Wed 16 April 2025: The UK Police, on Tuesday, launched an investigation into what is being treated as an Islamophobic hate crime after 85 graves, many belonging to babies and young children, were desecrated in the Muslim section of Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford. Hertfordshire Police said the criminal damage, discovered by a grieving […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says draft agreement shows multilateralism is ‘alive and well’. The members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a landmark agreement on how to respond to future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the global health body has said. The draft agreement, drawn […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: China said Saturday that BRICS members discussed US reciprocal tariffs and expressed “serious concern” about trade tensions. Beijing said Washington’s tariffs have “severely undermined the international trade system, disrupted global industrial and supply chains, and caused prolonged impact on the world economy,” during the second meeting of the BRICS Contact Group […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: The Ukrainian president condemns ‘terrible’ missile attack days after Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met President Putin in Russia. A Russian ballistic missile attack on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed more than 20 people, according to local authorities. “On this bright Palm Sunday, our community has suffered a terrible […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States’ “reciprocal tariffs”, the Chinese ministry has said. The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: President Donald Trump’s tariffs and fueling tensions with China brought economic uncertainties, destabilizing the safe-haven status of US bonds. Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, announced April 2 that ranged between a 10% base rate to 50%, gave rise to volatility in global markets and shook the US bond market of around $29 trillion. […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: A new poll revealed that the majority of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of US President Donald Trump, with support declining over economic concerns and his recent trade policies. “Americans view Trump much less favorably personally than they did at the start of his term. 54% of Americans have a very […]
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Fri 11 April 2025: The US dollar index dove to a 3-year low figure of 99.014 on Friday as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies strengthened recession concerns in the country. The US dollar index fell 1.36% to currently stand at 99.49 as of 1336GMT. The index also declined by more than 8% since […]
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Fri 11 April 2025: More than 70% of Austrians would be willing to boycott US goods to protest US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to a survey released Thursday. The poll, conducted by the Austrian Gallup Institute, also found that 55% of Austrians consider Trump’s presidency a threat to the European Union. Only 32% […]
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Fri 11 April 2025: Half of UK adults say they are now less likely to buy American products in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the UK, a shocking new poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Meanwhile almost six in 10 (59%) say they would support a campaign to buy more British […]
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