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China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war ramps up
China announced countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday. The U.S. and China have escalated a new ...Israel says seizing ‘large areas’ of Gaza as strike kills 23
Israel said Wednesday its troops were seizing “large areas” in Gaza and making the Palestinian territory “smaller and more isolated”, as an ...Death toll nears 200 in Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy
By Paul Mathiasen Reuters A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at ...Hostage families fear outcome of intense Israeli strikes on Gaza
By Michael BLUM AFP The mother of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza longs for her son’s return, fearing that Israel’s ...Trump disrupts global economic order as sweeping new tariffs go into full effect
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive ...China rejects US ‘blackmail’ as trade war threatens to escalate; markets steadier
By Joe Cash, Steve Holland and Sudip Kar-Gupta Reuters China refused to bow to what it called “blackmail” from the United States as a ...Haiti humanitarian crisis worsening as violence escalates, says aid group
The humanitarian situation in Haiti is dramatically worsening, aid group Save the Children said, with underfunded security forces increasingly overwhelmed by powerful ...Israel controls 50% of Gaza as Palestinians get squeezed into shrinking wedges of land
By SAM MEDNICK The Associated Press Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas ...Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capital
Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African ...Anti-Trump protests held in cities across the US
By Jonathan Landay, Nathan Layne and Tim Reid Reuters Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Saturday, ...