US to send troops into Saudi Arabia following oil attacks September 21, 2019 The US has revealed plans to send military forces into Saudi Arabia following the attacks against the country’s oil facilities last weekend. Speaking to reporters, secretary of defence, Mark Esper, said the deployment of troops would be “defensive in nature”. Read more: Oil prices post 6 per cent weekly gain despite last-minute dip It is [...]
Trump denies reports he made promise to foreign leader prompting complaint September 20, 2019 US President Donald Trump has denied accusations that he made a promise to a foreign leader which sparked a complaint from an intelligence officer. The Washington Post has reported that the officer found it “so troubling” they felt the need to inform the department’s inspector general. Read more: Trump says he’s not thrilled with Fed [...]
Trump authorises new sanctions on Iran September 18, 2019 US President Donald Trump has said that he will ramp up sanctions against Iran after alleging the country was behind an attack on Saudi Arabian oil refineries. “I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!” the President tweeted. Read more: Iranian leader says Saudi attacks [...]
Vaping ‘a problem’, says Trump as officials move to ban flavoured e-cigarettes September 11, 2019 US President Donald Trump today said that vaping is “not wonderful” as he moved to ban flavoured e-cigarettes from the US market. New proposals put forward by the administration would ban all flavours, apart from tobacco, from being sold in the US. Read more: Altria gets Juul for Yule as Marlboro maker bets big on [...]
Smack hawk down: Trump fires national security adviser Bolton September 10, 2019 US President Donald Trump has fired his hawkish national security adviser John Bolton after revealing the two had come to blows over a series of policies. Trump said he had spoken to Bolton and asked for his resignation, which was handed in this morning. “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others [...]
US President Donald Trump’s personal assistant leaves White House August 30, 2019 The personal assistant of Donald Trump, who has served the President since the beginning of his administration, has left the White House with immediate effect. Madeleine Westerhout’s abrupt departure comes after Trump learned on Thursday that she had leaked information about his family and the Oval Office’s dealings in an off-the-record meeting with reporters. Read [...]
Asian stocks rise cautiously after Trump softens trade war rhetoric August 27, 2019 Stock markets in Asia climbed cautiously into the green this morning after President Trump made more optimistic comments about the trade war following what he described as two “very good calls” from Beijing. “China called last night our top trade people and said: ‘Let’s get back to the table,’” he said at the G7 summit [...]
Boris Johnson: UK will remain ‘energetic partner’ on world stage after Brexit August 24, 2019 Boris Johnson says the UK will not “retreat” from the international community as it leaves the EU. The Prime Minister is set to meet with world leaders at this weekend’s G7 in France in his first international summit as leader. Read more: Trump announces tariff hikes as China trade war escalates He will discuss Brexit [...]
Trump announces tariff hikes as US-China trade war escalates August 24, 2019 Donald Trump has hit back at China by announcing plans to increase the tariffs on imports by a further a five per cent. The trade war between the US and China escalated further on Friday, with China revealing plans to hit $75bn of US goods with duties. Read more: Trump tirade against China sends stock [...]
‘Feel the pain’: China set to retaliate on US tariffs, says state newspaper August 23, 2019 China will soon unveil plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on certain goods, the editor of a Chinese state-backed newspaper has said. Read more: Chinese renminbi set for another weekly fall on trade tensions Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, tweeted: “Based on what I know, China will take further countermeasures in response to US [...]
