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SPECIAL REPORT | Juanita Williams – ALLAFRICA.COM |  U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that changes how the U.S. government awards research grants and foreign monetary assistance on August 7, 2025. The order is called “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking”, and while the government says this will stop …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference Monday that he is deploying the National Guard to assist in restoring law and order and public safety in Washington, D.C. Trump also stated that he has formally invoked the Home Rule Act to place …

MOSCOW | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday in the U.S. state of Alaska, marking the first visit by a Russian president to the United States since 2015. WHY ALASKA? The choice of the location “does make sense,” said …

Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has slashed foreign aid and weaponized the United States’ economic power to bully long-standing allies, underscoring his administration’s abandonment of multilateralism COMMENT | Moreno Bertoldi and Marco Buti |  In a matter of months, both the international role and global standing of the …

SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua |  A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke to the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign Friday, upholding restrictions on immigration agents conducting sweeping arrests across Southern California without reasonable suspicion. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the government’s challenge to …

Yale Art Gallery funds art of the Nguni people exhibit itself ART | AGENCIES | America’s oldest university art museum pulled two federal grant applications for an African art exhibition because it refused to agree to the anti-DEI language that was part of the Trump administration’s new grant acceptance guidelines, the …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be losing patience with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, voicing disappointment on Monday just hours after threatening “severe tariffs” against Russia. “I’m disappointed in him, but I’m not done with him. But I’m disappointed in him,” Trump told BBC in …

Washington, US | BBC | US President Donald Trump began a three-day summit in Washington DC with the leaders of five African states, an event the White House sees as an “incredible” commercial opportunity. Trump’s guests include the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal – none of whom …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of eight countries Wednesday, notifying them that tariffs ranging from 20 percent to 50 percent will be charged on goods imported from these countries starting Aug. 1. Trump first posted letters to seven countries — the …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that 25-percent tariffs will be imposed on imports from Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), respectively, beginning Aug. 1. In his letters addressed to the leaders of the two countries, Trump said the new tariffs …