(Reuters) – Ukrainian and U.S. teams could meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss technicalities of partial ceasefire, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after what he described as “very substantive” call with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. “We instructed our teams to resolve technical issues related to implementing and expanding the partial ceasefire. Ukrainian…
(Reuters) – Leaders from across the Caribbean are seeking clarity after a draft of a U.S. government list of over 40 countries which could face sweeping travel restrictions was made public, a move which could mark the latest in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on migration. U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce disavowed the list on…
By Gram Slattery and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit the United States “in the not-too-distant future” for talks as economic tensions escalate between the powers. Trump has slapped 20% levies on all imports from China since taking office in January, faulting Beijing…
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s approval rating has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with U.S. President Donald Trump, a poll by a leading Ukrainian pollster showed on Friday. The poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) showed that 67% of respondents trusted Zelenskiy in…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Jonathan Saul (Reuters) – The U.S. government is studying ways it could ease sanctions on Russia’s energy sector as part of a broad plan to enable Washington to deliver swift relief if Moscow agrees to end the Ukraine war, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Reuters had reported earlier…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his government had good talks on Gaza and that he thought it was coming up with solutions to problems in the Middle East. Trump made the comments at a joint White House press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer when he was asked…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday that he would work with U.S. President Donald Trump on a new economic deal with advanced technology such as artificial intelligence at its core. “Instead of over regulating these new technologies, we’re seizing the opportunities that they offer. So we’ve decided today to go…
By Michael Martina, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new Trump administration as China continues to apply military pressure on the island. Three sources familiar with the situation,…
By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that “serious” members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s team would travel to Ukraine this week for the first time, as diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia intensify. Zelenskiy, who is trying to forge close relations with Trump as…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A purge of senior staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development appeared designed to silence any dissent over President Donald Trump’s plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign aid, current and former USAID officials told Reuters. Trump, who ordered a 90-day pause in most foreign aid and said his…
