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Nvidia CEO says will balance compliance and tech advances under Trump

The US chipmaking giant this week reported record high quarterly revenue on the back of strong AI chip demand, though investors are wary of US-China tensions reheating during a new Trump term.

Trump 2.0 and the future of Bangladesh-US defence relations

The Bay of Bengal holds a great strategic value as about half of the world's container traffic passes through this region, and its seaports handle around one-third of world trade.

How will Donald Trump’s foreign policy affect the world?

Trump has maintained a strong rhetoric, blaming China for economic abuses and promising to impose tariffs.

Trump victory poses challenges for the Fed's independence

The Fed has a dual mandate from Congress to act independently to tackle both inflation and unemployment -- primarily by raising and lowering interest rates.

Trump's America-first agenda to test ties with India

India is the ninth-largest trading partner of the United States, with a trade surplus of more than $30 billion in the 2023-24 financial year.

Trump says 'obnoxious' tariffs will bring factories to US

"You make it so high, so horrible, so obnoxious" companies will "come right away," Trump said.

Analysis / Tariffs, tax cuts, energy: What is in Trump's economic plan?

Ahead of November's election, economists warn his policies could raise consumer prices and shake up global trade -- with unclear benefits to US production

Analysis / Neither precedent nor Trump can save Big Tech

After losing a jury trial against game store Epic Games in December, a judge has now ruled that Google must open a key piece of its Android smartphone operating system

Donald Trump may dent but not dethrone King Dollar

Donald Trump says he wants to reverse the strong dollar policy which has underpinned the US economic framework since the early 1990s

January 20, 2019
January 20, 2019

Trump-Kim second summit in late Feb

US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February but will maintain economic sanctions on Pyongyang, the White House said on Friday after Trump met Pyongyang's top nuclear negotiator.

January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019

'Never worked for Russia'

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he never worked for Russia, his first direct denial after a media report that the FBI in 2017 investigated whether he acted against US interests.

January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019

Trump says solution to shutdown impasse ‘so simple’

With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat, declaring he would “never ever back down.”

January 13, 2019
January 13, 2019

US in longest govt shutdown

The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.

January 12, 2019
January 12, 2019

Trump renews threat over wall

President Donald Trump, facing the prospect within days of the longest US government shutdown in history, was considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a policy dispute with Democrats over his proposed US-Mexico border wall into a court test of presidential power.

January 7, 2019
January 7, 2019

Trump offers steel wall as compromise in Mexico border

US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday not to bend in his demand for a wall along the southern border with Mexico but said the barrier could be made of steel instead of concrete as a potential compromise with Democrats who refuse to fund it.

September 23, 2018
September 23, 2018

World leaders at UN look for progress on NKorea, brace for Trump

North Korea and Iran will dominate this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, where President Donald Trump will be firmly in the spotlight as he continues to upend global diplomacy.

July 1, 2018
July 1, 2018

Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy

They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?”

March 4, 2018
March 4, 2018

Man shoots himself to death near White House

The Secret Service says a man shot himself to death Saturday as he stood near the fence along the north side of the White House.

January 13, 2018
January 13, 2018

Trump in 'excellent health,' White House doctor says after exam

The White House physician pronounces Donald Trump to be in "excellent health" after Trump has his first medical exam as US president, capping off a week in which his mental fitness for the job has come under intense scrutiny.