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Trump tightens citizenship rules for children of US military abroad
Children born to US citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the US military will no longer qualify for automatic American citizenship under a policy change unveiled yesterday by the Trump administration. Effective Oct 29, parents serving overseas
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In spotlight after Trump offer, Greenland sees chance for an economic win
COPENHAGEN: Greenland’s leaders want to use global interest in the Arctic island aroused by US President Donald Trump’s eye-catching offer of a sale to stimulate investment and earn more from US military activity there. Some business leaders and officials are
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of asylum crackdown
US President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border. California-based US District Judge
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Trump caught off guard as Iran’s Zarif visits G7 summit town
BIARRITZ: Iran’s foreign minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France yesterday, an unexpected twist to a meeting already troubled by differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Western allies over a raft of issues, including Iran. A
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Trump slaps extra 5% tariff on Chinese goods, China unrelenting
US President Donald Trump yesterday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some US$550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest
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Pyongyang fires more missiles, Japan and Seoul protest
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast today, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks. Todahy’s launch
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Trump imposes rule allowing detention of migrant families indefinitely
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration yesterday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the US, abolishing a previous 20-day limit. The rule, which is certain to draw a
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Danes stumped by Trump’s trip cancellation
WASHINGTON/COPENHAGEN: US President Donald Trump declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s dismissal of his idea to buy Greenland “nasty” and an affront to the US yesterday, a day after shocking Danes by cancelling a Copenhagen visit over the rebuff. Danes
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Trump: Jews who support Democrats show ‘great disloyalty’
US President Donald Trump said Jews who vote for Democrats are either ignorant or disloyal after two US congresswomen were blocked from entering Israel because they support a boycott of the country over its treatment of Palestinians. “Any Jewish people
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KLCI opens lower due to regional decline, stays below 1,600-level
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI started lower in early trade, tracking the decline at regional markets, weighed by select index-linked stocks. At 9.05am, the FBM KLCI fell 3.06 points to 1,599.69. The early decliners included Focus Lumber Bhd, Sime Darby
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