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  • Fact check: Viral image of Trump’s angry rant against Modi on Truth Social is fake
    Dawn - 16:57 Aug 01, 2025
    Posts from multiple users on social media platform X on Friday shared an image of an alleged Truth Social post of United States President Donald Trump’s angry rant against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the image is fake and no such post was shared. On Wednesday, Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from India from August 1, along with an unspecified penalty for buying Russian weapons and oil, potentially straining relations with the world’s most populous democracy. He also declared the Indian economy dead in the water. The US decision singled out India more severely than other major trading partners, and threatened to unravel months of talks between the two countries, undermining a key strategic partner of Washington and a counterbalance to China. Today, an X user, who seems to be Indian from previous posts, shared an image allegedly showing a post by Trump on Truth Social with the caption: “Disgruntled lover.” The post in the image stated: “So hard to believe that Prime Minist...
  • Pakistani goods face reduced 19pc US tariff as Trump hits dozens of countries with steep duties
    Dawn - 12:52 Aug 01, 2025
     This screengrab shows PSX activity on August 1. — PSX data portal United States President Donald Trump has introduced tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners, including a 19 per cent tariff on Pakistani goods — revised from the previous 29pc — a day after the two countries finalised a trade agreement. According to an executive order detailing the tariffs, it was announced that Pakistan is set to face a 19pc tariff rate as Trump’s tariff deadline comes to an end on August 1 (today). The order listed higher import duty rates of 10 to 41pc starting in seven days for 69 trading partners as the 12:01am EDT (9:01am PKT) deadline approached. What we know so far: Pakistani goods exported to US to now be taxed 19pc as part of Trump’s global tariffs The rate is lower than the proposed 29pc after trade talks with US Finance ministry sees major opportunity to expand Pakistan’s footprint in US market Official notes Pakistan ‘possibly only country’ offered investments alongside Levies for 68 other trading partners range from 10-41pc, with India facing 25pc tariff Canada’s duti...
  • Zwitserland: waarom straft Trump uitgerekend ons zo genadeloos af?
    NRC.nl Economie - 11:52 Aug 01, 2025
    Verbijstering en verslagenheid in Zwitserland, omdat president Trump  Zwitserse producten een invoerheffing van 39 procent heeft opgelegd.
  • Trump is right about Indian economy, says Rahul Gandhi
    Dawn - 03:01 Aug 01, 2025
    • US president criticises India for doing business with Russia, describing both economies as ‘dead’ • Medvedev brushes aside Trump’s attack NEW DELHI: By declaring the Indian economy as dead in the water on Thursday, President Donald Trump has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party in a bind. Until recently, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was canvassing support for the US president’s election. Its supporters were holding special prayers and muttering mystical chants for Trump’s victory. There was at least one temple created where a sculptured image of Trump was worshipped. But Trump has ignored the lavish praise and called out India’s energy imports from Russia and its tariff regime as non-negotiable. The Indian government said it was trying to figure out a response by consulting all the “stakeholders”, a euphemism for angry businesses whose hopes were riding on Mr Modi’s daring ability to play both sides of the street. That appears to have hit a dead-end. Encouraging words have come from former Ru...
  • Russische staatsmedia over nieuw ultimatum Trump: ‘Directe confrontatie lijkt onvermijdelijk’
    AD.nl - 20:05 Jul 31, 2025
    Russische media vrezen dat een directe confrontatie tussen de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en de Russische president Vladimir Poetin onvermijdelijk is, nadat Trump Poetin nog maar tien dagen gaf om de oorlog in Oekraïne te beëindigen. „De locomotieven Trump en Poetin stormen met volle vaart op elkaar af en geen van beiden zal opzij gaan, of stoppen en omkeren.” Lees alles over de oorlog in Oekraïne en de situatie in Rusland in ons liveblog.
  • India PM Modi faces opposition fury after Trump’s 25pc tariff threat
    Dawn - 14:00 Jul 31, 2025
    Indian opposition parties criticised the government on Thursday, describing US President Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff as a diplomatic failure for New Delhi, while the rupee currency tumbled and equity indexes slid in response to the news. The 25pc rate would single out India more harshly than other major trading partners, and threatens to unravel months of talks, undermining one of Washington’s strategic partners in the region, viewed as a counterbalance to China. Trump said the tariff on imports from India would start from Friday, in addition to an unspecified penalty for Russian dealings and involvement in the BRICS grouping of nations. In response, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was studying the implications of Trump’s remarks and was dedicated to securing a fair trade deal. “This development reflects a broader collapse of foreign policy under the Modi government,” a lawmaker of the main opposition Congress party said in a notice to the lower house of parliament, as...
  • Pakistan says deal concluded with US on tariffs; Trump cites oil reserves agreement
    Dawn - 12:33 Jul 31, 2025
    Pakistan and the US finalised a trade deal on Wednesday night, expected to lower tariffs — although no figure was announced — while US President Donald Trump cited a pact aimed at helping develop Pakistan’s oil reserves. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is currently in Washington for negotiations on a tariff deal and also began meetings with senior US officials on Wednesday. “In a landmark development, Pakistan and the United States finalised a trade agreement today aimed at boosting bilateral trade, expanding market access, attracting investment, and fostering cooperation in areas of mutual interest,” the Pakistani embassy in the US posted on X on Thursday morning. Trump announced the deal on his platform Truth Social early Thursday morning. “We have just concluded a deal with the country of Pakistan, whereby Pakistan and the United States will work together on developing their massive oil reserves,” Trump wrote. “We are in the process of choosing the oil company that will lead this partnership. Who knows...
  • Trump says tariffs are making US ‘great and rich’ again
    Dawn - 12:07 Jul 31, 2025
    United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the sweeping tariffs he has imposed on nations around the world were making the country “great and rich again”, as governments raced to strike deals with Washington less than 24 hours before an August 1 deadline. “Tariffs are making America great and rich again,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “One year ago, America was a dead country, now it is the ‘hottest’ country anywhere in the world,” he added. A day earlier, the US president imposed new tariffs to punish or favour several major trading partners — the latest round of sweeping measures that have roiled markets around the world. South Korea squeezed in at the last moment, securing agreement on a 15 per cent tariff for exports to the US — significantly below the 25pc that Trump had earlier threatened to introduce. But Trump also announced crippling 50pc tariffs on Brazil and a 25pc levy on Indian exports, while warning Canada it would face trade repercussions for planning to recognise a Pal...
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  • Trump administration unveils detailed crypto policy but shrouds Bitcoin reserve in mystery
    CryptoSlate - 18:36 Jul 30, 2025
    President Donald Trump’s administration released its most detailed digital asset policy report on Wednesday, outlining a broad regulatory roadmap for crypto but offered no new insight into the government’s proposed strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. The 163-page document, prepared by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, consolidates the administration’s position across stablecoin regulation, tax […] The post Trump administration unveils detailed crypto policy but shrouds Bitcoin reserve in mystery appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Trump pushes for release of Epstein, Maxwell grand jury testimony
    Dawn - 17:09 Jul 30, 2025
    United States President Donald Trump’s administration, seeking to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency, urged two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges. In late-night court filings on Tuesday, US federal prosecutors said unsealing the materials would be appropriate given the “abundant public interest” in the case of Epstein, the late financier, and Maxwell, an imprisoned British socialite. The Republican Trump had promised to make public Epstein-related files if reelected and accused Democrats of covering up the truth. But this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said a previously touted Epstein client list did not in fact exist, angering Trump’s supporters. DOJ first sought court permission on July 18 to make public transcripts of the confidential testimony given by witnesses years ago in the two cases, but Manhattan-based US District Judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmayer asked the government to flesh out the legal ...
  • Russia faces tariffs in 10 days if no progress on ending Ukraine war: Trump
    Dawn - 15:20 Jul 30, 2025
    United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia “10 days from today” if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine. Trump first announced on Monday that he was shortening the initial 50-day deadline he set a month ago for action from Moscow, and mentioned a new deadline of 10 to 12 days. On Tuesday, he told reporters he had not heard a response from Russia. Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said he was not worried about the potential impact of Russian sanctions on the oil market or prices, vowing to boost domestic oil production to offset any impact. “I don’t know if it’s going to affect Russia, because [Russian President Vladimir Putin] wants to, obviously, probably keep the war going,” Trump said. “But we’re going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on.” The US president, who has in the past spoken about having a good relationship with Putin, has grown increasingly frustr...
  • Met zijn aanvallen op de Fed zaagt Trump aan een pijler van het financiële systeem
    NRC.nl Economie - 18:43 Jul 29, 2025
    Deze woensdag houdt de Amerikaanse centrale bank een rentevergadering onder ongekende politieke druk. Trump eist een lagere rente. Politieke inmenging in het monetaire beleid kan grote negatieve gevolgen hebben.
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  • Bijna drie maanden na heffingsdeal met Trump verkeert Britse staalsector nog steeds in ongewisse
    FD - 13:25 Jul 29, 2025
    Afgaande op de Britse ervaringen, kan het nog lang duren voor sommige Europese sectoren weten waar ze aan toe zijn na de heffingsdeal met Trump van dit weekend.
  • Trump’s World Liberty Financial Dumps $1M USDC for 256.75 ETH
    Cryptonews.com - 13:10 Jul 29, 2025
    World Liberty Financial ETH holdings have increased; its total holdings are now 77,226 ETH, valued at about $296 million, with an approximate unrealized profit of $41.7 million. The post Trump’s World Liberty Financial Dumps $1M USDC for 256.75 ETH appeared first on Cryptonews.
  • Trump says he’s shortening 50-day deadline for Russia to end war
    Defense News - 15:25 Jul 28, 2025
    Trump said two weeks ago he would implement “severe tariffs” on Russia unless a peace deal is reached by early September.
  • ‘Erger is voorkomen’, dat is de schrale winst voor de EU in het machtsspel met Trump
    NRC.nl Economie - 14:56 Jul 28, 2025
    Is het de „best mogelijke deal”, of een „akkoord waarbij grote concessies zijn afgedwongen bij de EU”? Brussel hijst de vlag omdat een handelsoorlog met de VS is afgewend, critici zien dat Trump zich opmaakt voor nieuwe handelsconflicten.
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  • Trump rejects Netanyahu's claim on Gaza starvation: 'you can't fake that'
    Haaretz - 13:52 Jul 28, 2025
    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with whom the president was meeting, said he thinks the British public is 'revolted' by the pictures being broadcast from the Gaza Strip. Trump added that the U.S. will set up 'food centers' without fences to ease access
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  • EU bereikt handelsakkoord met Trump: 15% op alle invoer uit de EU
    FD - 18:34 Jul 27, 2025
    De Verenigde Staten gaan 15% heffen op alle invoer uit de EU. ‘Het grootste van alle akkoorden’, noemde Trump de overeenkomst.
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  • Trump says EU and US have ‘reached a deal’ on trade
    Dawn - 17:51 Jul 27, 2025
    US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had reached a trade agreement with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen. “We have reached a deal. It’s a good deal for everybody,” Trump told reporters after talks with von der Leyen at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland. The EU chief also hailed it as a “good deal”. Earlier, the US president told reporters he felt the two sides had a 50-50 chance of a deal with the European Union. The bloc faces an across-the-board US levy of 30 per cent unless it strikes a trade pact by August 1. Washington warned on Sunday there would be “no extensions” and Trump confirmed “the deals all start on August 1”. Von der Leyen’s European Commission, negotiating on behalf of EU countries, is pushing hard for a deal to salvage a trading relationship worth an annual $1.9 trillion in goods and services. The EU chief said at the start of the talks at Trump’s luxury golf resort in southwestern Turnberry that if they reached a deal, “I think it would be the biggest deal each of ...
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  • Trump, pus în dificultate de Netanyahu. Criza din Gaza tensionează și Europa
    Adevarul Romania - 12:24 Jul 27, 2025
    După o serie de succese militare care i-au consolidat poziția ca putere dominantă în Orientul Mijlociu, Israelul pare să acționeze aproape fără constrângeri, iar administrația Trump începe să resimtă tensiunea acestei noi realități strategice, scrie The Wall Street Journal.
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