Tag: Donald Trump
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Trump’s lawyers demand Facebook information on ‘anti-administration activists’
Washington : US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked Facebook to provide the private account information of the social media giant’s users engaged in “anti-administration activists”. “The warrants specifically target the accounts of three Facebook users who are described by their attorneys as anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organised events, and who are…
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Trump proposes sharp tax cuts for individuals, companies
Washington : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday presented his tax reform plan, an ambitious proposal that includes lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 20 percent. The reform plan also eliminates the estate tax and reduces the number of tax brackets for individuals from seven to three: 12 per cent, 25…
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Facebook was never against you: Zuckerberg to Trump
San Francisco : Dismissing US President Donald Trump’s claim that Facebook was hostile against him like The New York Times and The Washington Post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Trump’s allegations were baseless. Trump tweeted late Wednesday: “Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes (apologised) and @WaPo were anti-Trump.…
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Trump directs $200 mn annually to sci-tech education
Washington : US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the Education Department to invest at least $200 million annually in grants funding schools in the country so they can expand their teaching in the areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). “Greater access to STEM and computer science programs will ensure that our children…
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Trump announces new travel restrictions, includes N.Korea
Washington : US President Donald Trump has announced new travel restrictions for eight countries including North Korea, replacing the previous ban on six Muslim-majority countries, citing threats to national security posed by letting their citizens into Washington. Starting next month, most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad, Venezuela and North Korea will be…
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Trump says putting more sanctions on North Korea
New York : US President Donald Trump yesterday said that he was putting more sanctions on North Korea, the country which has been carrying ballistic missile and nuclear tests in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions. His statement comes two days after he warned North Korea of “total destruction” if its leader Kim Jong-Un,…
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Jordanian King, Trump discuss ties, Mideast issues
New York : Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, focusing on efforts to revive the peace process and the overall developments in the Middle East. During the talks, which attended by Crown Prince Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah, the two leaders reviewed ways of enhancing cooperation and the…
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Trump praises Africa’s potential, says friends go there to become rich
New York : US President Donald Trump has emphasized in a meeting with African leaders the “business potential” of their continent, noting that he knows that because “so many” of his friends go there “to get rich”. “Africa has tremendous business potential,” Trump said in his address on Wednesday during a working luncheon in New…
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Attorneys general sue Trump over ending immigrants protection programme
Washington : A coalition of 16 US attorneys general has sued President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to end a programme which shields more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, from being deported. The coalition filed the suit on Wednesday in a New York federal court against the decicion to end…
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Military action not first choice on Korean nuclear issue: Trump
Washington : US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that military action was not the “first choice” of his administration on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. On his way to participate in a tax reform event, Trump told reporters that military action against North Korea was “not a first choice, but we will see what…