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US President Donald Trump has nominated Lieutenant General Dan Caine to succeed as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photo: Collected
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'He's a real general': How Trump chose Dan Caine to be top US military officer

Former F-16 pilot to take over military reeling from change

Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
USA

Fired and rehired: the dizzying confusion of Trump's government overhaul

Elon Musk and Susie Wiles are pictured in Washington, US, February 11, 2025 and in Washington, US February 3, 2025 respectively in this combination photo. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo and REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
USA

Elon Musk's tactics frustrate some senior White House officials

People look the US Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
USA

Thousands fired in US government as Trump, Musk purge federal workers

An employee checks pears at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, US, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
USA

US consumer prices post largest increase in nearly 1-1/2 years in January

Elon Musk speaks next to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
USA

With Musk at his side, Trump orders US agencies to plan for 'large-scale' staff cuts

A World Food Program's flag flutters on the roof of WFP's headquaters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
World+Biz

US lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
USA

Trump's SEC starts shifting agency's focus as job cut threat spooks staff

A view of freshly cut slabs of steel at the BlueScope steelworks, Port Kembla, Australia February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Lewis Jackson/File Photo
World+Biz

Australia says its steel, aluminium exports create American jobs

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

Judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque, El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

El Salvador offers to house criminals deported from the US in its jails

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, February 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. File Photo: AP via UNB
World+Biz

USAID contractors fire staff, face cash crunch as Trump causes chaos in aid world

US President Donald Trump and Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Trump, Sheinbaum agree to pause US-Mexico tariffs for a month