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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday (November 30, 2024) threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the BRICS bloc, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, […]
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There is no chance that BRICS will replace the US Dollar in International Trade, said Trump (File) US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs. “We require a commitment from […]
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People travel in a tram during partial power-cuts, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (November 28, 2024) threatened to strike “decision-making centres” in Kyiv with Russia’s new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine’s energy grid in an attack that left […]
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. The tariffs, if implemented, could dramatically raise prices on everything from gas to automobiles to agricultural products. The U.S. is […]
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Manila: The widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Philippines became public after the Southeast Asian nation’s Vice President Sara Duterte said that she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she were to be killed. Mr Duterte is the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Now, the law and […]
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte listens as she attends a joint committee hearing of the House of Representatives in Quezon City. File. | Photo Credit: AP Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said on Saturday (November 23, 2024) she has contracted an assassin to kill the President, his wife and the House of Representatives Speaker if she […]
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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 2, 2024, shows him waving to the crowd during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. Khamenei vowed to respond to attacks on Iran and its allies. | Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday (November 2, […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C), Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (R) speak during a trilateral meeting in London, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP NATO will hold a long-planned major nuclear exercise next week, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday (October 10, 2024), a […]
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Beirut: The Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned on Tuesday that it would intensify attacks on Israel, including the northern port city of Haifa, if it continues to strike Lebanon. “The Israeli enemy’s intensifying strikes” mean that “Haifa and other locations will be targeted by our rockets just as much as Kiryat Shmona, Metula, and other” locations, […]
Continue ReadingNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits to watch an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of provoking North […]
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