Category: GLOBAL NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: China Retaliates With 84% Tariffs On US Products
China will impose 84 percent tariffs on US imports, up from 34 percent, the finance ministry said Wednesday, hours after similar levies by the United States came into force. US President Donald Trump’s latest salvo of tariffs came into effect on dozens of trading partners Wednesday, including punishing 104 percent duties on imports of Chinese…
Trump Raises Duty On Small Parcels From China To 90%
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order raising duties on small packages sent from China from 30 to 90 percent, a move likely to disrupt the import of popular low-cost products. Trump raised the duty on “low-value imports” from China, due to go into effect from May 2, alongside a major increase in…
Plane Passenger Arrested After Masturbating in Front of Shocked Women During Flight
A passenger was arrested after allegedly masturbating during a SWISS Air flight from Zurich to Dresden on Monday morning. The suspect, a 33-year-old German national, was reportedly caught engaging in the act in front of other travelers on Flight LX918. According to Blick, a fellow passenger noticed the man with his hands in his pants…
Pope Francis Makes First Appearance After Five Weeks In Sick Bed
Pope Francis has appeared at his window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome and offered a blessing for the first time since being admitted on 14 February. The 88-year-old pontiff was discharged minutes later and doctors say he will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican. During the past five weeks, he…
Trump Announces Elimination of ISIS Leader in Iraq
On Friday, March 14, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Abu Khadija, the ISIS leader in Iraq, had been killed along with another unidentified militant. The operation was carried out by U.S. forces in coordination with Iraqi and Kurdish troops, as reported by The Times of India and confirmed by Trump’s post on his social media…
Argentina Declares National Mourning As Flood Death Toll Hits 16
Argentina announced three days of national mourning late Sunday after authorities raised the death toll from recent flash flooding to 16, with more still missing. The deadly floods struck Friday when a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of hours in and around Bahia Blanca, a major port city located in the south…
Whatsapp Group Admin Pay Ultimate Price For Allegedly Removing Member
A Pakistani man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat. Police in a statement said Mushtaq Ahmed was shot dead on Thursday evening in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that borders Afghanistan, which has a history of bloody…
Zelensky Describes Oval Office Meeting with Trump as ‘Regrettable,’ Expresses Readiness to Negotiate Peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his Oval Office meeting last week with US President Donald Trump “did not go the way it was supposed to,” describing the fiery meeting as “regrettable” and noting that Ukraine is ready to negotiate about an end to the conflict. “I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace,” Zelensky said on…
VIDEO: Trump Secures Extradition of 29 Top Drug Cartel Leaders from Mexico to US for Prosecution
Mexico has extradited 29 drug cartel members, including notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, to the United States amid growing pressure from the Trump administration to combat drug trafficking organizations. Caro Quintero was implicated in the 1985 murder of U.S. DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a crime that severely strained U.S.-Mexico relations. This unprecedented move…
US to Remove Transgender Troops from Military
On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced that transgender troops will be removed from the military unless they receive a waiver on a case-by-case basis. The memo, which was made public through a court filing, is part of a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order from late January, which sought to ban military service by…