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President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The “reciprocal’’ tariffs that he announced Thursday are likely to create chaos for global businesses and conflict with America’s allies and adversaries alike. The regulations that have controlled international commerce for many years are being overturned by President…
Hamas due to release three Israeli hostages after fears over ceasefirepublished at 06:18 Greenwich Mean Time 06:18 GMT Image source, Hostages and Missing Families ForumImage caption, Alexander Troufanov (left), Yair Horn (centre) and Sagui Dekel-Chen (right) were taken from the same kibbutz We’re expecting Hamas to release three Israeli hostages today – and, in return,…
In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes. They ran an electrical cord from one box truck into one of the condos, and kept a stretcher inside another. A neighbor…
Ukraine has little chance of surviving Russia’s assault without U.S. support, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday after phone calls this week by U.S. President Donald Trump with Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Friday that Ukraine has little chance of surviving Russia’s attack without American assistance, following phone conversations…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — The day before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a dozen immigrant families came to Nora Sandigo’s ranch to ask her to be a legal guardian of their children. Now they are insisting she come over to their homes to sign the necessary paperwork. Fearful immigrants ask Florida activist to sign guardianship papers for…
Sydney, Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 during that time. An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker This…
News of more layoffs for federal workers is prompting increased concern about the repercussions of those cuts.“There are ways to cull federal service. This is not the way to do it,” said a local federal worker who asked not to be identified.On Thursday and Friday, the federal government laid off thousands of workers as part…
The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory. African Union summit opens, overshadowed by DR Congo conflict The 55-nation body meets in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa as Africa faces devastating…
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP) The campaign led by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to reduce the size of the US bureaucracy resulted in the termination of more than 9,500 federal workers on Friday….
OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale and that any future bid would be disingenuous. The unsolicited approach is Musk’s latest attempt to block the startup he co-founded with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – but…