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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on, as President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

USA

Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard

Hegseth's order caused confusion among national security officials

Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

USA

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, DC, US March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

USA

Trump signs order to cut federal funding for NPR, PBS broadcasters

Photo: Collected

World+Biz

US wants to start tariff talks with China, state media says

A China Shipping container is seen at the port of Oakland, as trade tensions escalate over US tariffs with China, in Oakland, California, US, April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

World+Biz

US economy contracts in the first quarter; tariffs unleash flood of imports

A general view shows container terminal in Hong Kong, China, 23 April 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

China creates list of US-made goods exempt from 125% tariffs, sources say

File photo of protesters at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on 3 August 2024. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Georgia Senate backs Bangladesh student movement, interim govt's reforms

Hannah Dugan. File Photo: Collected

USA

US officials arrest Milwaukee judge for obstructing immigration operation

Tech

Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds

Rescue workers at the scene of a Russian attack, in Sumy, Ukraine, on April 13. Photo: Eugene Abrasimov/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images

World+Biz

US offers to ease sanctions on Russia in Ukraine peace proposal

US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, DC, US March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

USA

Trump administration revokes visas, legal status of over 1,000 foreign students

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen meets Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump, at a location given as El Salvador, in this image released April 17, 2025. Senator Chris Van Hollen via X/Handout via REUTERS

USA

US senator meets wrongly deported man in El Salvador

The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, US, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

USA

Trump administration orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa applicants