Category: World
Why is Trump ending the ‘de minimis’ tariff loophole on low-value imports?
At one minute past midnight on Friday, eastern time, a US tariff exemption that has fuelled the rise of companies such as Shein and Temu, [more…]
‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder
An Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a giant leap forward in sustainable shipping” [more…]
Trump officials ask supreme court to help strip legal status from Venezuelans
The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Thursday to intervene and assist in its attempt to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from more [more…]
Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent
Ugandan opposition politicians have accused the president, Yoweri Museveni, of attempting to quash dissent by prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges in military courts in [more…]
Trump officials contacted El Salvador president about Kilmar Ábrego García, sources say
The Trump administration has been in touch directly with the Salvadorian president Nayib Bukele in recent days about the detention of Kilmar Ábrego García, the [more…]
Powerful earthquake could raise Pacific north-west sea levels ‘dramatically’ – study
A massive earthquake in the Pacific north-west could rapidly transform areas of the coast from northern California to Washington, causing swaths of land to quickly [more…]
South Africa to review claims past ANC governments impeded apartheid crimes investigations
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is setting up an inquiry into whether past ANC governments interfered with the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, amid [more…]
Kristi Noem says Kilmar Ábrego García would be deported immediately if sent back to US
Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, said that if Kilmar Ábrego García was sent back to the US, the Donald Trump administration “would immediately [more…]
Outrage in Brazil over reports of new red national football jersey
“Our flag will never be red!” rightwing Brazilians took to chanting during the heyday of the left-bashing former president Jair Bolsonaro. But their football shirts [more…]
The white Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum
Kyle believed God was looking out for him when he survived a violent farm robbery in South Africa eight years ago with only a black [more…]
