Why it could usher in economic catastrophe by reducing demand for US exports while increasing the cost of living domestically COMMENT | CHRIS LEHMANN | So far Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day”—his midweek announcement of a battery of reciprocal tariffs intended to punish longtime US trading partners—has been greeted with a ringing …
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NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | The US-Ukraine agreement on mineral reserves, if signed, will be somewhat similar to the penal agreements that European colonizers made with the peoples of African countries, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, the US access to Ukrainian subsoil resources is now taking “a form …
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | US President Donald Trump’s trade wars may push some Asian and African countries toward joining BRICS, a Russian expert said. “In recent days, and all throughout the past month, we have had a front row seat to the new challenges that have emerged from this …
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JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Direct flights between Beijing and Tel Aviv resumed on Thursday, as a Hainan Airlines aircraft successfully landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv early in the morning, marking the end of an 18-month hiatus. According to Yu Chaojie, president of Hainan Airlines, the resumed Beijing-Tel …
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BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | China has taken swift, firm countermeasures following the latest U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports, in a move to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. The Chinese government on Wednesday announced that it will raise additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to …
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BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The U.S. is still imposing tariffs and exerting maximum pressure on China, to which China is firmly opposed, and China will never accept such bullying, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily news briefing in …
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MUSCAT, April 9 | Xinhua | The long-standing tensions between the United States and Iran are once again in the spotlight, as both sides prepare for indirect high-level talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman’s capital of Muscat. While U.S. President Donald Trump describes the engagement as a “direct” dialogue, Iran …
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ZAGREB | Xinhua | If inflation is the fuel for recession, the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are the matches that will ignite it, Croatian economic analyst Petar Vuskovic said in an interview with the local N1 Television on Tuesday. “It is not a question of whether the …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Drink driving is a major risk factor for road traffic crashes, contributing to 27% of the 20 to 50 million crash injuries every year. To appear socially responsible, the alcohol industry sponsors drink-driving mass media campaigns, but a new analysis by Vital Strategies, a …
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BEIJING | Xinhua | Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in dozens of cities across the United States and Europe on Saturday to protest the controversial policies of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, including the imposition of so-called “reciprocal tariffs,” the shutdown of federal agencies and the deportation of …
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