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Topic: Donald Trump

Trump Backtrack

US stocks rally as Trump halts tariff hikes for 90 days but escalates China trade war

Apr 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM

Share prices in the US started regaining after President Donald Trump announced that he would adjourn his controversial tariff hikes on goods from more than 158 countries globally....

Tariff Impact

KAM and KNCCI raise issues over effects of Trump’s reciprocal tariff on Kenya-US trade

Apr 04, 2025 at 07:44 PM

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) have raised concerns over the United States' decision to impose a 10 pe...

Falling Apple

Apple loses USD250 billion market value as tech investors react to Trump's tariffs

Apr 04, 2025 at 01:18 AM

Apple on Thursday lost more than USD250 billion in market value as its shares lost value by close to 8.5 per cent as the market reacted to President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tar...

Tariff War

US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer (Left) and Lee Kinyanjui (Right). PHOTO/COURTESY

Kenya responds to Trump’s 10 per cent reciprocal tariffs on all Kenyan exports

Apr 03, 2025 at 03:01 PM

The government of Kenya has responded to the United States' decision to impose a 10 per cent tariff on Kenyan exports, acknowledging the challenges it presents while also identifyi...

Reciprocal Tariffs?

Trump slaps Kenya, 184 other countries with tough reciprocal tariffs (FULL LIST)

Apr 03, 2025 at 01:19 AM

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday went ahead with his threat to impose what he termed as reciprocal tariffs against Kenya and 184 other countries across all the continents....

Economic shifts

STELLA MAMBO: African markets push for financial reforms amid global shifts

Feb 26, 2025 at 03:58 PM

Countries around the globe are currently reshaping their economic policies to stimulate sluggish growth that has been adversely affected by high inflation and interest rates....

Funding Crisis

Kenya races to plug Sh24.9 billion health funding gap following freeze by USAID

Feb 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM

Kenya is staring at an urgent health financing shortfall of Sh24.9 billion following the suspension of USAID, forcing the government to seek alternative sources to sustain critical...

Funding Freeze

Kenya’s Sh83.5 billion lifeline in jeopardy as Trump pulls the plug on foreign aid

Feb 06, 2025 at 11:35 AM

Kenya could be staring at a financial crisis in key sectors following United States President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid for 90 days....

Administrative Leave

35,000 jobs at risk in Kenya as Trump shuts down USAID global operations

Feb 05, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Kenya faces a major employment crisis as over 35,000 workers under USAID-funded programmes brace for job losses following the agency’s impending shutdown....

Sales Dip

Apple’s AI push fails to boost iPhone sales as market challenges persist

Jan 31, 2025 at 06:08 PM

Apple’s efforts to revive its iPhone sales through artificial intelligence (AI) enhancements did not yield the expected boost during the holiday quarter, as global sales slipped ...

Temporary Relief?

Relief as US judge briefly halts Trump’s order on HIV, Malaria, TB-related policies

Jan 29, 2025 at 02:46 PM

A U.S. judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s freeze on funding for lifesaving HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis drugs in countries supported by US-AID, following w...

Saving TikTok

Donald Trump now proposes 50 per cent US stake in China's TikTok to avert a ban

Jan 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM

Donald Trump, the incoming US President, has proposed that the United States secure a 50 per cent ownership stake in a joint venture to keep TikTok operational within its borders....

TikTok Dancing

Dancing Again? TikTok restores services in US after Donald Trump pledge on ban

Jan 20, 2025 at 01:06 AM

TikTok has resumed its operations in the US after President-elect Donald Trump pledged to give the app a reprieve through an executive order when he assumes office on Monday....

Whitman Exits

US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman resigns days after Donald Trump's win

Nov 13, 2024 at 09:20 PM

U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman announced her resignation today, Tuesday, in a statement delivered to her embassy staff....

GMOs Misinformation

Experiment in a biotech laboratory. PHOTO/COURTESY

Kenyan media misinformation on GMOs is most unfavourable globally - Study

Feb 15, 2023 at 04:54 PM

A new research study released by the Alliance for Science on Wednesday revealed that levels of misinformation about GMOs could be among the highest in the world in the Kenyan media...

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