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US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to further talks between the countries to hash out differences on tariffs that have roiled the global economy, according to US and Chinese summaries of their phone call on Thursday. “There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products,” Trump wrote on social media. “Our …

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from US President Donald Trump to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. Live television showed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addressing Russian and Ukrainian negotiators at the lavish Dolmabahce Palace on the Bosphorus. Half of the …

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook and told him not to expand his production facilities in India, but to do so in America. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his visit to Qatar. “I said to him, Tim, you’re my friend, I treated you very …

US President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states. Trump punched the air as he emerged from Air Force One to be greeted by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who …

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan have agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” following a night of U.S.-mediated negotiations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. “After a long night of U.S.-mediated talks, India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both countries for choosing Common Sense and Great Intelligence.” The …

China’s President Xi Jinping urged the European Union on Friday to join hands with Beijing in resisting “unilateral bullying”, after US President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught sparked mayhem on world markets. After equities crumpled and bond markets starting flashing red, Trump this week blinked first in his push to remodel the post-war system of global commerce and froze many tariffs …

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday rejected direct negotiations with the United States as “meaningless”, after US President Donald Trump said he would prefer direct talks with the Islamic Republic. Trump had called last month on Tehran to hold negotiations on its nuclear programme with Washington, but threatened to bomb Iran if diplomacy fails. On Thursday, the US president …

US President Donald Trump said on Friday there is a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine can end after Washington had “productive” discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. He added that he had requested that Putin spare the lives of “completely surrounded” Ukrainian troops, apparently referring to Ukrainian forces surrounded in the Kursk region, their …

The move, expected as soon as April, would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under president Joe Biden’s administration. The planned rollback of protections for Ukrainians was underway before Trump publicly feuded with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week. It is part of a broader Trump administration effort to strip legal status from more than 1.8 million …

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country still needed Donald Trump’s support, despite the US president berating him in a stunning televised confrontation the day before. Trump accused Zelensky of not being “thankful” for US military aid, later writing that the Ukrainian president had “disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office.” “It’s crucial …