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President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a stopgap effort to impose tariffs on large parts of the global economy under an existing law that includes language allowing for tariffs of up to 15 percent for 150 days, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the
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Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm. President Donald Trump was delighted to have the world’s richest person — and
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The United States told the UN Security Council on Thursday that its proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine was “Russia’s best possible outcome” and President Vladimir Putin should take the deal. The United States wants Russia to agree to a comprehensive 30-day land, air, sea and critical infrastructure ceasefire.
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US trade talks with China are “a bit stalled” and getting a deal over the finish line will likely need the direct involvement of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. Two weeks after breakthrough negotiations led by Bessent that resulted
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Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan’s military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week. For more than two years Africa’s third-largest country has been engulfed by a war between
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In a rare and increasingly panicked tone, Iran’s state media and nuclear officials have voiced mounting concern throughout nuclear negotiations with the United States. The regime is growing visibly alarmed that any concessions made in the talks could provoke internal instability and erode its strategic position, both domestically and
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Torrential rains devastated the central Nigerian city of Mokwa and killed at least 25 people, emergency services said Thursday amid a search for more bodies. Flooding after a rainstorm late Wednesday washed away or submerged at least 50 homes in the city and 10 people remained missing on top of
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Russia on Thursday said it was still waiting for Ukraine to say whether it would attend peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, after Kyiv demanded Moscow send its peace terms before agreeing to the meeting. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year conflict have gained pace in recent months, but Moscow
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In a rare tone of urgency masked as advice, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called on officials to “go among the people” and “listen patiently, even if their words are harsh.” But this uncharacteristic appeal is less a sign of openness—and more a veiled admission
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The US envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, arrived at the ambassador’s residence in the Syrian capital on Thursday, in the first official visit since the US embassy there closed in 2012, a year after Syria’s conflict broke out. Barrack, accompanied by the Syrian foreign minister, was appointed to
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In a vibrant Baghdad district, laborers are working tirelessly to repair the centuries-old shrine of a revered rabbi in an effort to revive the long-faded heritage of Iraq’s Jewish community. A few months ago, the tomb of Rabbi Isaac Gaon was filled with rubbish. Its door was rusted, the
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their use and targets as the Kyiv government fights to repel Russia’s invasion. Some of the advanced weapon systems that allies have supplied to Ukraine
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US President Donald Trump again expressed frustration on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the intensifying Ukraine conflict, a day after warning that Putin was “playing with fire” by resisting ceasefire talks while escalating drone and missile attacks. But Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office that he
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Russia said Wednesday it wanted new talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next Monday to present its plan for a peace settlement, but Kyiv said it needed to see the plan in advance for the meeting to yield results. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year conflict have accelerated in recent months,
Health
A cholera outbreak in Sudan’s capital has killed 70 people in two days, health officials said, as Khartoum battles a fast-spreading epidemic amid a collapse of basic services. The health ministry for Khartoum State said it had recorded 942 new infections and 25 deaths on Wednesday, following 1,177
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A US trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s tariffs from going into effect in a sweeping ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the United States than they buy. The Court of International Trade said