The United States and China have reached a landmark agreement to dramatically reduce trade tariffs, marking a significant step towards easing tensions in their ongoing economic dispute. In a joint statement following weekend talks in Geneva, the two economic superpowers agreed to reduce their previously imposed high-level tariffs to more moderate levels. US Treasury Secretary … Read more
International travellers need not take a Covid-19 test before boarding their flights to enter the U.S. from today (June 12) onwards, as the country ends one of the final mandates meant to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The change in policy was announced by a US Government official. A senior administration official said the mandate … Read more
Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. In the last two weeks, the number of battalion tactical groups in the border region … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of about 3,000 additional American troops to Eastern Europe, administration officials said on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine. One of the officials said about 2,000 American troops would deploy from the United States to Poland … Read more