Thu 06 March 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday vowed that potential US tariffs on European products “will not go unanswered,” as he warned of economic consequences and called for a coordinated European response. His remarks followed Washington’s recent move to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico, a decision Macron called “incomprehensible” and economically […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: US President Donald Trump criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday for his border policies and claimed they have contributed to the Fentanyl crisis in the US. “Justin Trudeau, of Canada, called me to ask what could be done about Tariffs. I told him that many people have died from […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The failure of Zambia’s government to intervene against “blatant violations” of environmental laws is worsening the exposure of a high number of children to severe health risks, mostly lead […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: The United States has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the matter. This decision, confirmed by various sources including the White House National Security Adviser and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, follows a tense […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: US President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the US would secure Greenland “one way or another,” emphasizing its strategic importance. “We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” Trump said during his address to a joint session of Congress. “We’re working with everybody involved to try and get it, […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacted to US President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to implement tariffs on Canada, saying that it is “a very dumb thing to do.” “Canadians are reasonable and we are polite, but we will not back down from a fight,” Trudeau said at a news conference in […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: Children under five, including babies, are among victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to findings shared today by UN children’s agency UNICEF, Reuters reports. The UN agency cited a database compiled by Sudan-based groups helping survivors of sexual violence which showed […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: Iran and Turkey’s foreign ministries summoned their envoys after a diplomatic spat over Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s warning of Tehran against undermining Syria’s stability. Fidan last week gave an interview to Qatar’s al Jazeera in which he said Iran’s foreign policy relying on militias was “dangerous” and needed to change. […]
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Wed 05 March 2025: The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, welcomed a reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip that was adopted Tuesday at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo. It also backed the summit’s call for a political and economic boycott of Israel. Hamas said in a statement after the summit that the gathering marked a significant step toward Arab and Islamic […]
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Tue 04 March 2025: Bitcoin declined nearly 10% to below $85,000 after a brief surge following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a “Crypto Strategic Reserve” on Sunday. Trump stated in a Truth Social post that the move would lead to the rise of Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as others, such as “XRP, SOL, […]
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