Profiles

As US monetary policy enters a new phase and amid White House pressure for the Fed to lower interest rates, a trusted Wall Street insider with government experience has been asked to step up

The White House deputy chief of staff for policy has backed violent ICE raids, cheered Maduro's seizure, and supported Trump's bid to 'take' Greenland

Trump made no secret of his desire for the US to 'own' Greenland and has threatened to take over the frigid Arctic island 'the easy way or the hard way', but its people do not want to become American

Responsibility for the enclave's reconstruction has been placed in the hands of an experienced civil engineer native to Gaza

Venezuela's vice president is known for having a diplomatic style that is confrontational in tone but cautious in substance, and pursuing a strategy that marries public defiance with quiet pragmatism

The recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize has been a fierce critic of Maduro, with Trump saying he has been 'helping her for years'

One of the world's best players in recent years, the striker is now 33 and after a few poor games, he found himself on the substitutes' bench. It was a long journey to here. Where next?

The founder of NVIDIA has matched vision with hard work for more than three decades. Today, the world's biggest tech firms rely in his company's chips. No wonder he has Donald Trump's ear.

The abrupt resignation of Ukraine's second-most-powerful man will please Putin, as Yermak had been leading efforts to revise Trump's 28-point peace plan, which critics said was in Russia's favour

His recent emergence as a key player in the Ukraine talks owes much to the close personal relationship he has developed with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff