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US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping stand in the Cross Hall of the White House before delivering remarks (Brendan SMIALOWSKI)Xi Jinping told Donald Trump on Thursday that Beijing and Washington must peacefully manage their superpower rivalry, as the US president gave his Chinese counterpart a lavish welcome to the White House.While Trump…

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Dr. Heidi Overton, US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the embattled FDA, told senators on Thursday that all US vaccines are safe and effective, as the health committee’s Republican chairman pressed her during a contentious confirmation hearing…

Venezuela’s Rodriguez promises elections in transition to ’full democracy’

By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana Choukeir UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the UN on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believes in diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to “annihilate” Iran…

A growing list of news organizations has announced that they will not publish photographs from the White House on Monday in response to President Trump’s move last week to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from covering him or his administration in person. The Washington Post…

Last year’s speech was characterized by Trump’s extraordinary accusations of UN sabotage when an escalator in the New York headquarters briefly stopped working and the teleprompter glitched (TIMOTHY A. CLARY)US President Donald Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker Tuesday in a speech to the United…

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of talks at the White House this week between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping…

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that he plans to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, known as ‌an “AI czar,” and create an “AI force,” though he did not provide details about either ‌initiative or how they would be implemented…

By Stine Jacobsen, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little COPENHAGEN, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington “permanent control” over the Arctic ‌island’s security…

President Donald Trump has lashed out at leakers in his own administration after a series of behind-the-scenes reports on the Iran war. As the conflict Trump claimed would be over in six weeks drags into its seventh month, insiders have repeatedly claimed the president was warned against taking action by his own advisors…