ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump hosted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Florida, CBS News reported. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the dinner to CBS News, saying Zuckerberg was grateful for the invitation and the opportunity to meet with members of Trump’s team about the incoming administration. ...
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports, particularly from China, are raising alarms over their potential to significantly hike the cost of living for American families. According to a recent report from the National Retail Federation, the proposed tariffs could slash consumer...
BERLIN (AA) – In her memoir published on Tuesday, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel portrays Donald Trump as a leader who viewed international relations through the lens of “real estate deals.” Merkel recounted her first Oval Office meeting with Trump in 2017, writing: “He judged everything from the perspective of ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were targeted in “violent” threats late Tuesday and early Wednesday, said a spokesperson for the president-elect. Karoline Leavitt said the attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting. “In response, law enforcement and other a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday named General Keith Kellogg his special envoy for the Ukraine and Russia conflict. “I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He said Keith, a retire...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that Mexico will stop the flow of migrants, after speaking with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo following his tariff threats earlier this week. “Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he called an urgent meeting later this week with provincial premiers on how to deal with Donald Trump’s threat to impose crippling tariffs on Canadian products. Speaking to reporters one day after the US president-elect promised to slam Canada with a 25% tariff across the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has chosen pandemic lockdown critic Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s leading medical research agency. “Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s Medical Research, and to make important discove...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has directed his top advisers to investigate allegations of impropriety involving his legal adviser Boris Epshteyn, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. ABC News reported on Tuesday that the claims, made by individuals close to Trump’s transition team, accused Epshteyn of leveraging...
ATHENS (AA) – EU member states should fulfill their obligations under international law by complying with the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, says the EU foreign policy chief. Stressing that all EU members are parties to the Rome Convention, which founded the International Crimi...