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BRICS MEMBERS DISCUSS US’ RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, EXPRESS ‘SERIOUS CONCERN’ ABOUT TRADE TENSIONS

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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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‘DOZENS DEAD AND WOUNDED’ IN RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE’S SUMY: ZELENSKYY

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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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HOW US FUNDING CUTS ARE THREATENING SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILIES LIVING WITH HIV

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Sun 13 April 2025: Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled. Johannesburg, South Africa – Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade. Mary has lived with HIV since 2008. But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of […]

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CHINA ENGAGES WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND SOUTH AFRICA ON US TARIFFS; XI TO EMBARK ON THREE-NATION TOUR

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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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HUNGARY: ‘BIOLOGICAL ATTACK’ COULD BE SOURCE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH OUTBREAK

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Sat 12 April 2025: Hungary on Thursday suggested a “biological attack” as a possible source of the country’s first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest. Hungary reported a first case of foot-and-mouth disease in over 50 years on […]

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ISRAELI SOLDIERS SIGN NEW PETITION DEMANDING PRISONER SWAP, END OF WAR IN GAZA

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Sat 12 April 2025: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers signed a new petition Friday demanding the government reach a prisoner swap deal and end the war on the Gaza Strip. Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the soldiers who signed the letter are from different divisions and specialties in the army, including intelligence unit 8200, special forces […]

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‘CHILD WAS RAPED EVERY HALF AN HOUR’ IN TWO MONTHS IN EASTERN DR CONGO: UN

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Sat 12 April 2025: Up to 45 percent of nearly 10,000 sexual violence cases reported in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved children, according to the UNICEF. The United Nations has condemned the widespread rape and sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported in the first […]

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US DOLLAR INDEX SINKS TO 3-YEAR LOW AMID TARIFF CRISIS, GOLD HITS RECORD HIGH

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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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