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El Salvador

Trump to host Bukele as El Salvador deportation deal faces scrutiny

El Salvador’s leader has become a vital ally for the US president as his administration cracks down on immigration.

14/04/2025

Markets

European equities rise on Trump's temporary tech tariff exemption

European equities rise as Trump temporarily exempts tech products from tariffs on Chinese imports. The euro also hits 1.14 as the European Central Bank interest rate decision looms.

14/04/2025

Economy

Trump team tries to bolster confidence after tariffs chaos in markets

While investors remain anxious about the impact of tariffs on global markets, White House advisors are warning against panic. The fast-changing nature of Trump's trade policies means this message is — however — hard to swallow.

14/04/2025

Radio Schuman

Can Europe build a peacekeeping force in Ukraine without the US?

Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans assessed whether a post-peace deal mission in Ukraine could be implemented without the involvement of the US.

14/04/2025

Economy

China's exports jump 12.4% as imports fall under Trump-era tariffs

China's exports jumped 12.4% in March from a year earlier as companies rushed to beat increases in US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, the government said on Monday.

14/04/2025

USA

Tariff exemptions on electronics temporary, says US Commerce Secretary

The Trump administration late on Friday said it would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said would not be permanent.

13/04/2025

USA

Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as Commander in Chief, his doctor says

The US president underwent his annual physical at the Walter Reed National Medical Centre on Friday.

13/04/2025

Europe News

Russian and Ukrainian FMs trade barbs over energy infrastructure

Russia’s Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha accused each other’s countries of striking energy infrastructure despite a US-brokered limited ceasefire at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday.

13/04/2025

World News

US and Iran to start talks amid regional tension

Trump has threatened to launch airstrikes targeting Iran's nuclear program as Iranian officials increasingly warn they could pursue a nuclear weapon.

12/04/2025

USA

Smartphones and computers now exempt from tariffs imposed by Trump

Smartphones and computers, as well as other electronic devices and components, including semiconductors, solar cells and memory cards, would be excluded from Trump's global tariffs.

12/04/2025

Culture news

NASA deletes female astronaut novel amid Trump's diversity purge

"First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon.

12/04/2025

Culture news

In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (7 - 11 April 2025).

12/04/2025

Europe News

As Trump brings the EU and China closer, reality pulls them apart

The chaos unleashed by Donald Trump's tariffs has fuelled speculation of an imminent rapprochement between the European Union and China. But the cold hard facts might stand in the way.

12/04/2025

Europe News

Erdoğan positions Turkey as point of stability for European security

Erdoğan said European security is ‘unthinkable without Turkey’ after White House warned that the continent must look after its own security.

12/04/2025

Europe News

US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in Russia to discuss Ukraine ceasefire

Ukraine has endorsed a US ceasefire proposal, but Russia has effectively blocked it by imposing far-reaching conditions. European governments have accused Putin of dragging his feet.

11/04/2025

Markets

US stocks remain volatile as bank earnings fail to cheer investors

Stronger-than-expected profit reports from major banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley did little to cheer investors as well.

11/04/2025

Business

Financial giants JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley see earnings jump

The robust earnings updates come as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have sent jitters through global markets this week.

11/04/2025

Europe News

Can the EU really ramp up imports of US energy as Trump demands?

Amid the chaotic lunges, feints and ripostes of his incipient trade war, Donald Trump has refloated the idea that Europe could close its trade deficit with the US by dramatically increasing imports of US energy.

11/04/2025

Culture news

The real ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ gives Donald Trump his backing

“An insider trading scandal is brewing,” according to Trump's opponents, suspicious over a message the president sent before the stock market surged when he paused tariffs. Now, Jordan Belfort has given the president his full backing.

11/04/2025

Europe News

Von der Leyen ready to hit tech and services in US-EU trade war

The president of the European Commission has indicated in an interview that she is ready to use the anti-coercion tool that would allow the EU to hit US services hard.

11/04/2025