[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday ordered more scrutiny of the social-media profiles of any foreigners seeking to visit Harvard University, telling US consular officers that applicantsâ lack of an online presence might be enough evidence to deny a visa. Rubioâs cable, sent to embassies worldwide, marked the latest salvo by…
[ad_1] Donald Trump is taking his time naming a permanent replacement for his National Security Adviser. But heâs already sent a clear message: the job once held by figures like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski wonât matter in his administration nearly as much. Even before he removed Mike Waltz from the post on May 1,…
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to reorganize what he called a âbloatedâ State Department, vowing Tuesday to cut programs and close offices but stopping short of a proposed executive order that outlined even more drastic changes. The top US diplomat circulated a proposed new organizational chart that would downgrade the…
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said South Africaâs ambassador to the US âis no longer welcomeâ in the country after the top envoy made comments about President Donald Trump, escalating a running feud between Washington and Pretoria. Rubio made the announcement in a post on X, linking to a Breitbart News article…
[ad_1] On February 18, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh. This was a dramatic reversal of the previous U.S. administrationâs policy of not having peace talks with Russia since the beginning of Russiaâs war with Ukraine in February 2022. The reversal took place because of Donald Trumpâs…
[ad_1] It has only been about a month since Donald Trump took over as US president, but the scale of changes he is bent on ushering in has cast a shadow across the world. There seems to be no geography that is not impacted by his initial steps. In an already volatile strategic landscape, these…
[ad_1] Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Chandra Ramgoolam has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor and it is yet to be ratified. File | Photo Credit: AFP Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S.-British…
