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2 weeks ago | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Yaroslav Trofimov |Steve Holland |Maayan Lubell |Parisa Hafezi
Quotes of the Day:"The oldest, shortest words— "yes" and "no"— are those which require the most thought." – Pythagoras“We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact: indeed, it is by our readiness to die that we try to prove the factualness of our opinion.”– Eric Hoffer“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”–Benjamin Disraeli1. Exclusive / Pentagon split over Trump’s Israel policy2. Strikes Hit Revolutionary Guard Command Centers in Tehran, Israeli Military Says3.
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1 month ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Steve Holland |Svea Herbst Bayliss
Washington — US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for Nippon Steel’s $14.9bn bid for US Steel, saying their “planned partnership” would create jobs and help the American economy. Shares of US Steel soared 21% as investors interpreted Trump’s post on Truth Social to mean Nippon Steel had received his approval for its long-planned takeover, the last major hurdle for the deal.
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1 month ago | 
marketscreener.com | Steve Holland |Svea Herbst Bayliss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel, saying their "planned partnership" would create jobs and help the American economy. Shares of U.S. Steel soared 21% as investors interpreted Trump's post on Truth Social to mean Nippon Steel had received his approval for its long-planned takeover, the last major hurdle for the deal.
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2 months ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Steve Holland |Idrees Ali |Phil Stewart
Washington — President Donald Trump said on Monday that he stood behind US defence secretary Pete Hegseth after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.
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2 months ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Steve Holland |Matt Spetalnick |Parisa Hafezi
Washington — President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that the US and Iran were poised to begin direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, but Iran’s foreign minister said the discussions in Oman would be indirect.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
businesslive.co.za | Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen |Steve Holland
Copenhagen/Washington — Greenlandic leaders criticised a planned trip this week by a high-profile US delegation to the semi-autonomous Danish territory that President Donald Trump has suggested the US should annex. The delegation, which will visit a US military base and watch a dogsled race, will be led by Usha Vance, wife of vice-president JD Vance, and include White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and energy secretary Chris Wright.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
businesslive.co.za | Steve Holland |Rich McKay
Washington — US President Donald Trump released material related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F Kennedy on Tuesday, seeking to honour his campaign promise to provide more transparency about the shock event in Texas. An initial tranche of electronic copies of papers flooded into the National Archives website in the evening with a total of more than 80,000 expected to be published after justice department lawyers spent hours scouring them.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
marketscreener.com | Steve Holland |Dmitry Antonov |Andrew Osborn
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops being pushed back out of Russia's Kursk region and said there was a "very good chance" the war could end.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
businesslive.co.za | Ahmed Aboulenein |Julie Steenhuysen |Steve Holland
Weldon denied he was anti-vaccine and said in the letter he believed US senators including Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Help committee chairperson Bill Cassidy of Louisiana were voting against him. Reuters could not immediately confirm the contents of the letter. Weldon would have reported to Kennedy, who since his confirmation has made misleading comments on the role of measles vaccines and treatments.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
businesslive.co.za | Steve Holland |Matt Spetalnick
Washington — The US broke a long-standing diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with Hamas on securing the release of US hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while President Donald Trump warned of “hell to pay” should the Palestinian militant group not comply.
