Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) American President Donald Trump said he would be “involved in those talks indirectly” as US and Iranian officials prepare to meet in Geneva, expressing hope for a breakthrough while warning of consequences if diplomacy fails.“Typically, Iran’s a very tough negotiator,” Trump told reporters abroad Air Force One on his way back from Florida. “I hope, I hope they be more reasonable. They want to make a deal.”He added, “I don’t think they want the consequences…
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Mexico City, Feb 10 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her government will continue providing humanitarian aid to Cuba, despite US sanctions targeting countries that trade with or send oil to the Caribbean nation.”There will be more support. The Mexican people are always solidary. No one can ignore the situation that the Cuban people are currently experiencing due to the sanctions being imposed by the United States,” Sheinbaum said on Monday at her daily press conference, Xinhu…
Sao Paulo, Feb 8 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lashed out at the US administration’s intervention in the internal affairs of Cuba and Venezuela.”Our country stands in solidarity with the Cuban people, victims of a massacre fueled by US speculation. And we, as a party, must find ways to help them,” he said on Saturday during the closing ceremony of the 46th anniversary of the Workers’ Party in Salvador, Bahia state, Xinhua news agency reported.The president also stressed th…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renewing the national emergency on Iran and creating a new tariff system targeting countries that buy goods or services from Tehran.The White House said the order is designed to protect US national security, foreign policy, and the economy. It allows the United States to impose additional tariffs on imports from any country that “directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires any goods or services fr…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) China has lost its influence over two strategic ports in Panama this year, a report stated while highlighting what it said appears like a bad start to the year for the Chinese Communist Party in Latin America. “What’s more, the Cuban dictatorship began to crumble, and Latin America is generally slamming the door on buying military equipment from Beijing,” Arturo McFields, an exiled journalist and former Nicaraguan Ambassador to the Organisation of American States, wrot…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) The White House brushed aside public skepticism from Cuba’s leadership about US-Cuba talks, saying President Donald Trump remains open to diplomacy and suggesting engagement is already underway.A reporter cited remarks by Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, who said Cuba would engage in dialogue with the United States “only without pressure, without preconditions, on equal footing and with respect for sovereignty,” while his government denied Trump’s claim that talk…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) The White House cited new crime and border data to argue that President Donald Trump’s law-and-order agenda is producing results, pointing to sharp declines in murders, aggressive deportations of criminal migrants, and what it called the most secure border in US history.At a packed briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said a study by the Council on Criminal Justice showed that “the murder rate across America’s largest cities plummeted in 2025 to its lowest leve…
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS) Russia strongly condemns the latest restrictive measures imposed by the United States on Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday. Zakharova made the remarks in response to a media question regarding a US executive order published on Thursday, which threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba.She noted that unilateral sanctions against sovereign and independent states, adopted in circumvention of the United Nations and it…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on declared a national emergency over what he described as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” posed by the Government of Cuba, ordering the creation of a new tariff system that could penalise countries supplying oil to the island.In an executive order signed at the White House, Trump said the policies, practices, and actions of the Cuban government threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States and warrant emergen…
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) An influential Republican Congressman has told the House that US immigration policy has reached a breaking point and warned that failure to act could permanently alter the country’s character.Congressman Glenn Grothman from Wisconsin called immigration the single most important issue facing Congress and the White House. How it is handled, he said, will determine whether “America fundamentally changes or not.”Grothman said the scale of immigration, legal and illegal, is …