Author: potus
“Multialignment” has been Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lodestar as he moved India and its foreign policy out of the dead end of nonalignment over the last decade. In Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, Modi got to see—firsthand and in real time—how Trump was developing a multialignment of his own. Trump’s efforts to loosen U.S. commitments to Europe, reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and publicly woo Chinese President Xi Jinping mark an epochal break with the idea of a rules-based international order backed by U.S. power and a collective West. With his vision of America…
Elon Musk leaves after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersA law firm that represents Tesla and Elon Musk has written proposed legislation that would alter Delaware corporate law, according to a person directly familiar with the drafting of the bill.The proposed legislation, drafted by Richards, Layton & Finger, or RLF, would amend Delaware General Corporation Law, and if adopted, could pave the way for the reinstatement of Musk’s 2018 CEO pay package at Tesla, worth tens of billions in options. RLF confirmed their involvement to…
A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging its “rushed, haphazard and cruel” push to shut down the agency has placed the mother and unborn daughter at grave risk.The worker, who filed the complaint anonymously as “Terry Doe” in federal court in Washington, D.C., for fear of reprisal, charges that the U.S. government twice denied previously approved medical transport orders for the mother, who is 31-weeks pregnant. “Each day has brought a new constellation of suffering,” the worker said in the complaint, describing the administration’s…
Jim Jones, head of the food division at the Food and Drug Administration, has resigned, according to a source familiar with the matter. The division is tasked with ensuring that the country’s food supply is safe, overseeing inspections and recalls.Jones’ resignation comes after the Trump administration last week cut thousands of federal workers, including some who worked at the FDA. The source didn’t provide a reason for Jones’ resignation.The resignation was first reported by Bloomberg News.It’s unclear whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was sworn in Thursday, has an immediate replacement for Jones. Kennedy met…
The United States and Russia moved toward a head-spinning reset of their relationship on Tuesday, agreeing to work together on ending the Ukraine war, financial investment and re-establishing normal relations. The meeting between senior officials from both countries was a striking display of bonhomie after three years of American efforts to isolate Moscow for its 2022 invasion.After more than four hours of talks, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that both sides had agreed to work on a peace settlement for Ukraine as well as to explore “the incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians,” both geopolitically and…
Funcionarios estadounidenses y rusos de alto rango acordaron el martes establecer equipos para trabajar en el fin de la guerra en Ucrania y encontrar un camino hacia la normalización de las relaciones. Se trata de las negociaciones más extensas entre ambos países en más de tres años.Tras más de cuatro horas de conversaciones, el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, dijo que ambas partes habían acordado trabajar en un acuerdo de paz para Ucrania, así como explorar “las increíbles oportunidades que existen para asociarse con los rusos”, tanto geopolítica como económicamente.Yuri Ushakov, funcionario de alto rango del Kremlin, dijo que…
European defense stocks continued their rally on Tuesday, as President Trump’s threats to reduce American military support to the continent and NATO raised the prospect that Europe’s governments will increase military spending.The flurry of trading helped push the Pan-European Stoxx 600 index to a record high; the Stoxx Europe Total Market Aerospace & Defense index is up 19 percent this year.Senior American and Russian officials gathered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday for a high-stakes meeting that could further determine the sector’s fate. At the top of the agenda is ending the fighting in Ukraine, Europe’s deadliest war in generations.…
United States President Donald Trump’s plan to cut a deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Ukraine and his administration’s new approach to transatlantic ties have left European leaders concerned. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday held a meeting with a Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The meeting in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh comes after Trump spoke to Putin last week and agreed to hold peace talks to end the three-year conflict without involving his European allies. Trump also said that he might meet Putin…
Numerous programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by global warming are ensnared in the effort to dismantle the main American aid agency, U.S.A.I.D.One such project helped communities manage water stations in Niger, a hotbed of Islamist extremist groups where conflicts over scarce water are common. Another helped repair water-treatment plants in the strategic port city of Basra, Iraq, where dry taps had caused violent anti-government protests. U.S.A.I.D.’s oldest program, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, ran a forecasting system that allowed aid workers in places like war-torn South Sudan to prepare for catastrophic floods last year.The fate…
Llegaron a la frontera de Estados Unidos procedentes de todo el mundo, con la esperanza de solicitar asilo. En vez de eso, el ejército estadounidense los detuvo y los encadenó para trasladarlos en avión hasta Panamá.Estas personas dijeron que les quitaron sus pasaportes, la mayoría de sus celulares y después los encerraron en un hotel. Además, les prohibieron ver a sus abogados y les dijeron que pronto los enviarían a un campamento improvisado cerca de la selva panameña.En el hotel, al menos una persona trató de suicidarse, según dijeron varios migrantes. Otro se rompió una pierna intentando escapar. Una mujer…