International
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Trump Tariffs Stay in Place for Now After Appellate Ruling
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary reprieve for his aggressive tariff strategy on Thursday, with an appeals court preserving his sweeping import duties on China and other trading partners — for now.
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Meloni, Macron to Meet in Rome in Possible Reconciliation
The far-right Italian prime minister will host a one-on-one meeting next Tuesday evening with the French president, in what Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper called a “turning point summit”.
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East Timor Deports Ex-Philippine Lawmaker Wanted in 2023 Killings
Government television aired footage of a handcuffed Teves being escorted from a Philippine Air Force plane in the southern city of Davao, where the network said the aircraft would refuel before proceeding to Manila.
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Telegram to Get $300 MN in Partnership with Musk’s xAI
The terms of the deal may appear unbalanced, but the transaction allows xAI, which in late March acquired Musk’s X platform, to have access to Telegram’s customers, which Durov estimated has more than one billion…
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Elon Musk to Exit US Gov’t Role After Rare Break with Trump
The South African-born tech tycoon had said Trump’s bill would increase the deficit and undermine the work of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has fired tens of thousands of people.
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Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Champion of African Expression
Widely regarded as east Africa’s most influential writer, Ngugi sought to forge a body of literature reflecting the land and people from which he came, and not follow in the footsteps of Western tradition.
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French Surgeon Sentenced to 20 Years for Abusing Children
Le Scouarnec, one of the most prolific convicted sex predators in France’s history, was already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of…
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US-backed Gaza Aid Model ‘Waste of Resources, Distraction from Atrocities’: UNRWA head
The new US-backed aid distribution model in Gaza is a waste of resources and a distraction from “atrocities”, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini said Wednesday.
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Zelensky Proposes Three-way Meeting with Trump, Putin
The Ukrainian leader had previously appeared to express frustration at Washington for not having announced fresh sanctions on Moscow after Russia rejected a coordinated Western appeal for an immediate ceasefire.
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European Countries That Allow Assisted Dying
UK lawmakers approved in November 2024, in a first vote on the issue, the legalisation of assisted dying for adults with an incurable illness who have a life expectancy of fewer than six months and…
