54 h. ago Trump gives green light for $2m ICE deal with notorious Israeli spyware company

Trump administration appeared to restart frozen Biden-era deal with Paragon Solutions, whose products have been accused of facilitating the surveillance of journalists and activists

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3 d. ago Iran accuses Europe of stepping aside and letting Trump dictate nuclear deal terms

Foreign ministry says US will be dictating what happens once UN-wide sanctions are reimposedEurope is on the verge of abandoning its role of a mediator between the US and Iran and instead handing the Iran nuclear file over to Donald Trump’s veto, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said in an interview with the Guardian in Tehran.Esmail Baghaei said that as soon as UN-wide sanctions are reimposed at Europe’s demand in less than 30 days, the US will regain its security council veto over what happens next, including the continuance of the sanctions. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump Intel deal designed to block sale of chipmaking unit, CFO says

US chipmaker has faced pressure to sell lossmaking foundry business struggling to compete with TSMC

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7 d. ago Japan's chief trade envoy postpones US trip as Tokyo calls for faster action on its tariffs deal

Japan’s top trade negotiator has abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration

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9 d. ago After a summer of submission to Trump, Europe knows it must defend Ukraine – and itself – alone | Paul Taylor

Can a European-led coalition really provide credible security guarantees? Past examples are not encouragingAfter an unusual August of geopolitical summitry, the reality is sinking in that Europe is on its own in defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and hence its own security against Russian aggression and cannot count on much support from the United States.The sense of strategic loneliness in an increasingly brutal global power contest follows a summer of submission in which the EU accepted a manifestly unbalanced trade deal imposed by Donald Trump and pledged improbably large investments in the US while European Nato members promised to boost their defence spending to an aspirational 5% of gross domestic product – all to appease Trump in hopes of keeping the US engaged in European security.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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1 week ago Korean Air strikes £37bn deal to buy over 100 Boeing aircraft

Aircraft scheduled for phased delivery through end of 2030

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1 week ago Why another 2 MILLION Russians will have to die for Putin to save face in Ukraine: The horrifying numbers of a never

The claim comes as US President Donald Trump pushes Ukraine to accept a peace deal on Moscow's terms, warning that otherwise Kyiv risks losing the war.

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1 week ago Dr Pepper buys Peet’s owner in $18bn deal amid coffee industry tariff turmoil

Deal comes at a time when consumers are pulling back and Trump’s trade wars threaten to send coffee prices soaringKeurig Dr Pepper will buy the owner of Peet’s Coffee, Douwe Egberts and Kenco in an $18bn deal, then break itself in two, with one company selling coffee and the other selling cold beverages like Snapple, Dr Pepper, 7UP and energy drinks.The agreement announced Monday will essentially unwind the 2018 merger of Keurig and Dr Pepper and it arrives at a time when consumers are pulling back and the trade wars under Donald Trump threaten to send coffee prices soaring. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump says Intel will give US government a 10% stake in its business

Deal comes despite Trump calling for Intel CEO to resign earlier this month for being ‘highly conflicted’

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1 week ago Trump’s ceasefire deal is dead – and Ukraine should count its blessings

Editorial: With the White House all but abandoning its efforts to bring Vladimir Putin to heel, the people of Ukraine at least survive to fight another day – strengthened by the certainty that a bad peace is worse than no peace at all

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2 w. ago House Democrats launch investigation into Paramount merger and ‘bribe’ to Trump

‘Two wrongs do not make a right—illegitimate demands from the FCC or the Administration do not absolve your company from wrongdoing,’ two top House Democrats wrote to Paramount chief David Ellison.

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2 w. ago Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about | Kenneth Roth

It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracyIt may be difficult for a real-estate mogul like Donald Trump to recognize, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not about slices of war-torn land in eastern Ukraine. It is about Ukraine’s democracy. Putin fears that the Russian people will see that democracy as an enticing alternative to his stultifying autocratic rule. Trump is unlikely to secure a peace deal unless he acts on that reality and changes the cost-benefit analysis behind Putin’s continuing war.Much of the public analysis of the Alaska summit between Trump and Putin, and the Washington collection of European leaders protecting the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, from the temperamental Trump, has been replete with red-herring issues. For example, Putin did not invade Ukraine because of feared Nato expansion. The unanimous consent of all Nato members required to admit Ukraine is nowhere on the horizon, especially since article 5 of the Nato tre...

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2 w. ago Trump touts his peace deal between ‘Aberbaijan and Albania’ – getting both countries’ names wrong

‘Er Albania, I mean [...],’ President Trump said, while referring to the decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan

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2 w. ago What could US and European security guarantees look like for Ukraine?

British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has met with 30 international leaders to discuss the next steps for ensuring Ukraine’s security

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2 w. ago Uganda says it has not struck a deal with Trump to take in US deportees

Ugandan official said the east African country does not have the capability to take in undocumented immigrantsUganda said it has not reached any agreement with the US to take in undocumented immigrants, contradicting reports that the east African country had struck a deal with the Trump administration to do so.Henry Oryem Okello, Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters the country does not have the capability to take in immigrants. It comes as the US has deported migrants convicted of crimes in the US to non-native countries including South Sudan and Eswatini. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Uganda denies reports that it has struck deal with Trump to take in US deportees

Ugandan official said the east African country does not have the capability to take in undocumented immigrantsUganda said it has not reached any agreement with the US to take in undocumented immigrants, contradicting reports that the east African country had struck a deal with the Trump administration to do so.Henry Oryem Okello, Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters the country does not have the capability to take in immigrants. It comes as the US has deported migrants convicted of crimes in the US to non-native countries including South Sudan and Eswatini. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Readers' letters: Trump is best hope we have of securing peace in Ukraine

A reader suggests Donald Trump may get a peace deal where other leaders have failed

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2 w. ago What could US and Europe security guarantees look like for Ukraine?

Sir Keir Starmer has led a follow-up meeting to the White House gathering with 30 international leaders to discuss the next steps for ensuring Ukraine’s security

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2 w. ago Nexstar CEO praises Trump administration as local TV giant announces $6.2 billion merger with rival

‘The initiatives being pursued by the Trump administration offer local broadcasters the opportunity to expand reach, level the playing field, and compete more effectively,’ Perry Sook said in a statement on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Trump says it will be ‘rough situation’ if Putin does not agree peace plan

US President Donald Trump suggested American aircraft could help European nations police a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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