Asian markets tumble as China mulls response to Trump’s 104% tariffs
Asian markets sank after Trump’s 104% tariffs on Chinese goods took effect, with Beijing warning it was ready to defend its economic interests.
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The roof collapses at a Dominican Republic nightclub, killing at least 98 people
The roof of an nightclub in the Dominican capital collapsed early Tuesday during a concert attended by politicians, athletes and others, with at least 98 people dead and 160 injured, authorities said.
The roof collapses at a Dominican Republic nightclub, killing more than 110 people
The roof of an nightclub in the Dominican capital collapsed early Tuesday during a concert attended by politicians, athletes and others, with at least 110 people dead and 250 injured, authorities said.
South Africa reels over Trump’s offer of refugee status to white Afrikaners
President Trump’s controversial executive order offering refugee status to the White Afrikaner minority in South Africa has enflamed tensions in the country and emboldened some who want to secede.
News24 | Mexico reports first human death from H5N1 bird flu
A three-year-old girl has become Mexico’s first human fatality from H5N1 bird flu, health officials said on Tuesday.
News24 | ‘Explosive eruption’: Philippines Kanlaon Volcano sends ash miles into the air
A volcano in the central Philippines erupted, sending a plume of ash 4 000m into the sky and prompting calls for local school cancellations.
News24 | At least 18 dead in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse
Rescuers were racing to find survivors on Tuesday among the rubble of a Dominican Republic night club where at least 18 people died and dozens were hurt in an early-morning roof collapse.
News24 | Some US consumers stockpile goods ahead of Trump’s new tariffs
Pushing a shopping cart down the aisle of a Walmart Supercenter, Thomas Jennings, 53, loaded up on juices, condiments and whatever he could think of.
News24 | Did Trump just impose ‘the largest peacetime tax hike in US history’?
Tariffs act as a tax on imports, raising prices for consumers. They might be the highest since 1951.
News24 | ‘Stupidity’, ‘weakness’: Economists weigh in on Trump’s tariffs
A wide range of economists are voicing alarm over US president Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on imports, sparking a trade war that experts say could tip many countries into recession. Here are comments by some leading economists.
News24 | ‘Let us not be naïve’: NATO chief warns on China military expansion
China’s expansion of its armed forces is “staggering”, NATO’s chief said on a visit to Japan aimed at “projecting” the alliance’s power in the Asia-Pacific region.
News24 | ‘Earn the trust of the people’: South Korea sets date for presidential elections
South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, the country’s acting president said Tuesday, after Seoul’s former leader Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over a disastrous declaration of martial law.
News24 | ‘Extraordinary threat to the rule of law’: Trump scores victory in migrant deportation plan
The US Supreme Court handed US President Donald Trump a victory by lifting a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law.
News24 | ‘Working now on another deal’: Trump, Netanyahu push to free Gaza hostages
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that new negotiations were in the works aimed at getting more hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
News24 | ‘Bloodbath’: Spooked Republicans warn Trump over US tariffs
With markets nosediving over Donald Trump’s trade war, the protectionist US president is hearing the first rumblings of discontent among his normally steadfast backers in Congress and big business.
News24 | Trump vows huge new China tariffs as markets nosedive
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened new tariffs of 50 percent on China, ratcheting up a trade war even as a dramatic selloff in global markets gathered pace.
News24 | Amid thawing relations, Russia reduces US soldier’s jail sentence by 7 months
A Russian court has reduced the almost four-year jail term of a US soldier convicted of threatening to kill his girlfriend and stealing from her by seven months, Russian news agencies reported.
News24 | ‘Not acceptable’: Unification Church vows to appeal order targeting Japan Moonies
The Unification Church said it had appealed a Japanese court’s decision to strip the sect of official recognition, in the wake of the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe.
News24 | ‘Deterrence is necessary’: US, Philippines conduct military drills to ward off China
The Philippine and US air forces began joint exercises aimed at boosting operational coordination and enhancing “strategic deterrence”, Manila’s military said.
News24 | ‘Special personal relationship’: Netanyahu to meet Trump over tariffs, Gaza war
Talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington’s shock tariffs on Israel and escalating tensions with Iran.
News24 | How countries are clamping down on ‘forever chemicals’
Contaminating water and soil, human-made “forever chemicals” widely used since the mid-20th century, are facing increasing regulation worldwide.