Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work with advisers on Tuesday to align Israeli and U. S. thinking on the Middle East and ensure “no gaps” remain. Staff have cleared most of Tuesday for discussions with Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron … Read more
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with Russia, the White House has announced. Mr Flynn is alleged to have discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador before Mr Trump took office. He is said to have misled officials about the conversation. Earlier, US media reported that the Justice Department … Read more
A top White House official declined in several interviews over the weekend to defend national security adviser Michael Flynn, amid controversy over his alleged contacts with Russia. Mr Flynn reportedly discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak in the weeks before the inauguration. He denied talking about this issue but later said he could not … Read more
Since his mannerisms make him out as country or – as we say in Africa – a villager, his case may be more of naivety rather than good acting. If that is true, then the problem is his gullibility (to others or to self) that the means he intended and intends to use to reach … Read more
Despite his campaign vows to take a tougher line with North Korea, President Donald Trump’s restrained public reaction to Pyongyang’s first ballistic missile launch on his watch underscores that he has few good options to curb its missile and nuclear programs. The responses under consideration – which range from additional sanctions to U. S. shows … Read more
Reckitt Benckiser (RB. L) has agreed to buy U.S. baby formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN.N) for $16.6 billion, giving the British consumer goods company a new product line and expanding its presence in developing markets. Reckitt, the maker of Lysol cleaners, Durex condoms and Mucinex cold medicine, said on Friday it will pay $90 … Read more
The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was “wrong, wrong, wrong” to promote Ivanka Trump products on live television. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who heads the oversight committee in Congress, said the promotion was “clearly over the line, unacceptable”. Trump aide Kellyanne Conway had said on Fox News: “Go buy … Read more
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir Putin. But Mr Navalny, who denies the charges, has vowed to take part in the race regardless. It was not immediately clear if this was legally … Read more
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement and handed a five-year suspended sentence. It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir Putin. But Mr. Navalny has vowed to take part in the race regardless. He denies the charges and says he will appeal against the verdict. His … Read more
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203. T) and Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T) appeared poised to unveil a wide-ranging partnership on Monday that could include the development of new technologies and procurement. Both automakers, which said in October they were exploring a tie-up, said their boards would make a decision on the matter later in the day. … Read more
Dystopian novel 1984 has been topping US bestseller lists in recent weeks – and now a stage version previously seen in the West End is heading to Broadway. Its talk of “newspeak” and surveillance seem to have struck a nerve recently. Sales of the George Orwell book rose after US president Donald Trump’s adviser said … Read more
U. S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance and squarely aligned him with Wall Street bankers. Though the order was short on specifics, financial markets embraced Trump’s signal that looser … Read more
The US Senate Judiciary Committee is to vote on President Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Jeff Sessions. A conservative senator and early backer of Mr Trump, Mr Sessions has been dogged by allegations of racism which overshadowed his confirmation hearings. The vote comes a day after the president dismissed Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, … Read more
From the windows of the grey, cube-shaped building that houses the US embassy in Tel Aviv, staff enjoy an undisturbed view out over the Mediterranean and a beach adorned in the summer with sunbeds and parasols. Most days the only evidence of activity is outside on the pavement: A queue of Israelis snake out of … Read more
Anti-abortion activists are gathering in Washington to join the annual March for Life protest that has the support of President Donald Trump. Organisers expected thousands of people to join the event, held each year to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalising abortion. Vice-President Mike Pence told them: “Life is winning again in … Read more
President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak by telephone on Saturday, according to the White House and the Kremlin. The two world leaders are expected to discuss bilateral affairs and national security in the first call since Mr Trump’s inauguration. Mr Trump has also hinted at lifting some of the US … Read more
Donald Trump hasn’t even been president for a week and already the US-Mexico battle over a border wall is turning red hot. Not giving an inch, Trump bluntly said Thursday that it would be better to cancel his scheduled meeting later this month with the Mexican president if he continues to refuse to pay for … Read more
President of Gambia Adama Barrow has named Fatoumata Tambajang as his Vice. Tambajang has ever been a good mediator engaging opposition parties to create a credible gender-balanced coalition for the 2016 National Elections which resulted to her election as Chair of the Coalition that fought to effect a regime change. Her appointment was announced on … Read more
Syria’s warring sides met for talks in Kazakhstan’s capital on Monday, flanked by intermediary nations seeking to engineer steps towards a goal other negotiations have failed to reach: an end to the six-year-old conflict. Sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran, the meeting marks the first time the opposition and representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad … Read more
The White House vowed on Sunday to fight the news media “tooth and nail” over what it sees as unfair attacks, with a top adviser saying the Trump administration had presented “alternative facts” to counter low inauguration crowd estimates. On his first full day as president, Trump said he had a “running war” with the … Read more