BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid. Spain is not in BRICS, whose initials stand for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to schmooze President Donald Trump and his chums, a leader on the other side of the Tiber was communicating stark disapproval of their plans.

U.S. duties could nudge the European Union toward protectionist measures and away from free trade.

Among the myriad executive orders that Donald Trump has pledged to sign on day one of his second term in the White House, spanning everything from mass deportations to ending the war in Ukraine, one is an unambiguous resolution to “keep men out of women’s sports”.

Follow live updates as President Donald Trump is in Miami ahead of a Republican policy conference and Cabinet nominees like Scott Bessent prepare for confirmaiton votes.

Key figures of the PSOE such as Borrell and Zapatero serve as a bridge in the strategy to see Beijing more as an opportunity than as a threat. With the unpredictable global geopolitical scenario that arises now after the return of Donald Trump to the White House,

President Donald Trump, in a conversation with global business leaders Thursday, provided the clearest picture yet about how he plans to deliver on the economic promises he campaigned on: He proposed a carrot-and-stick approach to world economics that he believes will help solve the inflation crisis for good and fund his massive tax cut proposals.

While Washington was arguing over the viability of President Trump’s proposal to annex Greenland, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro held a sham inauguration in Caracas for his third term in power and threatened to invade Puerto Rico.

In Gaza, Israel said Hamas had violated the terms of the truce. Trump Pushes Jordan and Egypt to Take In Palestinians to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s ...

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