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Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Sean (Diddy)Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed. Combs, 55, had previously faced three criminal counts. He has pleaded not guilty.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:China is imposing new export controls on several rare earth elements and related products that are crucial components for defense and technology, and have become a focal point for US President Donald Trump.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. What if you build it, and they don’t come? David Goldman analyzes the sharp decline in US tech stocks, attributing it not to US tariffs or a slowing economy but to growing investor skepticism over […] The post What if you build it, and they don’t come? appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A system allowing firms to claim back EU tariffs imposed on U.S. imports is “not fit for purpose,” says Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Four citizens of the EU and the US are accused of criminal offenses during pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin — but have not been convicted. Their lawyers are fighting to prevent their deportation.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers says the army has executing civilians suspected of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and wants to open talks with global allies over new trade relationships, casting the state as a buffer against the fallout of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Israeli air strikes on bases in Syria are a warning to Turkey to keep its military assets away.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Police say Brand faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two of sexual assault.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Non-locals took part in 2,997 residential property deals in 2024-25, compared with 700 deals in 2023-24, official data shows.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:What’s next for the US and global economy after Trump’s new tariffs? Redi Tlhabi talks with economist Ha-Joon Chang.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A third of consumers admitted to ignoring what brands say about sustainability because it confuses them.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:“And as I speak, this is the sound of huge explosions.”
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:China announced retaliatory tariffs of 34% against the US on Wednesday, a move causing several US stocks to plunge, particularly those of firms with extensive ties to China.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as unprecedented aid cuts take effect around the world.Released on World Health Day, the UN report, Trends in maternal mortality, shows a 40% global decline in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2023 – largely due to improved...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Beijing offered a series of concessions in Trump’s first term, but has hit back with tariffs of its own in response to his latest measures.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:With 170 art galleries from 25 countries and nearly 1,000 artists represented, Art Paris showcases works of great diversity. The aim has remained unchanged for more than 25 years: to cultivate its difference.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects on the original source code that laid the foundations of one of the world's biggest tech companies five decades ago.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Over the last two days, European, Asian, and American stock markets have experienced sharp losses. On Friday, European stock markets and the price of Brent crude oil plummeted after China announced its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. RELATED: Keys to Trump’s Trade War: Deadlines, Products, and Affected Countries Hours after opening, the […]
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Central Asia and the EU announced a strategic partnership at the Samarkand summit, focusing on transport, energy and digital projects to boost regional cooperation.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump's tariffs are likely to roil the economy, experts say. But they shouldn't derail your long-term plans.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Paul Chambers, a university lecturer, to face police interview on Tuesday under lese-majeste and computer crime laws.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:[WHO] Geneva -- Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:China and the EU have resumed talks aimed at ending Brussels’ extra tariffs on electric vehicles — as part of efforts to improve EU-Sino relations as both face the economic pain of new US tariffs.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:The European Union has stressed that it is considering all options in its countermeasures — but restrictions on Big Tech would hurt its own consumers.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:[Ecowas] The Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs organized hybrid sessions to review the state of implementation of the ECOWAS Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanisms (ECOPHISM) with the National Centers for the Coordination of Response Mechanisms (NCCRM) of The Gambia and Liberia from 25th -26th March 2025, and 27th - 28th of March 2025 respectively.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Israeli officials objected to a commemoration speech by philosopher Omri Boehm, grandson of a Holocaust survivor.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A meeting between the leaders of India and Bangladesh took place on the sidelines of a summit in Thailand. Bangladesh's Yunus posted a picture shaking hands with Indian PM Modi on social media.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect the rest.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Brand, 50, faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two of sexual assault.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Two established groups push Labor to preference minor party last in ultra-marginal seat of MacnamaraElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls 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...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:‘There was really no communication,’ Daniel Dickinson says. ‘We found it out through the school and the media’Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletterThe Dickinsons have been sending their children to Bandiana primary school on the outskirts of Wodonga for more than eight years.But at the end of 2023, the community suddenly received notice the school would be closing when the lease for the site expires at the end...
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