Category: World
China likely to target US agriculture, state media reports, as Trump tariff deadline nears
China is preparing countermeasures against fresh US import tariffs that are set to take effect on Tuesday, China’s state-backed Global Times reported, with American agricultural [more…]
I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so
I’m Still Here has won the Oscar for best international film at the Academy Awards, which are currently taking place in Los Angeles. It is [more…]
US tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Tuesday but may not be 25%, commerce chief says
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said on Sunday that US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday, but the president [more…]
Trump is making Central America become a dumping ground for US immigrants
Central America has long been a source of immigrants, and in recent years, it’s also become a major transit route for those from around the [more…]
Bukavu hospital patients tell of being shot in chaos of Congolese withdrawal
Patients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have described how they sustained serious injuries during the chaotic withdrawal [more…]
ACLU sues to block White House from sending 10 immigrants to Guantánamo
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 undocumented immigrants detained in the US to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, their [more…]
Guyana triggers military response after Venezuelan vessel enters its waters
Guyana’s president has triggered a military response and diplomatic action after a Venezuelan coastguard patrol entered its waters and approached an off-shore oil facility, breaching [more…]
Japan battles largest wildfire in decades
More than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades. The flames are estimated to have [more…]
Mexican drug lord pleads not guilty to killing of DEA agent after US extradition
After years as one of US authorities’ most wanted men, the Mexican drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero was brought into a New York courtroom [more…]
Macron says French-Algerian author under ‘arbitrary detention’ in Algeria
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he is concerned about the “arbitrary detention” and health of Boualem Sansal, days after the French-Algerian author began [more…]
