US trade taxes on Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days. US President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are on hold for a month, averting for now a devastating trade war among North America’s allies. But US levies on Chinese products have gone into effect – and Beijing […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may concede West Bank annexation in favor of advancing a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, coalition officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shared fears that Netanyahu will use a delay in annexation as a compromise in attempts to sway Riyadh away
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Lucy Letby is serving 15 life sentences for seven baby deaths at neonatal units between 2015 and 2016. The case of a British nurse sentenced to life imprisonment for killing seven newborn babies is being reviewed as medical experts argued there was no evidence to support her conviction for murder. Lucy Letby is serving 15
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Five people have been shot at an education centre in central Sweden, police say. The shooting happened in Orebro, 200km (124 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday afternoon. Police said “the danger is not over” and warned the public to stay away. All of the people injured have been taken to hospital and
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Several businesses from nurseries to grocery stores and salons closed for a day across the United States in a day of protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. People gathered in Los Angeles for a second consecutive day on Monday. Waving Mexican and El Salvadoran flags, they carried banners that said “Immigration Built This Nation”,
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This is not the first time the Petro administration has found itself in troubled waters, though. His presidency has been punctuated by high-profile political crises, both domestically and internationally. For example, his outreach to Venezuela and Cuba as mediators in Colombia’s peace process has fuelled scepticism among more conservative sectors. Meanwhile, his ambitious domestic agenda,
Sydney, Australia Reuters — A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the Woorim Beach at Bribie Island, about 80 kms (50 miles) north of Brisbane around 5 p.m. local time on Monday following reports
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Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities. A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in
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EU leaders vow to hit back if ‘attacked’ by Donald Trump tariffs Financial Times Trump says US tariffs on EU will happen, but tells BBC a UK deal ‘could be worked out’ BBC.com Europe races to confront America’s trade war The Economist Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ as Mexico, Canada and China retaliate The Guardian US Transatlantic
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Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), looks eerily empty now. Since Goma was taken by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters last week, some 100,000 internally displaced people have left the jam-packed hillside, which they had called home
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