Trump administration

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to be careful to ensure steps are taken to prevent Canadian populists from finding a new distant target in Brussels.

Opinion & Features

THE BROAD VIEW

Thanks, Trump: Why Canada may become EU’s first-ever ‘associate member’

The idea is both absurd and logical

2026-09-18T06:00:00.000Z

US President Donald Trump has promised a US$5,000-per-person dividend if Republicans retake Congress this November.

Opinion & Features

THE BOTTOM LINE

Real or not, Trump’s helicopter money drop should alarm Warsh

A US$1.2 trillion spend in an economy with stubborn inflation and burgeoning debt will rankle the Fed chair

2026-09-16T09:30:16.000Z

US President Donald Trump says the US$5,000 “dividend” would have to be spent in the US.

International

Can Trump really pay every adult American a US$5,000 ‘dividend’?

He has promised the handout if Republicans retain control of Congress after the November midterms

2026-09-10T11:01:28.000Z

Deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln (above) exemplify a fall in US fleet readiness to 68% in 2025, well below the Navy’s 80% target.

Opinion & Features

America’s naval disaster

US shipbuilding cannot recover while shielding domestic shipyards from foreign competition

2026-09-07T04:52:13.000Z

Tensions with China over Latin America could increase as President Donald Trump refocuses US attention on its own backyard.

International

What Trump’s Venezuela oil grab means for China

THE Trump administration’s deepening involvement in Venezuela – first with the ouster of longtime leader Nicolas Maduro and now with a deal to take a stake in its oil industry – could complicate China’s strategy in Latin America.

2026-09-05T04:08:24.000Z

Venezuela’s reserves have sat largely undeveloped for two decades under a state oil company hollowed out by mismanagement, sanctions and capital flight.

Opinion & Features

The Venezuela oil deal: Historic win or deferred reckoning?

The US now has a majority right to about one-fifth of Venezuelan crude. Yet many questions remain unanswered

2026-09-03T07:00:00.000Z

Asian allies have questioned the logic of US President Donald Trump re-engaging North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un.

Opinion & Features

Trump’s moves on the Korean peninsula are examples of how not to do diplomacy

By alienating Seoul while courting Pyongyang, he risks dismantling vital US-Asian strategic alliances

2026-08-30T23:00:00.000Z

The ruling is a key victory for the AI giant, which has been locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over the use of its AI tech by the military.

Companies & Markets

Anthropic wins court challenge to US supply chain risk label

Judge finds a ban on the Claude maker’s AI tech for federal agencies to be inadequately justified

2026-08-28T03:04:34.000Z

Upon taking office, Donald Trump (above) repealed former president Joe Biden’s AI executive order which regulated the safety of the technology’s development.

Opinion & Features

Which AI camp has Trump’s ear now?

The accelerationists want ‘light-touch’ AI regulation, but others are worried about security concerns

2026-08-13T23:00:00.000Z

US President Donald Trump rarely shows any interest in multilateralism and has quite often left key international summits early.

Opinion & Features

Can the G20 survive Trump and deepening global fractures?

The US is intensifying concern that the global body may no longer have the capability to defuse crises

2026-08-12T23:00:00.000Z

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