US senator asks why Australia was ‘whacked’ with tariffs
"We have a trade surplus with Australia... why were they whacked with a tariff?"
The US is in all-out kidnapping mode, and no one is safe
Abduction by the state is the new norm in the so called "land of the free".
Germany’s centrist parties agree coalition deal – CNN
- Germany’s centrist parties agree coalition deal CNN
- Germany is back, says Merz, after sealing government deal BBC
- Germany’s incoming Chancellor Merz unveils coalition as Trump tariffs spark recession fears CNN
- Conservative CDU/CSU and SPD form coalition government in Germany The Guardian
- Coalition Deal in Germany Clears Way for Friedrich Merz to Become Chancellor The New York Times
Video: UN chief says Israel has turned Gaza into “a killing field”
“Gaza is a killing field” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as he condemned Israel’s blockade of aid.
EU drug companies warn of exodus to US as Trump threatens import tariffs
Von der Leyen urged to take ‘rapid and radical action’ as president says tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’
Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.
Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after Trump indicated further carnage was on the way in addition to the 20% “reciprocal tariffs” on imports that kicked in overnight.
Continue reading...Three Americans jailed over failed DR Congo coup returned home
Details of the repatriation are not known but it comes amid talks about a mineral deal between the two countries.
Nationwide strike for better pay brings Greece to standstill
Public and private workers stage a 24-hour walkout for a full return of collective bargaining rights.
Who’s buying and who’s selling weapons today?
With 38 countries at war, the arms trade is shifting to new buyers and new fronts.
Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else – politico.eu
- Trump tells countries to ax talks on shipping carbon tax, or else politico.eu
- U.S. Threatens to Retaliate Against Plan to Make Ships Pay for Carbon Emissions WSJ
- US against plan for levy on carbon emissions from ships, leak suggests The Guardian
- World's first-ever global emissions tax is on the table at crunch shipping talks CNBC
- US exits carbon talks on shipping, urges others to follow, document says Reuters
Russia Launched Offensive in Sumy and Kharkiv Regions, Ukraine’s Top Commander Confirms – The Moscow Times
- Russia Launched Offensive in Sumy and Kharkiv Regions, Ukraine’s Top Commander Confirms The Moscow Times
- Russia steps up offensive across the front line in Ukraine, in apparent defiance of Trump. What does it mean for the war? CNN
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 9, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Ukraine's military chief says new Russian offensive has begun Reuters
- Russia ‘readies for attack on Sumy with 67,000 troops at border’ The Times
Court battle by survivor of Catholic church abuse will help others challenge past settlements, lawyers say
Man praised for ‘towering courage’ in paving way for survivors to challenge past settlements that effectively protected church institutions
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Lawyers for an abuse survivor say a high court ruling on Wednesday will pave the way for more survivors to challenge past settlements that “served only to protect the church institutions” from paying out genuine compensation.
The survivor, known as DZY, was confronted with insurmountable legal barriers to his planned civil action against the Christian Brothers in 2012 over abuse at the hands of two Catholic brothers, brothers Robert Best and Gerald Fitzgerald, in the 1960s.
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Continue reading...Rescuers race against time after Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse
Rescuers comb through rubble at Dominican nightclub as death toll rises above 100, including prominent local figures.
‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment
Homeless residents given an hour to move belongings as City of Moreton Bay brings excavator to Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton
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Homeless residents of one of Moreton Bay’s largest encampments watched on as council rangers and an excavator began tearing down their tents on Wednesday.
A dozen police and council officers arrived at Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton on Wednesday morning. The large park, next to the Pine Rivers Showgrounds, has been home to a dozen or more people, with about 15 tents standing when authorities arrived on Wednesday morning.
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Continue reading...Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park – CNN
- Anthrax kills 50 hippos in DRC’s Virunga National Park CNN
- Dozens of hippos found dead at national park in Africa due to anthrax poisoning USA Today
- DR Congo: Anthrax kills dozens of hippos in Virunga National Park BBC
- 50 hippos die from anthrax poisoning at premier African national park: report New York Post
- Dozens of hippos die of anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo CBS News
Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War – The Kyiv Independent
- Trump is setting Europe up for failure in a new Cold War The Kyiv Independent
- Opinion | Europe Needs Its Own Nukes Politico
- The Predatory Friend: Trump Treats Europe as Anything but an Ally The New York Times
- Europeans are responding to Trump by rallying around the EU flag Atlantic Council
- Turning American Turmoil Into A Golden Opportunity for Europe DCReport.org
Nursing home fire in China kills 20 people
Authorities have detained the person in charge of the facility as they investigate the cause of the fire.
US freezes funds for Cornell, Northwestern after pro-Palestinian protests
The White House says Cornell University's $1bn and Northwestern University's $790m in federal funding have been blocked.
Tributes to ex-London scientist after body found dismembered in Colombia
Alessandro Coatti described by former colleagues at Royal Society of Biology as ‘passionate and dedicated’
Tributes have been paid to a “passionate and dedicated” scientist after parts of his dismembered body were found in a suitcase in Colombia.
Alessandro Coatti, who worked at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in London, was discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast. The 42-year-old molecular biologist was travelling and conducting research in South America after working in London for eight years.
Continue reading...Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked – Al Jazeera
- Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked Al Jazeera
- In a break from U.S., British PM calls for probe into Israel's killing of emergency workers in Gaza NBC News
- ‘Dad, help me… we were targeted by the Israelis’: Audio and video capture last moments of aid workers killed in Gaza CNN
- Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings Reuters
- Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings The Guardian
Know their Names: The Gaza Red Crescent paramedics Israel attacked
On March 23, Israeli forces killed a group of Palestinian rescue workers in Rafah, Gaza. Here are their stories.