What could be the fallout from President Trump’s tariffs?
There are angry reactions from world leaders as the US announces tariffs on all imports.
Israel launches deadly ground incursion amid air strikes on Syria
UN envoy for Syria slams ‘repeated’ military attacks by Israel in Syria, warning of violations of international law.
Israel Warns Syria Will ‘Pay A Heavy Price’ If Hostile Forces Are Allowed To Enter Country – The Daily Wire
Mineral-rich, war-torn DRC first stop for Trump’s new Africa czar – NPR
- Mineral-rich, war-torn DRC first stop for Trump's new Africa czar NPR
- The US is negotiating a minerals deal with conflict-hit Congo, a Trump official says AP News
- After tariffs, US dangles billions of dollars in Congo mineral investment Reuters
- Trump Envoy Says US-Congo Mining and Security Deal Moving Ahead Bloomberg.com
- Trump’s daughter’s father-in-law named senior adviser for Africa Semafor
Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on visit to Greenland
Mette Frederiksen, who met island’s new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic security
The Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: “You cannot annex another country.”
Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and its outgoing prime minister, Múte B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration.
Continue reading...At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacements
An Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.
Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people.
Continue reading...Israeli attacks on Gaza schools sheltering displaced Palestinians kill 33
At least 18 children among those killed in Gaza City at three schools-turned-shelters for families.
Henman Hill to get shelter under fresh Wimbledon expansion plans
Multimillion-pound project will also boost capacity by 20% and improve wheelchair accessibility
Different generations of tennis fans may disagree on its name – to traditionalists it will always be Henman Hill, millennials probably plump for Murray Mound and gen Z may know it as Raducanu Rise or even, regrettably, Jack’s Stack – but all ages can agree that bringing a little shelter to Wimbledon’s most famous viewing area can only be a good thing.
Wimbledon’s Hill – which since 1997 has allowed tennis fans with a grounds pass to watch the action on No 1 Court live atop its grassy knoll – is getting a makeover, the All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced.
Continue reading...Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’
Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.
The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators in Africa. It is also seeking a $2.4bn “restitution fund” for victims of hate and violence incited on Facebook.
Continue reading...Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit
The move is announced hours after Israel's PM, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrives in Budapest for a state visit.
Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit
The move is announced hours after Israel's PM, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrives in Budapest for a state visit.
Israeli airstrike decimates Syrian airbase
This is the moment an airbase in Hama, Syria, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike, nearly destroying the facility.
Canada to counter ‘unjustified’ US tariffs with 25% taxes on US cars, says Carney
Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal
Canada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on dozens of countries, but did not add new trade levies to Canada or Mexico. Despite the reprieve, however, the US has placed 25% taxes on Canadian steel, aluminum and vehicles.
Continue reading...US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island
Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by the industrial world
Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the industrial world.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, set foot on the restricted territory of North Sentinel – part of India’s Andaman Islands – in an attempt to meet the Sentinelese people, who are believed to number only about 150.
Continue reading...Europe hopes for Trump tariffs deal but prepares for the worst
The EU's message is that it is ready to negotiate with the US but at the same time poised to hit back too.
Europe hopes for Trump tariffs deal but prepares for the worst
The EU's message is that it is ready to negotiate with the US but at the same time poised to hit back too.
CEO choked out fellow traveler for dancing barefoot in ship cocktail lounge, feds say: ‘I’ll f–king kill you’ – AOL.com
iPhones, prices and Brexit: Your questions about tariffs answered
Donald Trump slaps much of the world with a 10% baseline tariff while others face even higher rates. Our correspondents answer your questions.
Hungry, scared Darfur civilians fear RSF attack, plead for army help
Sudanese civilians in North Darfur are starving as they fear an RSF invasion. Many are calling on the army for help.
Trump’s Bizarre Plan Would Deport People With Michael Jordan Tattoos – The Daily Beast
- Trump’s Bizarre Plan Would Deport People With Michael Jordan Tattoos The Daily Beast
- Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership The Conversation
- The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act The New Yorker
- Two women the Trump admin tried to send to El Salvador prison speak NBC News
- ‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos | US immigration The Guardian