President Donald Trump says new tariffs he is set to announce this week will hit all countries, not just those that have the biggest trade imbalances with the US.
The comments come as he prepares to unveil a massive slate of import taxes on…
Category: 2. World
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Elon Musk gives away $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election
Getty ImagesLawyers for Elon Musk argued that Wisconsin’s attorney general was curtailing his free speech in trying to block the cheque giveaway Billionaire Elon Musk has given away $1m (£770,000) cheques to voters in Wisconsin after the state…
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Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is “outraged” at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty in Rafah in southern Gaza.
The nine-person ambulance team came under heavy fire in al-Hashashin on…
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Secret filming reveals brazen tactics of visa sponsorship scammers
Tamasin FordBBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa Eye
Undercover footage shows Dr Kelvin Alaneme explaining how he sells UK jobs to foreign nationals Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been…
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Agriculture is centre stage US-India trade showdown
AFPIndia’s journey from scarcity to surplus is a triumph of its agriculture sector Why won’t India buy even a single bushel of American corn?
That’s the question US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised recently while criticising India’s trade…
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Decision day in court for French presidential hopes
Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris
ReutersMarine Le Pen is awaiting a high-stakes verdict in a party funding trial France’s Marine Le Pen faces a make-or-break moment on Monday, as a judge rules on whether she should be banned from the next presidential…
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More survivors pulled from rubble as hundreds still missing
ReutersRescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed in Mandalay, Myanmar Four more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in…
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Donald Trump ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over ceasefire negotiations
Donald Trump has said he is “very angry” and “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin after weeks of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine.
In an NBC News interview, the US president said he was angry with Putin for attacking…
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Wounded Palestinians dying over lack of supplies, surgeon says
Sebastian UsherBBC Middle East analyst
Dr Mark PerlmutterAn image supplied by Dr Perlmutter shows medics operating on a wounded Palestinian in Gaza Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing
An American surgeon…
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Rocket crashes back to Earth just moments after launch in Norway
A test rocket aimed at kickstarting European satellite launches has crashed back to Earth moments after taking flight.
The unmanned Spectrum rocket, which took off from a Norwegian spaceport on Sunday, was billed as the first attempt at an…
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