From GDP to trade, how well equipped is China’s economy for Trump 2.0? | Amy Hawkins

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Beijing has prepared for increased tariffs but its actions will not be enough to offset falling demand from the US

When Donald Trump enters the White House for the second time on 20 January, the view from the Oval Office will look very different to the one he encountered in 2017. A pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a trade war with China have caused ripples through the global economy that are still being felt midway through the decade.

Beijing will be watching closely. Trump has promised to impose tariffs of up to 60% on Chinese imports, partly in retaliation for the flow of fentanyl from China to the US.

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TikTok goes dark in the US ahead of ban

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App no longer available on US Apple and Google stores after supreme court upholds lawmakers’ ban

TikTok stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app was due to take effect.

The app was no longer available on Apple’s iOS App Store or Google’s Play Store. The US Congress passed a law in April mandating that parent company ByteDance either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner or face a total shutdown. It chose the latter.

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Impeached South Korean President Yoon arrested as his supporters riot – NBC News

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  1. Impeached South Korean President Yoon arrested as his supporters riot  NBC News
  2. Protesters storm South Korean court after it extends President Yoon’s detention  CNN
  3. South Korea: Impeached president Yoon has detention extended  BBC.com
  4. South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection  The Washington Post
  5. Inside South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Life in Jail  The New York Times
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Baby dead and five injured in horrific house fire in Tasmania

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Firefighters pulled a child and adult from the Rokeby home on Sunday morning but were unable to reach the infant in time

A infant has been killed and four children and an adult injured in a horrific house fire in Tasmania on Sunday morning.

Police and emergency services responded to reports of a fire at Rokeby shortly before 9am.

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Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting woman on fire at home south of Brisbane

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Premier says alleged Kingston domestic violence incident has ‘rocked’ Queensland as woman, 34, remains in hospital

A Queensland man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to a woman in a horrific act of domestic violence in a home south of Brisbane.

After being treated by paramedics at the scene in the Logan suburb of Kingston on Saturday morning, the 34-year-old woman was rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital in a serious condition. Police say she sustained serious burns.

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‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds

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Shifting responsibility to consumers minimises the role of energy industry and policymakers, University of Sydney research suggests

It’s not unusual to see individuals championed as heroes of climate action, with their efforts to install rooftop solar and buy electric cars promoted as pivotal in the fight to save the planet.

Hero figures can motivate others to follow suit, but a University of Sydney study suggests the way the energy sector shapes this narrative sets individuals up to fail.

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Benjamin Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire – BBC.com

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  1. Benjamin Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire  BBC.com
  2. Live updates: Latest on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal  CNN
  3. An unlikely team of U.S. negotiators wrestled Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire  The Washington Post
  4. The Sheikh, the Mogul and the Diplomat: The Trio Who Sealed the Gaza Truce  The New York Times
  5. Israel Defense Forces will receive hostages Sunday with equipped camper trailers and comforting supplies  Fox News
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Wild NSW weather expected to ease as WA’s Pilbara region braces for cyclone

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Cleanup continues in parts of NSW as tropical low threatens heavy rain between Port Hedland and Ningaloo

The skies above New South Wales are expected to clear this week, bringing relief to thousands who have been left sitting in the dark as massive storms swept the state and knocked power offline.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecast for the NSW capital and parts of the state suggests calmer skies in the week ahead, with light winds and a chance of a thunderstorm over Sydney on Tuesday.

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Steve Bannon says inauguration marks ‘official surrender’ of tech titans to Trump

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Former Trump White House adviser says supplication akin to Japanese surrender to allied forces in September 1945

Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House chief strategist, has described the tech titans gathering at Monday’s inauguration as “supplicants” to Donald Trump making “an official surrender”, akin to the Japanese surrender to allied forces on the deck of the USS Missouri in September 1945.

Bannon, who served as architect of Trump’s 2016 presidential win but later fell out with the president-elect after he criticized his intellect and members of his family, told ABC News in an interview airing Sunday that Trump “broke the oligarchs” who had previously been aligned against him.

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Russia Attacks Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Says – The New York Times

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  1. Russia Attacks Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Says  The New York Times
  2. Friday, January 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine  Forbes
  3. Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine including in Kyiv, officials say  Reuters
  4. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,059  Al Jazeera English
  5. Russian ballistic missiles kill 3 and hit water main in Kyiv, officials say  The Washington Post
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