When President Trump announced the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, he justified the military operation in part by framing it as a move to recover assets that he claims had been stolen from U.S. companies. “Venezuela unilaterally seized and sold American oil, American assets and American platforms, costing…
Trump set to pull US out of dozens of UN and global bodies US President Donald Trump has announced plans to withdraw the United States from 66 United Nations and international organisations, cutting funding and ending participation in bodies focused on climate change, democracy, health and human rights. In a presidential memo released by the…
6:56 AM Pope calls for governments to “respect the will” of Venezuelans Pope Leo on Friday called for world governments to “respect the will” of the Venezuelan people and said nations must “safeguard the human and civil rights” of Venezuelans, Reuters reported. In the pope’s annual audience with the Vatican diplomatic corps, which traditionally…
United States President Donald Trump has dismissed international law, saying only his “own morality” can curb the aggressive policies he is pursuing across the world after the abduction of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. “I don’t need international law. I’m not looking to hurt people,” Trump told The New York Times on Thursday. Recommended Stories list of…
Jeremy BowenInternational editor Getty Images Only a few hours after the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was removed from his palace, his job and his country by US special forces, Donald Trump was still marvelling about how it felt to monitor a live feed of the raid from his Mar-a-Lago mansion. He shared his feelings with…
President Donald Trump’s deals with pharmaceutical companies are likely to have only a limited impact on Americans’ drug spending, experts say. Since Sept. 30, the Trump administration has struck deals with 14 drugmakers in exchange for tariff relief, according to the White House. The agreements — which haven’t gone into effect yet — adopt a…
President Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, after months of tensions between the two leaders boiled over in recent days, with Mr. Trump calling Colombia a “sick man” and suggesting military action in the country “sounds good to me.” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social he “appreciated [Petro’s] call and…
Gabriela Pomeroy, Alicia Curryand Adrienne Murray,in Copenhagen Mia Chemnitz Mia Chemnitz says “the people of Greenland do not want to become American” “The people of Greenland do not want to become American,” Mia Chemnitz tells the BBC. “We are not for sale.” The 32-year-old business owner in the Greenlandic capital Nuuk reflects the sentiments of…
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Katya AdlerEurope editor BBC On Tuesday, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, largely made up of European leaders, met in Paris with envoys of US President Donald Trump, to try to make further progress on a sustainable peace deal for Ukraine. With Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky insisting a plan to end the war with Russia…
