Politics

Washington focus on Ukraine war

Oakley Mason August 19, 2025

USA Security guarantees for Ukraine dominated high-level talks at the White House, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Donald Trump and European leaders. Zelenskyy said the discussions marked a “big step forward,” stressing the importance of U.S. involvement in coordinating and

Entertainment

Beyoncé wins award

Oakley Mason August 14, 2025

USA Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, her legal name, was listed as one of a half dozen people on a team that won outstanding costumes for a variety, nonfiction or reality show for “Beyoncé Bowl,” her Western-themed halftime show on Netflix’s Christmas NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. The show in her hometown of Houston […]

Business

US and China extend trade truce

Oakley Mason August 13, 2025

USA United States President Donald Trump on Monday extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days, delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension, and that “all other elements of the Agreement will remain […]

News

Trump’s new tariffs shakes world market

Oakley Mason August 3, 2025

USA U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration over running out of time after hitting Trump’s […]

News

USA insists on tariff hike on specific trade partners

Oakley Mason August 1, 2025

USA President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Thursday imposing new tariffs on multiple U.S. trading partners, set to take effect in seven days. The move, part of his aggressive “America First” trade agenda, raises economic tensions just as global markets face mounting uncertainty. The order includes a tariff hike on Canadian goods from […]

Politics

Trump accuses Obama of treason

Oakley Mason July 23, 2025

USA President Donald Trump baselessly accused former president Barack Obama and others of illegally plotting against him, calling it “treason” and declaring: “It’s time to go after people.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Trump listed Obama, Hillary Clinton,

News

Agian, US leaves UNESCO

Oakley Mason July 23, 2025

USA “President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO — which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,” White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly told the New York Post on Tuesday. UNESCO and the White House did not […]

News

Trump leaves coffee producers in the dark

Oakley Mason July 21, 2025

USA In the north of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, expectations for this year’s coffee harvest are clouded by uncertainty, after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the United States.  For small producers in the region, the tariffs news hit like a bombshell. “We had high expectations until about a […]

News

UN creates panel to examine effects of nuclear war

Oakley Mason July 20, 2025

United Nations UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed an independent scientific panel of 21 experts to examine the physical and societal consequences of a nuclear war. The panel would examine the consequences of war on a local, regional and planetary scale in the days, weeks and decades following such an event. The creation of the […]

News

U.S. deports 95 Haitians

Oakley Mason July 17, 2025

USA A new deportation flight carrying 95 Haitian nationals landed Wednesday in Cap-Haïtien, as U.S. immigration authorities continue a wave of removals under tightened immigration enforcement. Armed Haitian police officers stood by on the tarmac as the aircraft from Florida arrived. Officials confirmed that some of the deportees had criminal records and had served time