Berlin: Germany’s former president Horst Koehler, who served as head of state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness, officials announced. “With the death of Horst Koehler, we have lost a highly esteemed and extremely popular person who achieved great things — for our country and in the world,” … Read more
CB President Christine Lagarde on Thursday expressed confidence that Bitcoin will not be included in the EU’s list of reserved assets. The top official’s stance comes weeks after US President Donald Trump’s made statements that he plans to add BTC to the country’s reserves. Bitcoin’s value dropped by 1.23 percent on Friday amid ongoing market … Read more
Braslia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that if US counterpart Donald Trump hiked tariffs on Brazilian products, he would reciprocate — but that he would prefer improved relations over a trade war. The Latin American giant is one of the countries that Trump has threatened with higher tariffs. “It’s very simple: … Read more
Damascus, Syria: In less than two months, Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader to interim president, after his Islamist group led a lightning offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa was appointed Wednesday to lead Syria for an unspecified transitional period, and has been tasked with forming an interim legislature after the dissolution of … Read more
Damascus: Syria’s new authorities announced Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, has been appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported. A rebel alliance led by Sharaa’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted Assad on December 8 after a lightning offensive, … Read more
Santos’ president told Brazilian superstar Neymar it was “time to return to (his) people” in a video published on social media on Tuesday. Club president Marcelo Teixeira took to Instagram to deliver the message to Neymar but did not officially confirm the 32-year-old’s return to the club where he first broke through in … Read more
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment outside regular business hours. TikTok, which has about 170 million American users, was briefly taken offline just before a law requiring … Read more
Miami, United States: US President Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was “not 100 percent sure” he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it. Trump has repeatedly alluded to the possibility that he might go beyond the current two-term limit for US … Read more
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has found himself at the centre of a diplomatic dispute with the US after he refused to allow deported nationals into Colombia. In retaliation, US President Donald Trump ordered sweeping tariffs and sanctions against Colombia on Sunday. The 78-year-old imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Colombian products, which was set … Read more
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro traded barbs earlier today after Bogota blocked two deportation flights carrying Colombian migrants back to the Latin American country. While Trump cracked down with sanctions against Colombia, Petro responded in kind and said the US “will never rule us”. The White House later … Read more
New Delhi: Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday, during a dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, quipped that he has “Indian DNA”, sparking a burst of laughter among the dignitaries including the President, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Subianto made the remark while talking about his connection with India. “A … Read more
Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro said Sunday he would not allow US migrant deportation flights access to his country’s airspace. “The United States cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I forbid entry to our territory to US planes carrying Colombian migrants,” Petro wrote on X, adding they would only be accepted once Washington had created … Read more