TRUMP ORDERS CURBS ON GENDER TRANSITIONS FOR MINORS

Wed 29 January 2025: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. The order comes the week after Trump said in his inauguration speech that his government would only recognize two genders, male […]

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TRUMP AGAIN THREATENS CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL WITH HIGH TARIFFS

Tue 28 January 2025: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened China, India, and Brazil with high tariffs once again, calling them countries “that really mean harm” to the US. “We’re going to put tariffs on outside countries and outside people that really mean harm to us,” Trump said at the House Republicans conference dinner in […]

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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE FORCES FACE OFF IN INTENSE FIGHTING ON FRONT LINES

Tue 28 January 2025: Ukrainian and Russian forces have reported fierce fighting across the front lines in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that its forces were repelling Russian attacks in the Donetsk region while Moscow announced that it had taken control of a settlement in Kharkiv, extending the slow but steady progress it […]

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SERBIAN PM VUCEVIC STEPS DOWN AFTER MONTHS OF PROTESTS

Tue 28 January 2025: Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of massive protests sparked by the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November. “It is my unconditional decision to resign,” Vucevic stated at a news conference. Vucevic’s resignation came just a day after demonstrators, supported by farmers, blocked […]

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MEXICO RECEIVES OVER 4,000 IMMIGRANTS FROM US IN 1ST WEEK OF TRUMP’S RULE

Mon 27 January 2025: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that over 4,000 immigrants have been deported into Mexican territory since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s administration on Jan. 20. “From January 20 to 26, 4,094 people have arrived, the vast majority of them Mexican men and women,” said Sheinbaum during her press briefing. […]

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NEW ZEALAND EASES VISA RULES TO ENCOURAGE REMOTE WORK

Mon 27 January 2025: New Zealand on Monday launched a “digital nomad” scheme, allowing visitors to work remotely for their employers while in the country on short stays. The new policy was introduced by Immigration Minister Erica Stanford, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis, and Tourism Minister Louise Upston. The initiative, effective immediately, changes visitor visa […]

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‘THIS GUY IS DANGEROUS’: BRITISH PAKISTANIS FEAR MUSK IS STOKING RACISM

Mon 27 January 2025: Some are concerned that collective punishment could be a consequence of the tech billionaire’s relentless posts about historic child sex abuse cases. London, United Kingdom – Azmat Khan, a British Pakistani taxi driver, is not usually much of a worrier. But recently, as he drives his cab at night through London’s ice-cold […]

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ECONOMIC TOLL FROM LAST YEAR’S NATURAL DISASTERS HIGHEST IN US IN NEARLY A CENTURY

Mon 27 January 2025: From the devastating and deadly wildfires in Southern California to the one-two punch of climate change-fueled hurricanes slamming into Florida and the Southeast, natural disasters that have impacted the US in the last year have been the costliest the nation has seen in nearly a century, according to a new report […]

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