US President Donald Trump has said he will slap a 35% tariff on Canadian goods starting 1 August, even as the two countries are days away from a self-imposed deadline to reach a new deal on trade.
The missive came as Trump also threatened…
Category: 2. World
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Asia is reeling but is anyone winning?
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC News
Getty ImagesPresident Trump has extended the deadline for tariff negotiations – again “Deeply regrettable” is how Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has described US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff…
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Srebrenica massacre’s tensions still felt 30 years on
Guy DelauneyBalkans correspondent
BBCMore than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica in July 1995. Today remembrance is fraught The silence is shattered by a guttural scream. A group of people scrabble on the…
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Row over language turns violent in India’s richest state
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai
EPA/ShutterstockPolice in Mumbai detain a woman who was participating in a protest this week against alleged injustice to Marathi speakers For weeks, a battle over language and identity has been raging in India’s…
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South Korea has the world’s lowest birth rate, but fertility clinics are booming
Koh Ewe and Rachel LeeBBC News
Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul
Getty ImagesSouth Korea, home to the world’s lowest birth rates, is seeing a fertility industry boom When she started in vitro fertilisation (IVF) last November, Kim Mi-ae knew it…
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Yemen sinks second vessel bound for Israel
Abdullatif Al-Washali
Press TV, Sana’aTensions in the Red Sea escalate once again as Israel continues its war on Gaza.
The Yemeni Armed Forces have confirmed the targeting…
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Heart patients in Gaza denied health care amid Israeli curbs
Motee Abu musabeh
Press TV, Deir Al-BalahAs Israeli forces continue systematic attacks on Gaza’s health sector, targeting medical facilities and restricting supplies,…
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Ansarullah leaders warning to Israel: Reopening Eilat port impossible
Yemen’s Ansarullah leader has declared that reopening the port of Eilat (Umm al-Rashrash) is impossible, affirming Yemen’s firm stance and ongoing decision to enforce maritime sanctions against the Israeli occupation…
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BBC reports on mood in Russia as Putin defies pressure from West
Despite sanctions and pressure from the West, Russia continues to push on with its war effort in Ukraine.
Tough language by the US President Donald Trump has had little effect on the outlook of the Russian president, who is intensifying attacks…
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Rare shelf cloud seen over Maryland amid severe weather
A dramatic shelf cloud loomed over Bowie, Maryland, as the US Weather Service issued a thunderstorm watch.
The rare cloud formation that forms along the foremost edge of a thunderstorm’s gust front signals intensifying conditions.
An eyewitness…
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