Trump flags ‘major tariff on pharmaceuticals’ as trade chief says US ‘running up score’ on Australia

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US president says he will shortly announce the new tariff on pharmaceuticals but does not give any details

Donald Trump says the US will soon introduce “a major tariff on pharmaceuticals” designed to force more manufacturing giants to relocate to America, a move that could further strain relations with Australia.

His comments come hours after his trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said the US should be “running up the score” with Australia and using money generated by tariffs to address a broader $1.2tn trade deficit with the rest of the world. The US maintains a trade surplus with Australia.

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Florida executes man convicted of killing woman he abducted

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Michael Tanzi, who received lethal injection at Florida state prison for killing Janet Acosta in 2000, declared dead at 48

A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at the Miami Herald was executed Tuesday evening.

Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a three-drug injection at Florida state prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, a production worker at the South Florida paper. The victim was attacked in her van, beaten, robbed, driven to the Florida Keys and then strangled before her body was left on an island.

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As Trump ignites tariff war, a US city is embracing Canadians with all its heart

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An estimated 300,000 Canadians visit Palm Springs each year and Trump’s levies threaten tourism in the region

Worried that Donald Trump’s policies are scaring away Canadians, a key segment of their tourist industry, a California resort city has put up “Palm Springs Loves Canada” signs across its downtown.

“It was a gesture to let our Canadian visitors know that what happens in Washington DC, is not the way that Palm Springs is looking at Canada,” Ron deHarte, the city’s mayor, said of the signs, which were installed on Friday.

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China fires back after Pete Hegseth calls country a threat to Panama canal

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Chinese government asks: ‘Who represents the real threat?’ after US defense secretary vows to keep canal secure

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the Panama canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure.

Hegseth’s remarks triggered a fiery response from the Chinese government, which said: “Who represents the real threat to the Canal? People will make their own judgement.”

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Alessandro Coatti: Royal Society of Biology mourns scientist killed in Colombia – BBC

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  1. Alessandro Coatti: Royal Society of Biology mourns scientist killed in Colombia  BBC
  2. Dismembered scientist found inside suitcase may have been lured into a trap  The Telegraph
  3. Tributes to ex-London scientist after body found dismembered in Colombia  The Guardian
  4. Italian biologist Alessandro Coatti's dismembered body reportedly found in suitcase in Colombia  CBS News
  5. Tributes pour in for Italian scientist murdered, dismembered in Columbia  upi.com
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Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe

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Keir Starmer hails visitor attraction – set to open in 2031 – as a way to bring jobs and growth to region

First Beijing, and now Bedford: a “transformative” new British tourist magnet is coming to the home counties – just off the A421.

A former brickworks will be the site of a new multibillion-pound theme park from the entertainment behemoth Universal, the government confirmed on Wednesday.

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Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

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Tests ahead of Sunday’s race revealed E coli levels three times above the threshold for poor bathing water

Water quality along the stretch of the River Thames which will host the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has been classified as poor by clean water campaigners, as a result of E coli from sewage pollution.

Testing carried out along the four-mile route, which the university rowing teams will tackle on Sunday, has revealed E coli levels which are three times above the threshold for poor bathing water status.

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Trump to reportedly cut grant for key US steel project in Vance’s home town

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Outcry as CNN reports president to stop funds for program that would have created jobs in Middletown, Ohio

Despite promises to bolster the US manufacturing industry, the Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut a key program that invests in some of the biggest manufacturing industries in the US, including in JD Vance’s home town of Middletown, Ohio.

Donald Trump is looking to slash a $500m grant from the Biden administration that was slated for Cleveland-Cliffs, a steel manufacturing giant in America’s rust belt, according to reporting from CNN. The grant was intended to help the company upgrade its ageing blast furnaces, so they would be powered by hydrogen, natural gas and electricity instead of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel.

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World Series champion Octavio Dotel killed in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel was among the dozens killed when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

At least 58 people died and 160 were injured at the nightclub in Santo Domingo where a crowd that included athletes and politicians were attending a merengue concert.

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‘Death sentence’: Advocates blast $1.3 billion in State Department food aid cuts – ABC News

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  1. 'Death sentence': Advocates blast $1.3 billion in State Department food aid cuts  ABC News
  2. Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say  Reuters
  3. USAID reverses course and restores some humanitarian aid contracts after WFP warning of possible deadly consequences  CNN
  4. US restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan and Yemen, where millions of people need it  AP News
  5. The Fatal Impact of Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts  Foreign Policy
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Gaza is a ‘killing field’, says UN chief, as agencies urge world to act on Israel’s blockade – BBC

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  1. Gaza is a 'killing field', says UN chief, as agencies urge world to act on Israel's blockade  BBC
  2. Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade  The New York Times
  3. UN chief says Palestinians in Gaza in ‘death loop’, demands end to blockade  Al Jazeera
  4. UN chief rejects new Israeli proposal to control flow of aid into Gaza  The Times of Israel
  5. Multiple UN agencies call for urgent renewal of ceasefire in Gaza as death toll mounts  Reuters
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Americans pan some of Trump’s biggest foreign policy moves in new poll – Politico

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  1. Americans pan some of Trump’s biggest foreign policy moves in new poll  Politico
  2. What do Americans think of Trump's foreign policies?  BBC
  3. Americans Give Early Trump Foreign Policy Actions Mixed or Negative Reviews  Pew Research Center
  4. More Americans say Trump is favoring Russia too much in new poll  The Hill
  5. From Ukraine to tariffs: New poll examines what Americans think of Trump's foreign policy  USA Today
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