In stunning U-turn, Trump walks back some tariffs, triggering historic market rally
World 09:57 10/04/2025WASHINGTON -- In a stunning reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China, sending global stocks rocketing higher.
Harvard plans to borrow $750 million after federal funding threats
World 16:06 08/04/2025WASHINGTON -- Harvard University plans to borrow $750 million from Wall Street as part of contingency preparations, it said on Monday, days after President Donald Trump's administration announced a review of $9 billion in federal grants and contracts to the Ivy League school in a crackdown on alleged antisemitism on campuses.
US, Vietnamese businesses ask Trump to delay 46% tariffs on Vietnam
Economy 18:15 06/04/2025U.S. and Vietnamese businesses have asked the Trump administration to delay its planned 46% tariff on Vietnamese goods, saying the levy will hurt them and bilateral commercial relations.
Trump to shut off TikTok, WeChat to new U.S. users on Sunday
World 09:00 19/09/2020The bans, announced on Friday, affect only new downloads and updates and are less sweeping than expected
Trump orders ByteDance to divest interest in U.S. TikTok operations within 90 days
World 07:35 15/08/2020The Chinese company ByteDance is ordered to divest its interest in video-sharing app TikTok’s operations in the United States within 90 days
Trump says he is considering restoring some funding to WHO, no decision made
World 20:49 16/05/2020‘We would pay 10% of what we have been paying over many years’
Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike
World 11:18 05/01/2020The strike has raised the specter of wider conflict in the Middle East
As Trump and Kim prepare for summit, bars in Vietnam serve 'Peace Negroniations'
World 09:23 22/02/2019The mountain is the highest on the Korean peninsula at about 2,750 metres (9,000 ft) and the official birthplace of the late North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il
Days before summit, Trump raises prospect of easing North Korea sanctions
World 11:53 21/02/2019Trump’s comment was his most explicit yet that the United States might be willing to consider easing sanctions on North Korea before Pyongyang completely abandons its nuclear weapons program
Trump announces place of second Kim summit in State of Union address
Vietnam News 11:19 06/02/2019The speech was delayed two weeks amid the longest government shutdown in history
North Korea's Kim says ready to meet Trump but warns of 'new path'
World 11:35 01/01/2019The comments are likely to fuel growing scepticism over whether Pyongyang intends to give up the nuclear weapons program that it has long considered essential to its security
White House, Trudeau seek to distance themselves from Huawei move
World 12:00 07/12/2018A White House official told Reuters Trump did not know about a U.S. request for her extradition from Canada before he met Xi and agreed to a 90-day truce in the brewing trade war
