Peter Hoskins
Business reporter, BBC News
A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic policies.
The Court of…
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US trade court blocks Trump’s sweeping tariffs in blow to his trade policies
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Fleeing US deportations, it took this family of asylum seekers three tries to enter Canada
Andrea Díaz CardonaBBC News Mundo
Submitted photoAracely with her two daughters waited at a migrant shelter in Buffalo, New York while their case was being reviewed by a Canadian court The Rainbow Bridge, which crosses the Niagara River between…
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Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her mother
Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News, Johannesburg
Gallo Images via Getty ImagesA video clip of a laughing Joshlin Smith, who was six years old when she went missing more than a year ago in South Africa, left most people in the courtroom sobbing.
It was shown…
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Rats thrive in Sarajevo as rising diseases cause crisis
In Sarajevo it is, once again, the Year of the Rat.
Social media posts from residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital have shown an abundance of rodents swimming in the Miljacka river which flows through the centre of the city.
Sarajevans long…
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Deborra-Lee Furness describes ‘betrayal’ amid Hugh Jackman divorce
Australian actress Deborra-Lee Furness has said her “compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal”, after filing for divorce from her husband Hugh Jackman.
In a statement released to media, Furness, 69, said:…
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Elon Musk bids farewell to White House but says Doge will continue
Watch: Elon Musk says he is “disappointed” with Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, in interview with CBS Sunday Morning Billionaire Elon Musk has said his time leading President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting task force is coming “to an end”.
In a post…
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Trump appears to give Putin “two week” deadline on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along.
As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in…
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Gaza warehouse broken into by ‘hordes of hungry people’ says WFP
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says that “hordes of hungry people” have broken into a food supply warehouse in central Gaza.
Two people are reported to have died and several others injured in the incident, the programme said, adding that it…
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Trump’s crackdown on international students explained
As part of his wider crackdown on higher education, US President Donald Trump has moved to ban Harvard from enrolling international students, accusing the school of not doing enough to combat antisemitism on campus.
Harvard filed a lawsuit in…
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What a new Stalin statue says about Russia’s attempt to reshape history
A brand new statue of of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has been unveiled at a Metro station in Moscow.
Meanwhile, an adviser to President Putin recently argued that the Soviet Union in fact still exists, because of a procedural error in the…
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