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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanCould Trump tariffs open window of opportunity for China to improve ties with Vietnam?
The ‘very damaging’ move could take a heavy toll on the country and may prompt Hanoi to move to boost economic ties with its neighbour.
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Cuban Foreign Minister Reaffirms Support for Argentina’s Sovereignty Over Malvinas Islands
Cuba reaffirms support for Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, criticizing British influence. The statement follows President Milei’s controversial remarks on respecting islanders’ wishes. Related: Brazil Supports Argentina in Dispute Over the Malvinas Islands Cuba’s foreign minister has reaffirmed his country’s support for Argentina’s “legitimate right to exercise sovereignty over the Malvinas, South...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency
PresidentDonald Trumphas abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump’s National Security Purge Spotlights Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer
The Trump administration’s purge of national security officials this week has thrown a spotlight on the president’s ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer and raised questions about the direction of White House strategy as it seeks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, challenge Iran’s nuclear program and counter China’s rising military might.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:The Trump Administration Issues Its Next Assault on the Nation’s Public Forests
The Trump administration announced Friday that it plans to remove protections on tens of millions of acres of public forest by declaring a wildfire-related emergency, a move that critics believe will lead to the destruction of massive swaths of older trees that are actually more resilient to fire. In a memo released internally Thursday, Agriculture […]
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Federal judge orders case of Tufts student in ICE custody moved to Vermont
A federal judge issued a Friday order transferring the case involving Rumeysa Özturk, a Tufts University graduate student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to a jurisdiction in Vermont in the “interest of justice.” “The government asserts that this Court lacks jurisdiction over the Petition as Özturk, unknown to anyone but the government, was...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Tasmania is not alone when it comes to the debates over salmon farming
Foreign companies now own Tasmania's big three salmon farming operations. Here's a look at how industrial fish farms are run overseas — and the problems operators have encountered when there's opposition to their practices.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Unmarked graves a hidden challenge in cemeteries running out of space
The discovery of 67 possible unmarked graves at a western Victorian cemetery heightens calls for more funding to map graveyards to avoid accidentally digging into occupied plots.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Nintendo delays Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs
The launch of the highly anticipated gaming console is likely to be affected by heavy duties on products made in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Oil in Freefall Reorders Energy Landscape From US to Middle East
The plunge in oil prices over the past two days following the twin shocks of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the surprise boost in production from OPEC+ has altered the global energy landscape with stunning speed.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:US stock markets continue slump as China hits back on Trump tariffs
Top indices see worst two-day stretch since COVID pandemic, as Fed chair warns of increased inflation and unemployment.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:The Lonely Death of a Rwandan General
Click to expand Image Brigadier General Frank Rusagara arrives at the court to appeal their 2016 conviction on charges including tarnishing the government’s image and inciting insurrection, in Kigali, Rwanda, on December 27, 2019. 2019 Clement Uwiringiyimana/Reuters Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara died last week inRwanda. He had spent11 years behind bars, without being allowed to speak to his wife, who died in the...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump order gives TikTok a 75-day extension after US buyer talks sour over tariffs on China
The Chinese-owned platform was facing a ban in the US in January but Donald Trump granted an extension in order to broker new American ownership.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Chopper pilots 'angels from the sky' to flooded outback Queenslanders
Helicopter pilots saved the lives of Queenslanders as floodwater tore through their towns. Now they are providing life-saving supplies to isolated communities and their livestock.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Feeling queasy about the stock market? Think twice before selling, financial advisers say
The huge swingsrocking Wall Streetandthe global economymay feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, drops of this size have happened throughout history. Here's what experts advise investors young and old to consider.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump is out to destroy the global economic order, and it will cost us all
Donald Trump's tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, they are a very deliberate plan to destroy the liberal global trading and financial system the US itself established. And all of us could pay a heavy price for his attempt to reshape the world order.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:How Hong Kong can reimagine its greatest asset: people’s homes
The city badly needs new revenue sources, and selling public housing units to tenants offers a better solution than painful cuts or new taxes.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:US Agriculture Head to Visit Vietnam as Trump Teases Tariff Deal
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is headed to Vietnam, after President Donald Trump said the Southeast Asian nation is looking to cut a deal to avoid sharp tariffs on their exports to the US.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:TikTok deal pulled after Trump tariff announcement
A finalized TikTok deal was pulled Thursday after President Trump announced massive new tariffs against China, a source familiar with the negotiations told The Hill. Trump was poised to sign an executive order approving a deal that would have seen TikTok’s U.S. operations spun off into a new company, allowing the popular social media...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Hospital food for patients standardised across NSW, including cake
A statewide menu is rolling out in public hospitals across New South Wales. It means every hospital will provide patients with the same selection of meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:US Ordered to Return Man Mistakenly Sent to El Salvador Prison
A federal judge gave the government until the end of Monday to return a man to the US after it said it had mistakenly sent him to a prison in El Salvador in an “administrative error.”
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Cost of bombing Yemen for three weeks to hit $1bn: Report
Cost of bombing Yemen for three weeks to hit $1bn: Report CNN, citing US officials on Friday, said the cost of the US war on Yemen since 15 March is about to hit the $1bn mark - and it hasn't even had that much impact. Members of the Trump administration cabinet had disclosed in a leaked group chat last month that one senior-ranking member of the Houthis was killed when the US bombed an entire apartment building....
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Fencer explains why she refused to compete against transgender opponent
Speaking to NewsNation on Thursday, Stephanie Turner said she didn’t take a knee as an “individual attack” against Sullivan.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:In rare break with Trump, Ted Cruz warns tariffs risk ‘bloodbath’ for Republicans
The Texas lawmaker fears the economic fallout will help Democrats reclaim the House or even flip the Senate in next year’s midterm elections.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Rise in mosquito-borne viruses likely after outback flooding
The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times higher than at the same time in the previous four years.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump’s TikTok Plan Upended by Chinese Objections Over Tariffs
President Donald Trump had nearly clinched an agreement with TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd. that would spare the popular app from a US ban, but the deal was scuttled after China withheld its approval following this week’s tariff announcement, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Deripaska applies for source of alleged forged document to be revealed
Sanctioned Russian oligarch asks London’s High Court to compel intelligence unit of CT Group to divulge information
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump, Powell at odds over tariff fallout
Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Trump pressures Powell; Dow drops 2k points President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shared vastly different views Friday on the economic impact of Trump's sweeping tariff hikes that have sent stocks into a tailspin and sparked global economic concern. Powell warned of "higher inflation and...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Hellenic Club loses bid to refer $1.2m fine challenge to Supreme Court
Canberra's Hellenic Club loses its bid to refer part of its challenge to a $1.2 million fine, imposed after the death by suicide of a man who was in debt due to problem gambling using its poker machines, to the ACT Supreme Court.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A decade on, horror remains at brutal murder that shocked Australia
A close-knit southern NSW community still hurts 10 years after school teacher Stephanie Scott was abducted and killed.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:6.9-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Papua New Guinea's coast on Saturday morning.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Watching Adolescence with my teen son left me with terrifying questions
My son is the same age as the teenager in Adolescence. Watching it together made me realise the reality of the school kids in the show is the shared reality of our own child.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:'Tariff the seagulls?' These are the remote islands on Trump's tariff list, and what they export
To many observers,the most puzzling aspect of Donald Trump's tariffs was that his list included some of the most remote and smallest territories and islands in the world. Places that, in some cases, have more penguins than people.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Ukraine says children among 18 killed in Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih
At least 50 people have been wounded in ballistic missile attack on residential area, local authorities say.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Will Trump's tariffs make the Middle East's struggling economies competitive?
Will Trump's tariffs make the Middle East's struggling economies competitive? Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 04/04/2025 - 20:16 Jordan and Egypt struggle to compete with manufacturers in Southeast Asia. Trump's topsy-turvy tariff world just make them more competitive, experts say Bags are fabricated from cloth at the Malaika linens factory in the 6th of October industrial zone, southwest of Egypt's capital, Cairo,...
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