointments cancelled in Colombia after spat over deportation flights

State Department said Sunday it would stop issuing visas to Colombian nationals until deportation flights resumed

EU cautiously agrees to ease sanctions on Syria in wake of Assad's downfall

EU started to impose asset freezes and travel bans on Syrian officials and organisations in 2011 in response to Bashar Assad's crackdown on protesters

Two killed in Southern Lebanon as protests against Israeli presence erupt

The shooting came a day after 24 people were killed and more than 130 wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on protesters

US new home sales exceed expectations; rising supply curbs price growth

Residential investment, which includes homebuilding and sales, likely rebounded in the fourth quarter after being a drag on gross domestic product for two straight quarters

EU extends Russia sanctions by 6 months after Hungary lifts veto threat

The sanctions target trade, finance, energy, technology, industry, transport and luxury goods

Yen, Swiss franc rise, dollar drops as DeepSeek fuels risk concerns

The benchmark S&P 500 was down 1.6 per cent to 6,003.04, dragged down by technology stocks. AI chipmaker Nvidia was down nearly 14 per cent to $123.02

DeepSeek limits signups for AI chatbot amid malicious attack claims

The Chinese startup claims that its system had been targeted with large-scale malicious attacks. The startup's status page also shows problems with its API earlier in the day and on Sunday