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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanCrime figure Tony Mokbel marks first day of freedom with morning walk
Notorious underworld drug trafficker Tony Mokbel has marked his first full day of freedom in 18 years with an early morning walk.
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What are anti-dumping laws and why does Australia need them?
Trumpโs tariffs could lead to cheap imports being โdumpedโ on our shores. But is that always bad?Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTrumpโs sweeping new tariffs have left global markets in turmoil and Norfolk Islanders scratching their heads. Politicians, economists, and everyday people around the world have been scrambling to...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Is Anthony Albanese worried Jacinta Allanโs poor standing will hurt his election chances in Victoria?
The PM has so far avoided the Victorian premier on his campaign trail. It has some state Labor MPs worrying she could be made a scapegoatPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastDuring the 2022 election campaign,...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Tariffs quash Trump TikTok deal
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story TikTok deal pulled after Trump tariff announcement A finalized TikTok deal was pulled Thursday after President Trump announced massive new tariffs against China. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Trump was poised to sign an executive order approving a deal that would have seen TikTokโs U.S. operations spun off into...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trade war, tariffs and uncertainty drag markets to worst week in years
Stocks were in free fall again Friday as markets saw their worst week in years. The trade war heated up as China responded to President Trump with their own 34 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods. Markets fell further after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the tariffs are expected to lead to higher prices and weaken the economy. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Justin Wolfers.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, defrocked due to sex abuse allegations, dies at age 94
Theodore McCarrick,a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked byPope Francisin 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump gives TikTok another 75 days to find American buyer to keep app running
In our news wrap Friday, President Trump said he's giving TikTok another 75 days to find an American buyer, Secretary of State Rubio said it will become clear within weeks whether Russia truly intends to pursue peace with Ukraine, a judge ordered the Trump administration to return a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and a South Korean court removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Senate parliamentarian says lawmakers canโt overturn California car rules โ but Republicans may try anyway
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that lawmakers cannot use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn Californiaโs electric vehicle mandate โ but Republicans may defy the arbiter of the Senateโs rules. The parliamentarianโs ruling was first made public by statements from Senate Democrats Friday. โWeโre gratified that the Senate parliamentarian followed decades of precedent showing...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Canada Minister Wants LNG Canada Doubled, Eyes Western Pipeline Upgrade
Canadaโs government supports doubling the scale of an already-huge natural gas project on the west coast and now sees it as โlikely,โ according to its resources minister, as the country pushes to diversify exports away from a hostile US.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump purges natsec staff after Loomer meting
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Laura Loomer and Trumpโs natsec purge: What to know President Trump this week purged various national security officials after meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer. AP The Trump administration fired at least a half dozen...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Fired federal workers struggling to land new jobs in tightening white-collar sector
The latest jobs report came in stronger than anticipated, demonstrating again that the job market has been far more resilient than many expected. But some say the data doesn't reflect layoffs underway and that job opportunities are tightening in the white-collar sector. That is a big worry for federal workers being cut. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Freshfields only large firm to sign on in support of legal fight against Trump
The brief supporting Perkins Coie includes more than 500 groups but nearly all are small and medium-sized
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut teacher-training money, for now
TheSupreme Courton Friday granted the Trump administrationโs plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars inteacher-training moneyas part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump abruptly shakes up NSA leadership amid pressure from right-wing activist
President Trump abruptly fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the countryโs powerful cyber intelligence bureau. Thatโs according to reports and members of the House and Senate intelligence committees. The firings came after right-wing activist Laura Loomer urged Trump to do so. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Stewart Baker, a former NSA general counsel.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Townsville sets new annual rainfall record in just over three months
Australia's largest northern city has recorded its wettest year on record, and heavy rain is forecast to continue today.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Judge rules Trump must return to US man wrongly deported to El Salvador
Judge describes deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an 'illegal act'.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Nuclear Bomb Staffers on Energy Agencyโs 8,500-Job โNon-Essentialโ List
The US Energy Department has identified 8,500 jobs as โnon-essentialโ โ including positions that oversee the nationโs stockpile of nuclear weapons โ as it prepares to cut employees in response to a mandate from Elon Muskโs government efficiency team.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Brooks and Capehart on the political reaction to Trump’s tariffs
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trumpโs sweeping new tariffs draw criticism from leaders on both sides of the aisle, how voters will respond to the move and Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Children among 18 killed in Russian attack on Zelensky's home city
The head of the city defence council says a ballistic missile hit a residential area, killing children on a playground.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Kennedy Center faces a crossroads as it’s pulled into partisan politics
The Kennedy Center is one of the nationโs premiere performing arts centers, holding around 2,000 events each year. Itโs a public-private partnership with most funding raised privately, but some coming from the federal government. The center has traditionally been a bipartisan institution but itโs now at a crossroads. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Tariff rates Trump ascribes to other countries are vastly higher than World Trade data shows
A report said the trade-weighted average tariff rates in most countries are much lower than the figures used by the Trump administration.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Why Trump tariffs could make sports gear made in Asia pricier โ for Americans
Hong Kong economists expect pain for US consumers, with likes of Nike, Adidas, Under Armour and Hoka making goods in China or Southeast Asia.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Medicare won't cover anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs as Biden admin proposed
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it will not be finalizing a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries access to anti-obesity drugs such as the highly in-demand GLP-1 medications. In November last year, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would allow...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:How NCAA’s transfer portal transformed March Madness
The NCAA Womenโs Final Four tips off Friday in Tampa Bay with the menโs games starting Saturday in San Antonio. This year, the tournaments are unique because they feature a large number of players who previously played for a different school. Thatโs thanks to rule changes that let athletes easily move between schools. William Brangham discussed more with Jesse Dockerty of The Washington Post.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:What are the implications of the US-China tariffs war?
Beijing hits back with its own set of tariffs on all US goods after Trump's latest levies.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Stock market craters
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Dow plunges 2,231 points as Trump tariffs cause frenzy The stock market cratered Friday as concerns about the economic impact of President Trumpโs new tariffs shook Wall Street for yet another day. AP The Dow...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump to extend deadline for TikTok deal in the US
Executive order would give video appโs Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes target Rafah, Gaza City
Israeli air strikes target Rafah, Gaza City Local media is reporting that Israeli air strikes have picked up again just after midnight on Saturday in Gaza. Gaza City in the north and Rafah in the south are both being targeted.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Ousted FDA vaccine director calls Kennedy's start 'very scary'
Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official pressured to resign over his disagreements with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., warned in an interview published Friday that Kennedy's tenure at the HHS has been "very scary" so far. Marks announced his resignation toward the end of March, reportedly having...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Global markets swoon as Trump heads to the golf course
Markets tumbled in Wall Street's worst crisis since pandemic as investors fled after China retaliated against tariffs.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Judge declines Khalil's request to block Columbia from giving student records to House committee
A district judge denied a temporary restraining order in Mahmoud Khalilโs case against Columbia University attempting to block the transfer of student records to the GOP-led House Education and the Workforce Committee. Khalil, the former lead negotiator for Columbia's pro-Palestinian encampment who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sued the school...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Americans are farming truffles and finding success. Here’s how
Research continues on best practices in American truffle growing. Projects spearheaded by the truffle growers' association and universities are done in tandem with the growers themselves.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Worst week for US stocks since Covid crash as China hits back on tariffs
The US president, who has vowed to remake the global trade order, dismissed concerns, noting the US jobs market is strong.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Energy Department considers more than 40 percent ofย its staff nonessential as layoffs loom
The Energy Department (DOE) considers more than 40 percent of its staffers to be nonessential โ meaning these people could be on the chopping block โ as mass layoffs loom at the agency and across the federal government. A document viewed by The Hill on Friday states that out of the agencyโs current headcount of...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:US judge orders return of wrongly deported El Salvador man
The 29-year-old man, who lived in the country legally and is married to a US citizen, was deported due to an "administrative error." This is the latest blow to the Trump administration's hardline migration policies.
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