Trump signs executive orders targeting illegal immigration, 'birthright citizenship'

Trump also signed an order expected to suspend the US refugee resettlement program
21 January 2025, 05:57 AM

Trump 2.0: What's the conservative row over H-1B visas?

Check who could be affected by the policy changes
21 January 2025, 05:47 AM

'Please let us in': Trump crackdown leaves migrants in tears

He vowed to declare a national emergency at the border with Mexico
21 January 2025, 05:37 AM

Trump decrees end of diversity programs, LGBTQ protections

US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programs Monday, definitively breaking with what he decries as "woke" culture
21 January 2025, 05:17 AM

Elon Musk accused of giving Nazi salute during Trump inauguration

Musk dismissed criticism of the hand gesture as a "tired" attack.
21 January 2025, 05:08 AM

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, doubles down on fossil fuels

Under the accord's rules, the United States will formally exit in one year.
21 January 2025, 04:56 AM

An early taste of Trump tariffs

Trump kicked off his second term with a whirlwind of mixed messages about his trade policies
21 January 2025, 04:27 AM

What Melania Trump wore to the inauguration - including the hat

The fashion industry eyes the ensembles of the first ladies
21 January 2025, 04:12 AM

Nations react to Trump inauguration

Some of the first reactions after Trump took the oath of office
21 January 2025, 03:45 AM

The global forces sending coffee prices skyward

Experts and industry insiders expect volatility will remain the watchword, giving little visibility for producers
21 January 2025, 03:35 AM

Love and rights: Thailand's same-sex marriage milestone

The new law coming into effect Thursday grants same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples
21 January 2025, 03:29 AM

Trump grants pardons to 1,500 US Capitol rioters

Trump, just hours after taking office, also ordered that all pending criminal cases against Capitol riot defendants be dropped.
21 January 2025, 03:22 AM

6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan

The epicentre was recorded 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north of Yujing, a mango-growing district in southern Taiwan, the USGS said.
21 January 2025, 03:17 AM

From the border to 'woke,' Trump signs raft of orders on Day 1

Some of his orders delivered on promises he made during the 2024 campaign
21 January 2025, 03:10 AM

Trump signs order to pull US from WHO, citing funding disparities

Speaking at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said the United States was paying far more to the UN body compared to China
21 January 2025, 02:58 AM

Trump gives TikTok 75-day grace period from US ban

Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok, marking one of his first acts in office
21 January 2025, 02:12 AM
20 January 2025, 18:52 PM

Trump vows to launch 'tariff' wars

In his speech, he reiterated his plan to set up an "External Revenue Service"
20 January 2025, 18:11 PM

Taliban deputy FM calls for girls’ high schools to open

The Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international isolation of its rulers.
20 January 2025, 18:00 PM

South Korea’s Yoon shuns questioning

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday refused to be questioned by investigators under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.
20 January 2025, 18:00 PM