Donald Trump
The Trump fear
Earlier this week, the American dollar rose to a record high against the Turkish Lira, upon which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on citizens to convert their foreign exchange into liras. Yet it is not only Turks who are concerned nowadays. There are some who are in a much worse situation than us: The Mexicans.
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Trump's wild card on Turkey
2016 has been the year when the West desperately started to question whether this was the end of the hegemonic liberal democratic order as we know it. The Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, Donald Trump's election victory in the United States and - as a final ring in the chain - Italy's referendum emerged as strong symbols of rising populism in global politics.
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China trade rises unexpectedly in sign of global pick-up but Trump clouds 2017
China's imports grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in November, fueled by its strong thirst for commodities from coal to iron ore, while exports also rose unexpectedly, reflecting a pick-up in both domestic and global demand.
Trump chooses hardliners but talks softer on immigration
Donald Trump embraced new Cabinet officers on Dec. 7 whose backgrounds suggest he's primed to put tough actions behind his campaign rhetoric on immigration and the environment, even as he seemed to soften his yearlong stance on immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Kremlin: Glencore, Qatari fund to buy stake in Rosneft for 10.5 bln euros
Russia said late on Dec. 7 it sold a stake in oil giant Rosneft for 10.5 billion euros ($11.3 billion) to Qatar and commodities trader Glencore, confounding expectations that the Kremlin's standoff with the West would scare off major investors.
Washington Post Story on "Fake News" Was Fake News
BELGRADE - Following public backlash, legal threats, and sustained mocking, the Washington Post has added an editor's note distancing the newspaper from a shadowy website called PropOrNot which they had preciously endorsed as "experts" on "fake news" and "Russian propaganda."
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NATO chief urges West to keep pressuring Russia over Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Western allies to maintain diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until it respects the peace agreement in Ukraine.
Trump named TIME Person of the Year
BELGRADE - Donald Trump has been named TIME magazine's Person of the Year. Trump sees off former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, the Flint whistleblowers and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Each year, the magazine selects the person who has most influenced the news and the world over the previous 12 months.
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Donald Trump chosen as TIME Magazine’s 2016 Person of the Year
President-elect Donald Trump was selected by TIME Magazine as Person of the Year, a choice that has not come as a surprise to many. However, to show precisely how disruptive an influence the contraversial billionaire has had on world events over the past few years, the magazine cover dubbed him: “President of the Divided States of America.”
Trump on Boeing's Air Force One contract: 'Cancel order!'
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Dec. 6 to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency - saying costs were out of control.