The United States announced on Wednesday a new tariff on various imports from Brazil, following a year-long investigation into the Latin American giant’s trade and other policies.The 25 percent tariff is set to take effect on July 22, as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its tariff agenda following legal setbacks.A range of products including …
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The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf on Thursday, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.The key oil and gas artery, which Iran insists it controls, is central to the rekindled fighting that has entered its sixth day …
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The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.Here are Thursday’s latest developments:US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan hitIranian state media reported that the Iranian military carried out separate drone attacks on US …
US envoy Massad Boulos has spent the past year shuttling between Libya’s rival leaders to bridge their political divide. But some fear Washington’s bids would bolster power among entrenched elites at the expense of a long-awaited democratic process.Boulos, who oversees Arab and African affairs in the Trump administration, has met repeatedly with Libya’s leaders, both …
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The United States is hosting an international ministerial meeting Thursday aimed at globalizing the fight against left-wing terrorism, which the Trump administration claims is on the rise.More than 60 delegations from Europe to Asia are expected to attend the event, titled “Resurgence of Political Terrorism” and chaired by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.”Far-left political terrorism …
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A leading US science body will launch a major report Thursday on how precisely specific extreme weather events can be tied to climate change, a growing research field underpinning billion-dollar lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry.The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), independent nonprofit institutions operating under an 1863 charter signed by president …
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Canada’s central bank held its key lending rate at 2.25 percent on Wednesday, citing signs of economic improvement with businesses adapting to new trade relations under US President Donald Trump.Canada’s economy had sputtered over the past year, as Trump’s tariffs squeezed key sectors like auto-making, forced job losses and sent jitters across the business community.Canada …
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US President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to suspend the use of traffic stops after two fatal shootings in less than a week.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) halted the practice after a Colombian man was shot dead in Maine on Monday and a Mexican man …
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US House Republicans unveiled a $95 billion spending framework Wednesday, launching their final major push to pass defense, farm and voting restriction measures before midterm elections that could cost them control of Congress.The plan would provide $73 billion for the military and intelligence agencies, including funding tied to the war with Iran, along with $12 …
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Former US president Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the forthcoming publication of a memoir on his time in the White House, and said that his cancer treatment was going “really well.”In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive …
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