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China said Friday it is evaluating a US offer for negotiations on tariffs but wanted Washington to show “sincerity” and be ready to scrap levies that have roiled global markets and supply chains. Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April
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Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour party on Friday in local elections that dealt a blow to Britain’s two establishment parties. Reform, led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage, won the by-election in Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England by just
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has a “mountain to climb” in elections Saturday, despite leading the opinion polls, in a contest swayed by living costs and Trump tariffs. Surveys give Albanese’s left-leaning Labour Party a narrow lead over the conservative opposition on a two-party preferred basis. If
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One of the hottest issues in Iran’s political and religious circles these days is the subject of negotiations with the United States. This topic has become a pretext for deceit and populism by regime clerics who share exploitative interests with the political establishment. Consider these contradictory examples tying negotiations
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Former US vice president Kamala Harris hit out at Donald Trump and his backers on Wednesday, in her first major speech since losing November’s election. The defeated Democrat told supporters the apparent “chaos” of the last three months was actually the realization of a long-cherished plan by conservatives who
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The US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday an economic agreement after a weekslong press by President Donald Trump on Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a video posted to X that “this
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Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the country has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. This comes as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations rise as India has said there were Pakistani elements to
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the United States would end mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward “concrete proposals,” as US patience wanes on an early priority for Donald Trump. The US president had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the
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Donald Trump promised Tuesday that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilized the United States. Basking in the adulation of cheering supporters in Michigan, the 78-year-old touted the “most successful first 100 days of
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An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot
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The foreign ministers of Brazil, China, Russia and other BRICS members began two days of talks in Rio de Janeiro Monday aimed at forging a united front to US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies. The meeting comes at a critical moment for the world economy after the International
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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday lashed out at “comments and statements by foreign parties” following sharp international criticism of a mass trial targeting opposition figures. “The comments and statements by foreign parties are unacceptable... and constitute blatant interference in Tunisia’s internal affairs,” he said in a statement posted
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the “feat” of Pyongyang’s troops in helping wrest back the area held by Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region. “The Korean friends acted, guided by the sentiments of solidarity, justice and real camaraderie,” the Kremlin cited
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Beijing on Monday insisted that “no phone call” took place recently between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, after Donald Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader. The world’s two biggest economies are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat trade battle triggered by Trump’s levies on
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Inside a sprawling hangar in Spain, workers bolt together a fuselage for European aerospace giant Airbus, which churns out jets and other military equipment. The multinational conglomerate is a rarity in Europe’s defense industry, backed by Spain, Germany, France and Britain. The norm for defense industries on the continent
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately.” Trump has for months been calling for the United States to take control of the Panama Canal but his social