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Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar as traders weigh mixed signals over the U.S.-Iran conflict.
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Measure applies to goods including wine, though energy and parts of other sectors are exempt.
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New report denounces Havana and claims ‘campaign of subversion’ has infiltrated highest levels of US governmentAs part of the Trump administration’s continuing attack on left-leaning groups, the US state department has listed several activists and organizations as “front groups and fellow travelers” for Cuba, including Hasan Piker and Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Smalls.In a 100-page report released on Monday, the state department denounces Cuba as the “capital of 21st-century communism”, ac
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United staffer told customer ‘you don’t act like at a citizen’ during incident over wait time at San Francisco airportUnited Airlines is “looking into” a viral video showing a United Airlines employee threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Mexican American man at San Francisco international Airport last week.The scene erupted after Julio Varela of San Ramon grew upset at United Airlines staff for taking a long time to correct an error his family made when entering his d
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Rescue crews find two women, pronounced dead at hospital, and the bodies of three men after motorist calls 911Five people have died in a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday.A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child who had been with the group and was running on a nearby road, Delaware county sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said at a news conference on Monday. Continue reading...
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In a new book published on Tuesday, Leo said that a race to nuclear de-escalation has been “obscured by a race to armament that today frightens and terrifies.”
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President accused of having ‘lost control of this war’ as deaths of trio in Iranian military strikes fuel rising concernDemocrats have seized on the deaths of three US troops killed in Iranian strikes to urge Donald Trump to urgently reverse his resumption of the war with Iran amid widespread anxiety over climbing casualties.Even as US forces launched a 10th consecutive wave of attacks against Iranian targets, concern over the deaths of American service personnel threatened to complicate moves t
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Lockheed moves to build a cheaper air-defense interceptor.
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Daniel Ortega, the 80-year-old authoritarian leader, says move will ‘build a wall’ against the oppositionNicaragua’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has said the country will hold no further elections to prevent the opposition from coming to power.The 80-year-old authoritarian leader, who has been in office since 2007, also said he would work with the congress he controls to pass new laws that would “build a wall” against the opposition. Continue reading...
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The duties take effect within 30 days and mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours.
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Did America get anything in return for the huge concession it made to Beijing?
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Turmoil likely as Trump officials say Canada unfairly discriminated against US autos, alcohol and dairy productsDonald Trump is imposing 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, White House officials said on Monday, declaring Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s retur
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The ayatollahs want to fight and have a greater tolerance than Trump for pain.
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Plus, a judge temporarily blocks the Paramount-Warner deal, and Tom Hiddleston studied Latin to read graffiti at Pompeii.
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One Nation MP grilled in 7.30 interview about Pauline Hanson’s podcast interview by far-right activist. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has tried to defend party leader Pauline Hanson’s decision to meet far-right convicted criminal Tommy Robinson during a recent visit to the UK.Hanson and her colleagues have spent recent days clarifying, explaining or walking back headline-grabbing parts of the One Nation leader’s tri
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Interim senator appointed after Lindsey Graham’s death endorsed by Trump ‘for the Good of our Nation’Darline Graham, the South Carolina interim senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham, said she plans to run for a full Senate term after Donald Trump endorsed her last week.In an interview with Sean Hannity that will air in full on Monday, Graham – who was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster to finish the remainder of her brother’s term – said she had “made a decision”. Continue reading...
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The US says the attacks were aimed at degrading Iran's capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Israeli prime minister is subject of an arrest warrant issued by international criminal court over alleged war crimes in GazaDonald Trump has said Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, “will not be arrested” if he visits the US.His comments came days after Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, said he was exploring whether his administration could arrest Netanyahu if he visits the city during the UN general assembly in September. Continue reading...
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A 28-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of Ann Widdecombe, a right-wing figure whose body was found in her home this month.
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Societies have always struggled with hostile reactions to health care workers during epidemics. Why?