insert_link Business / Economics Donald Trump unveils AI investment in USA US President Donald Trump has announced billions of dollars in private sector investment to construct artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country. On his first full day in office, he unveiled a joint venture called Stargate — which he's calling the "largest AI infrastructure project in history." It follows him signing an executive order on Monday overturning policies which were aimed at monitoring and regulating AI risks. Our reporter Benji […] today22 January, 2025
insert_link World U.S President Donald Trump signs new executive orders Donald Trump has signed a raft of executive orders within just hours of taking office. At a rally at the Capital One stadium in Washington DC, the newly sworn-in US President physically added his signature to a stack of documents on stage. There for us was our correspondent Benji Hyer. today21 January, 2025
insert_link World Trump pardons 1500 participants in Jan 6th riots US President Donald Trump has pardoned around 1,500 people accused of criminal activity in the riots on Capitol Hill on January 6th 2021. They include figures convicted of seditious conspiracy and acts of violence as they attempted to halt the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. The President also signed an executive order pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Change accords. From Washington, Simon Marks reports. […] today21 January, 2025
insert_link World U.S President Biden blocks major steel takeover Outgoing US President Joseph Biden has officially blocked a Japanese company from buying the United States Steel Corporation, warning that foreign ownership would pose a danger to national security. Nippon Steel, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, had bid close to $15 billion to purchase the once-iconic American industrial powerhouse. But that takeover is now on the brink of collapse, as Benji Hyer reports. today6 January, 2025
insert_link World ENG US President Biden issues more end-of-term pardons US President Joseph Biden today handed out dozens more pardons and commuted almost 1,500 sentences — the largest single-day act of clemency in modern American history. The sweeping act will be one of his final uses of the Presidential power before he leaves office next month.Benji Hyer reports. today13 December, 2024
insert_link Africa Biden Expresses Pride In Visit to Angola US President Joseph Biden expressed pride in being the first American president to visit Angola as he began talks with President João Lourenço. And according to BBC Africa, the discussions at the presidential palace in Luanda focused on security and trade, with the US government backing a new 1,300km railway project linking an Angolan port to mining regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. today4 December, 2024
Africa Biden’s Africa Trip to Focus on U.S.-Backed Railway Project U.S President Joseph Biden embarks on a trip to Angola, fulfilling a promise to visit Africa during his presidency. Reuters says his visit will highlight a major U.S.-backed railway project aimed at diverting critical minerals away from China. The project, partially funded by a U.S. loan, connects the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to Angola's Lobito port, providing a faster route for exports to the West. today2 December, 2024
insert_link World Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range US missile in Russia for first time US President Joseph Biden is, for the first time, allowing Ukraine to use American-made long range weapons to strike inside Russian territory, according to US media citing unnamed sources. This would be a policy u-turn with major implications, as our Washington correspondent Jagruti Dave reports. today18 November, 2024
insert_link World Biden to visit Hurricane Helene areas US President Joseph Biden says he plans to visit areas hit by Hurricane Helene in the coming days but does not want his visit to delay getting supplies to the affected areas. More than 110 people are known to have died and at least 600 people are still missing across multiple states. Biden spoke about the effects of the storm from the White House on Monday. today1 October, 2024
