The move marks a sharp reversal for Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term in office
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UAE commits to $1.4trn US investment, says White House
The Gulf country is looking to deepen investment ties with Washington and is emerging as a global leader in AI, one of the sectors it is betting on to diversify its economy away from energy
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Internet erupts over Trump-Zelenskyy White House meeting breakdown
When Zelenskyy asked JD Vance if he had ever visited Ukraine, the US VP responded that he had seen videos and accused the Ukrainian president of taking visitors on “propaganda tours”
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Donald Trump re-election will have ‘extremely serious’ consequences, says Kamala Harris
Harris wooed the vast middle-class voters, citing her own middle class background
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What would a Trump win mean for the Middle East?
A potential Trump victory could revive ‘America First,’ bringing a more isolationist foreign policy, a possible rekindling of the US-China trade war, and more, experts say
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Biden says could quit race if ‘medical condition’ emerged
Meanwhile, Biden tested positive for Covid-19 while on a trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said
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Donald Trump takes a U-turn; proposes green cards for foreign graduates of US colleges
Trump has previously said the H1-B programme commonly used by companies to hire foreign workers temporarily – a programme he has used in the past for his social media platform Truth Social – was “very bad”
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Angry White House questions Fitch’s rationale after rating downgrade
On Tuesday, Fitch became the second major rating agency to downgrade the US government’s top credit rating
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Fitch downgrades US sovereign credit rating amid fiscal deficits
The move, however, drew an angry response from the White House and surprised investors, coming despite the resolution of the debt ceiling crisis two months ago
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Joe Biden signs bill just days before default, resolving debt ceiling crisis
Officials later released a ten-second clip of Biden silently signing the document at the White House
Bipartisan Budget Agreement
US Congress passes debt deal just in time to avert country’s first-ever default
The bill now needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law
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US debt deal secured: Biden, McCarthy express confidence in its approval
The compromise after weeks of intense talks offers a path back from the precipice
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Donald Trump announces another run at becoming the US President
‘I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be. My fellow citizens, America’s comeback starts right now’
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In pictures: UAE, Bahrain establishes ties with Israel in Trump-brokered deal
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed landmark agreements on Tuesday to move toward establishing normal relations with Israel, setting in motion a potentially historic shift in Middle East politics at a White House ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump.
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Video: How Trump’s coronavirus position has changed
As news of the mystery coronavirus in China broke, Donald Trump was quick to react implementing a travel ban on arrivals from China. The US President was criticised for downplaying the threat of Covid-19 following which he announced a travel ban from Europe and financial measures in Congress – watch the video for how his position has changed.
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Video: Saudi prince says Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ “strips away” the heart and soul of Palestine
Prince Turki Al Faisal, former head of Saudi intelligence, says President Donald Trump’s proposed plan for Middle Eastern peace is a monstrous conception of Palestinian state
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Video: Saudi Arabian Prince Turki Al-Faisal on US foreign policy
The foreign policy of the United States in places like Syria has been “contradictory” for several years, according to the former chief of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services.
