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China’s economy, deportation, Pentagon, French prisons and millennial saint
China Q1 GDP has outstripped expectations, but analysts fear momentum could shift sharply lower as U.S. tariffs hit. One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pe…
1 year, 2 months ago
Harvard, deportations, American gas and basketball in Europe
Harvard is hit with a $2.3 billion funding freeze after rejecting demands from the Trump administration. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says he h…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tech tariffs, El Salvador deportations, Meta and McIlroy
Donald Trump says he’ll be announcing the tariff rate on imported chips over the next week after a weekend of twists on trade policy for technology c…
1 year, 2 months ago
Myanmar after the quake
The earthquake that struck Myanmar in March was a devastating blow. The Southeast Asian country is already grappling with a wilting economy and a wid…
1 year, 2 months ago
China’s hike, tariff politics, Hollywood and brain drain
Beijing raises U.S. tariffs to 125% but calls time on further retaliation. The political fallout for President Trump as recession fears pummel the d…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump U-turn, China tariffs hit Christmas and Moon vs. Mars
President Donald Trump’s stunning reversal on tariffs brings relief for investors, even as he ratchets up a trade war with China - where producers of…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump’s trade war, bond selloff, Ukraine and China
Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs kick in, including a 104% duty on Chinese goods. It deepens a global trade war, triggering carnage on global markets …
1 year, 2 months ago
SCOTUS on deportations, China tariffs, Trump adviser spat and Iran
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to keep deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members using a 1798 law, but with …
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's tariff 'medicine', market spasms, Netanyahu and measles
Donald Trump has warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs, delivering more pain for global financi…
1 year, 2 months ago
RFK Jr's cuts to US health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to streamline what he calls a bloated health bureaucracy. Job cuts at the FDA, CDC and NIH this week saw pharma st…
1 year, 2 months ago