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Trump’s new tariffs shakes world market

Oakley Mason August 3, 2025

USA U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration

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USA insists on tariff hike on specific trade partners

Oakley Mason August 1, 2025

USA President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Thursday imposing new tariffs on multiple U.S. trading partners, set to take effect in seven days. The move, part of his aggressive “America First” trade agenda, raises economic tensions just as global markets face mounting uncertainty. The order includes a tariff hike on Canadian goods from […]

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Trump accuses Obama of treason

Oakley Mason July 23, 2025

USA President Donald Trump baselessly accused former president Barack Obama and others of illegally plotting against him, calling it “treason” and declaring: “It’s time to go after people.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Trump listed Obama, Hillary Clinton,

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Agian, US leaves UNESCO

Oakley Mason July 23, 2025

USA “President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO — which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November,” White House deputy spokesperson Anna Kelly told the New York Post on Tuesday. UNESCO and the White House did not […]

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Trump leaves coffee producers in the dark

Oakley Mason July 21, 2025

USA In the north of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, expectations for this year’s coffee harvest are clouded by uncertainty, after President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the United States.  For small producers in the region, the tariffs news hit like a bombshell. “We had high expectations until about a […]

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UN creates panel to examine effects of nuclear war

Oakley Mason July 20, 2025

United Nations UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed an independent scientific panel of 21 experts to examine the physical and societal consequences of a nuclear war. The panel would examine the consequences of war on a local, regional and planetary scale in the days, weeks and decades following such an event. The creation of the […]

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U.S. deports 95 Haitians

Oakley Mason July 17, 2025

USA A new deportation flight carrying 95 Haitian nationals landed Wednesday in Cap-Haïtien, as U.S. immigration authorities continue a wave of removals under tightened immigration enforcement. Armed Haitian police officers stood by on the tarmac as the aircraft from Florida arrived. Officials confirmed that some of the deportees had criminal records and had served time

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EU Parley Israel to increase Gaza aid

Oakley Mason July 16, 2025

European Union European Union representatives on Tuesday called on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.  The foreign ministers from the 27 EU member states met in Brussels to discuss a new aid deal largely forged by the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. Saar met with EU […]

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America, China end talks on trade framework, positive on tariff dispute

Oakley Mason June 29, 2025

USA In a significant step toward de-escalating ongoing trade tensions, the united States and China have confirmed a finalized trade framework agreement. The deal, which emerged from recent high-level discussions in Geneva and London, outlines mutual steps to lower tariffs and ease regulatory restrictions on key exports. Beijing officially confirmed the agreement on Friday,

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Trump advocates for lesser holidays in America

Oakley Mason June 21, 2025

USA President Donald Trump on Thursday called for fewer federal holidays, saying the days off cost America billions of dollars in losses. “Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Juneteenth, a newly designated federal holiday […]