World Trade Organization Cuts Global Trade Growth Forecast Amid War In Ukraine
The World Trade Organization has sharply cut its outlook for global trade this year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, warning the world "must brace for the fallout." "The organization now expe...
Trump Confident Of TikTok Deal Before April 5 Deadline
President Donald Trump said Sunday he was confident of reaching a deal on TikTok ahead of the April 5 deadline for its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular short video app or see it banned in the United States. “We have a lot of potential buyers. There’s tremendous interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One. “We have...
”Trade Talks With China ‘Stalled” – US
Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, stated Thursday that trade talks with China were "a bit stalled" and proposed that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may intervene. “I would say that they are a bit stalled,” Bessent told broadcaster Fox News when asked about trade talks with Beijing. “I believe that we will be having more talks with...
New Zealand To Send Hercules Aircraft, Personnel To Europe To Aid Ukraine
New Zealand will deploy a C-130H Hercules transport aircraft and 50 support personnel to Europe on Wednesday for two months, a statement from the New Zealand government said Monday. The team will tr...
Canal+ Finalizes Taking Over Multichoice Company
French media giant Canal+ said Monday it had taken effective control of South African television and streaming company MultiChoice, creating a group present in nearly 70 countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. The companies said in a joint statement that the combined group will have a workforce of 17,000 employees and serve more than 40 million subscribers. The acquisition is “the...
No Country Safe From Tariffs, Says Trump
President Donald Trump of the United States issued a warning on Sunday that no nation would be "getting off the hook" on tariffs, as his administration indicated that any exemptions viewed as favoring China would only last temporarily. The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault...
South Korean Lawmakers Approve Impeachment Of President Yoon Suk Yeol
On Saturday, South Korean lawmakers declared a "victory of the people" when they voted to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office due to his unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law. The vote took place as hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Seoul in rival rallies for and against Yoon, who launched a failed attempt to impose martial...
Gaza Hospital Unable To Handle Influx Of Dead & Injured Patients: Director
JERUSALEM – The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip is no longer able to deal with the large number of dead and injured people who continue to show up there amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, its director, Dr. Iyad Abu Zaher, told NBC News. He said dozens arrived as the result of recent bombing in the area, and ambulances...
Harvard Sues Trump Over US Federal Funding Cuts
Harvard filed a lawsuit against President Trump's administration on Monday for cutting its funding and attempting to enforce external political oversight. Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status, and the enrolment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to...
Iran Executes Man Found Guilty Of Spying For Israel Amid Recent Conflict
Iranian authorities announced on Wednesday that they had executed a man convicted of spying for Israel and leaking information about a nuclear scientist killed during the recent 12-day conflict between the two nations. According to the judiciary's Mizan Online website, "Roozbeh Vadi... was executed following legal proceedings and the Supreme Court’s confirmation of his sentence." The report stated that Vadi provided...
