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President Donald Trump said Sunday the armed suspect who breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had a manifesto expressing anti-Christian hate. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was taken into custody after law enforcement said he ran through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night and exchanged gunfire…
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Feb 1, US: Announces an additional 10 per cent tariff on all imports from China over its alleged role in the fentanyl supply chain. Feb 4, China: Retaliates with a package of tariffs on a range of US products – 10 per cent levies on crude oil, farm equipment, large-displacement vehicles and pickup trucks, and 15 per…
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The United States said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as the Trump administration moved to quickly start talks with other trading partners targeted by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan. U.S. stocks retreated on the news. Global markets had previously posted gains on hopes…
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Indonesia announced a spate of concessions for US imports on Tuesday (Apr 8), including reducing taxes on electronic goods and steel, ahead of trade negotiations with Washington over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. South East Asia’s biggest economy will send a high-level delegation to the United States next week seeking a deal to ease the impact…
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Singapore will form a national task force to support businesses and workers in response to sweeping new US tariffs that could slow economic growth and impact jobs and wages, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Tuesday (Apr 8). The task force, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, will…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday the U.S. is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the country’s transitional government of refusing to accept its repatriated citizens deported by the Trump administration. It marks the first time the Trump administration has singled out passport holders of an individual country as President Donald Trump warns…
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The Memphis Grizzlies fired Taylor Jenkins, their winningest coach, on Friday with the team struggling down the stretch and at risk of losing home-court advantage in the postseason. Sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania that Jenkins was called into the Grizzlies’ office Friday morning and told he was being fired. The team believed that Jenkins had lost the…
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Last week, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People and was reminded of Carl Jung’s Everyman archetype — someone who fears being left out, and often compromises their morals in order to belong. Chapter after chapter, Wynn-Williams details the extraordinary recklessness of Meta’s most senior leadership as the company transformed Facebook from a social media platform to the…
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President Donald Trump on Friday said “bad, bad things will happen to Iran” if the Middle Eastern country continues down the path to developing nuclear weapons. Trump addressed Iran while taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office after swearing in Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. “Iran is very high on my list of…
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The Trump administration is reportedly pausing millions in federal funding for Planned Parenthood, essentially defunding the abortion giant, while it reviews whether any of the money was spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Planned Parenthood and its affiliates were set to receive approximately $120 million this year, with the money earmarked for pregnancy…
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As we reported earlier, Donald Trump suggested that the US could take over running Ukraine’s nuclear power plants as a form of security guarantee in his call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Like he said during talks over a possible minerals deal, Trump believes that US workers on the ground in Ukraine would provide an adequate guarantee…
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Donald Trump does not know how to handle Vladimir Putin, the former US ambassador to Ukraine has said. Steven Pifer told Sky’s The World he’s been watching developments closely in recent days, and has assessed that Putin doesn’t see any strength in the White House. Discussing so-called concessions made by Putin in a call with the president…
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Egypt said on Thursday (Mar 13) it appreciated United States President Donald Trump’s remarks on not demanding that residents of Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. “Nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza,” Trump said on Wednesday, in response to a question during a meeting in the White House…
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The United States will keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until they end attacks on shipping, the US defence secretary said on Sunday (Mar 16), as the Iran-aligned group signalled it could escalate in response to deadly US strikes the day before. The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are the biggest…
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Steve Witkoff didn’t stay long in the Russian capital earlier this week. According to footage posted of his motorcade leaving and returning to Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, he was here for little more than 12 hours. And for most of that, it seems, he was left waiting. Witkoff, a former property mogul who has become Donald…
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The U.S. Social Security Administration is considering dramatically curtailing the phone services that 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The agency, under pressure from the U.S. DOGE Service team, is considering a proposal to end telephone service for claims…
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