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Markets tumble as China announces 34% retaliatory tariffs on US imports

Trump says Beijing โ€˜panickedโ€™ and vows not to back down

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Budget for UKโ€™s โ€˜Greatโ€™ tourism campaign cut by 41%

Decision risks advertising in the countryโ€™s main visitor markets, says head of Visit Britain

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Police seek to reassure South Africans over sexual abuse of seven-year-old girl

The lack of progress in the case of an alleged rape of a seven-year-old has sparked angry protests.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Trump says Vietnam willing to cut tariffs on US goods to โ€˜zeroโ€™ to reach deal

The US president says he spoke with Vietnamese leader To Lam, who is seeking to avoid punishing 46 per cent duties.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Half of Israeli captives in areas Israel ordered to be 'evacuated', Hamas spokesperson says

Half of Israeli captives in areas Israel ordered to be 'evacuated', Hamas spokesperson says The spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Friday that half of the Israeli captives in Gaza are being held in areas that the Israeli army has ordered to be "evacuated" in the coming days. "We decided not to transfer these prisoners from these areas and to keep them under strict security measures,...

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Powell sounds mildly hawkish in post โ€˜liberation dayโ€™ comments

Fed chair emphasises that โ€˜significantly larger than expectedโ€™ tariffs may lead to โ€˜more persistentโ€™ inflation

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes as Republicans push for Trump’s budget bill with tax and spending cuts

The Senate dived into contentious debate Friday on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security and defense spending through what President Donald Trump calls โ€œone big beautiful bill.โ€

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

First German woman in space returns to Earth

Scientist Rabea Rogge landed back on the coast of California after four days of orbiting above the Earth. The mission included three other astronauts, all associates of billionaire Chun Wang.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, is the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines in Cambodia.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Powell: In it until the bitter (?) end

The Fed Chair says he plans to serve out his term

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

IMF Met Again on Argentina as Upfront Payment Proves Contentious

The International Monetary Fundโ€™s executive board met this week to discuss a new Argentina program during an informal session in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Bloomberg Politics favicon Bloomberg Politics

Gender pay gap widens at Lloyds Bank and Nationwide

Median gap between men and women at large UK employers fell below 9% for the first time last year

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, week after catastrophic earthquake

The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need even before it hit.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

UNRWA Reports Severe Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza as Israel Rejects Aid Efforts

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has confirmed that Israel has rejected most attempts by humanitarian organizations to deliver essential supplies to the Gaza Strip, which is on the brink of an unprecedented famine. In a statement, the UN agency highlighted that the situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating as [โ€ฆ]

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Meloni under pressure to back EU โ€˜bazookaโ€™ against Trump tariffs

Italy will effectively have casting vote on whether to support use of anti-coercion instrument to hit US services exports

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UN appalled by 'credible reports' of Sudan civilian killings

There are "horrific videos" of "armed men executing civilians in cold blood", the UN's Volker Tรผrk says.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Bond investors bet that tariffs will inflict deep damage

Despite inflation concerns, slowing growth raises expectations of rate cuts

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Sheinbaum to Strengthen Mexican Food Sovereignty in the Face of U.S. Tariffs

On Thursday, she presented โ€˜Plan Mexico,โ€™ the 18-point strategy to confront foreign protectionism. On Friday, Mexican Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegue announced that his country will invest US$4.2 billion by 2030 to benefit 750,000 agricultural producers and achieve food sovereignty. RELATED: Sheinbaum and Carney Pledge to Keep the Mexico-Canada Trade Relationship โ€œWe are going to increase [โ€ฆ]

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Chinaโ€™s retaliation against Trumpโ€™s tariffs is an act of self-harm

Stockmarkets plunge further in response

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

China hits back hard against Trumpโ€™s tariffs

Stockmarkets plunge further in response

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

US says Putin will make decision on ceasefire in 'weeks, not months'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the decision to end the war lies with Putin and Russia.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Pierre Boulez was exacting โ€“ but never in a bad tempo | Letters

Celia Craig shares a fond memory of the late French composer and conductorIn 2005, I was chairman of the BBC Symphony Orchestra when Pierre Boulez (Editorial, 28 March) conducted a special concert for his 80th birthday. The all-French programme included Debussy, some of his own works, and then Ravelโ€™s Daphnis and Chloe โ€“ an especially big date on the calendar for me as principal cor anglais. Boulez had previously been...

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Armed Attack in Haitiโ€™s Capital Leaves One Dead and Several Injured

Violence continues to escalate in Haitiโ€™s capital, Port-au-Prince, as armed gangs tighten their grip on the city. On Monday, an attack on two public transport vehicles in the Delmas neighborhoods left one person dead and several others injured, some critically. The deceased, one of the drivers, was killed instantly, while the injured were rushed to [โ€ฆ]

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Videos show aftermath of Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza

BBC Verify explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Videos show aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter

BBC Verify explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

Myanmar confirms 180,000 Rohingya eligible to return, Bangladesh says

The 180,000 names were part of a list of 800,000 Rohingya that Bangladesh submitted to Myanmar in six batches.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Buffett Says Comments Attributed to Him on X Are All False

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday that all reports circulating on social media sites including X, TikTok and Facebook โ€œregarding comments allegedly madeโ€ by Warren Buffett are false.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Bloomberg Politics favicon Bloomberg Politics

How the scale of Myanmar's loss is clearer one week after the quake

More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Scale of Myanmar's loss is clearer one week after the quake

More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

DOGE Firings Crop Up in Jobs Data But Total Scope Still Lags

The Trump administrationโ€™s efforts to slash the federal workforce is beginning to show up in employment data, with the brunt of those cuts still to come.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Bloomberg Politics favicon Bloomberg Politics

Rutte smiles and Rubio flees as NATO survives a summit

NATO's boss insisted that the alliance "remains the cornerstone of European security," despite worries about Trump.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

U.S. energy secretaryโ€™s former company crushed by oil sell-off after Trump tariff escalation

Liberty Energy shares have tumbled as the firm founded by President Donald Trump's energy secretary Chris Wright comes under heavy selling pressure.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

Comedian charged by police over alleged conduct between 1999 and 2005

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

EU seals new Central Asia partnership deal as debut Samarkand summit ends

Amid global tensions following Trump's tariff announcements, the EU marked 30 years of diplomatic ties by declaring a new strategic partnership with Central Asia.

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Palestinian child died of starvation under Israeli detention, autopsy finds

Palestinian child died of starvation under Israeli detention, autopsy finds Submitted by Nader Durgham on Fri, 04/04/2025 - 14:40 Walid Ahmad is the first Palestinian child to die in one of Israel's prisons, according to the PA Walid Ahmad suffered from extreme body muscle and fat wasting, the autopsy found (social media) Off The first Palestinian child to die under Israeli detention was starved to death, an autopsy...

Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye