COMMENT | Maya Majueran | U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed his economic advisors to formulate comprehensive plans for implementing “reciprocal tariffs” on nations that tax U.S. imports, as part of a broader strategy to address what the administration perceives as unfair trade practices. Such measures, however, carry significant risks …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will lay off 1,600 employees in the United States and place the majority of the remaining staff on administrative leave, the agency said Sunday. “As of 11:59 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, all USAID …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, due to the Trump administration’s frustration with the slower-than-expected pace of deportations of illegal immigrants, U.S. media reported Friday. The administration is “shaking up the leadership” at ICE and …
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Most people mistakenly assumed that the age of empires had been relegated to the dustbin of history COMMENT | ERIC STORM | Over the past few weeks the new U.S. president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should assume …
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MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russia has begun preparing a negotiating team for upcoming talks with the United States, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The Kremlin spokesman confirmed that efforts were underway to form a delegation for upcoming negotiations with the United States, including on the situation in Ukraine. …
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Some refugees at a settlement camp were about to board flights to new futures. Trump’s policy decisions mean they are starting over yet again. Harare, Zimbabwe | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe | After nearly two decades at the Tongogara Refugee Settlement in Zimbabwe, Philosoph qualified for resettlement in …
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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are tearing America’s most insidious instrument of domination THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The “reforms” to government spending by President Donald Trump and his newfound friend, Elon Musk, are the logical conclusion of the way “democracy” in America has evolved. America has, anyway, …
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At least one person has died in the country’s latest outbreak. US aid has been key to containing previous outbreaks. How will Uganda fare without it? Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda | One nurse died from the Sudan Ebola virus in Uganda on Jan. 29. Two more cases …
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JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected related remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump recently, stressing that the country had not “confiscated land.” In a statement issued by the South African Presidency, the government also dismissed claims that the Expropriation Act was aimed at seizing …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would stop providing aid to South Africa until the country investigates “certain classes of people” that he claimed were being treated “very badly” without citing evidence. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
