Donald Trump could be charged any day – what happens next?
Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly…
From presidential palace to KFC: Bolsonaro’s peculiar exile in US
He used to preside over Latin America’s largest country and its 214 million people. Now Brazil’s former far-right leader lives in a small Florida town and eats alone in a…
Bad news piles up for candidate Trump
Having launched a new bid for the White House, Donald Trump has not been met with the energy he had been hoping for. Quite the opposite, in fact. “In all,…
Trump is still Trump and that could be a problem for him in 2024
As he mounts another run for president, Donald Trump by all accounts is still the same Donald Trump - aggrieved, petulant and tunnel-focused on his political standing. It’s the electoral…
Merrick Garland, the man who could put Trump in court
Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, was denied a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court by Republicans in the Senate. He now faces a decision arguably every bit as weighty…
‘Trump years with a smile’: Palestinians reject Biden trip
After hearing Joe Biden identify occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and concede a two-state solution seemed “far away”, one Palestinian official gave a blunt assessment of the US president’s visit…
Pakistan’s Donald Trump — II
IN September 2015, Dawn carried my op-ed article, “Pakistan’s Donald Trump”. This was 16 months before Trump became president of the United States and about three years before Imran Khan became prime minister of…
WB chief’s exit could give Trump lever over development lending
The surprise early departure of World Bank President Jim Yong Kim potentially hands US leader Donald Trump a key lever over development lenders with whom his administration has been at…
Trump faces unfamiliar jolt in US govt shutdown row: losing
Donald Trump loves to make the pistol gesture when pronouncing his "You're fired" catchphrase. But in the tussle with Democrats over the longest US government shutdown in history, the legendary…
Door already ajar: Trump may struggle to isolate North Korea again
North Korean officials have toured China to discuss economic development. Speculators are snapping up property along their common border. And South Korea is studying ways to boost engagement with its…
