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Stocks and T-notes bid as eyes remain on Trump Trade Tariffs - Newsquawk US Market Wrap
Zero Hedge
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SNAPSHOT: Equities up, Treasuries up, Crude flat, Dollar flat REAR VIEW: Trump sends seven more trade letters; More US tariffs to be announced on Wednesday, including Brazil; Germany Chancellor Merz says diplomatic means to resolve the Ukraine war...
Libya Denies Contact with Egypt Over Pro-Palestine Aid Convoy
News Central TV
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June 14, 2025
Libya’s eastern-based administration has dismissed reports that it engaged in official coordination with Egypt over the Maghreb “Caravan of Steadfastness” convoy, which is attempting to reach Gaza via the shared land border. Abdulhadi Al-Hweij,...
AP News Summary at 2:38 p.m. EDT
The Porterville Recorder - California
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Harrowing stories of rescue emerge from Texas floods as crews search for over 160 reported missing HUNT, Texas (AP) — Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's...
Fact Check: Old videos FALSELY shared to claim UAE sent medical aid to Israel
India Today
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June 22, 2025
Did the United Arab Emirates send medical aid to Israel during its ongoing conflict with Iran? This is what is being claimed with a video of an aeroplane landing on a runway and receiving a water-cannon salute. The other half of the video shows...
Trump targets Brazil with 50% tariff
RTE Ireland
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country's ex-leader, while widening a push to secure more bilateral trade deals with other partners. In a letter addressed to Brazil's President Luiz...
Letters to the Editor 07/10/2025
The Source Weekly - Oregon
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July 9, 2025
click to enlarge Sarah Isak-Goode Last week brought a real treat for summer storm lovers. Staff reporter Sarah Isak-Goode caught this blazing sunset moment, a glowing calm in the aftermath of thunder, lightning and downpour. We want to share your...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
Segal says stripping universities of funding a ‘last resort’ - as it happened
The Guardian
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July 10, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned, Thursday 10 JulyIt’s time to wind down our live news coverage for the day. Here’s what’s been keeping us busy this Thursday: Australia’s antisemitism...
Trump unveils 30% tariff on Iraq in latest batch of trade letters
The National News
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Donald Trump unveiled a 30 per cent tariff on Iraqi imports on Wednesday, with Iraq becoming the latest in a series of countries to have received a so-called trade letter from the US President. The latest tariff on Baghdad is 9 per cent lower than...
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against former president Bolsonaro
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of...
Libya denies claims of official contact with Egypt over ‘Convoy of Steadfastness’
Middle East Monitor
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June 12, 2025
Abdulhadi Al-Hweij, foreign minister in the eastern Libyan government appointed by the Parliament, said there had been no official contact with Egypt regarding the Maghreb “Caravan of Steadfastness” entering through the shared land border....
Advocates renew concerns with Haitian children potentially becoming ‘stateless’
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The group says that led to children being held in “cage-like detention facilities or shipped off to untold destinations.” In Springfield, there are more than 1,200 American-born children of Haitian immigrants younger than 4, according to the Clark...
Libyan Haj pilgrim Amer al-Gaddafi confirms he is alive after death rumours
The Siasat Daily
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June 12, 2025
A Libyan pilgrim, Amer al-Mahdi Mansour al-Gaddafi, has denied false rumours circulating on social media that he died while performing Tawaf at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, during Haj 2025. Posts on platforms like Facebook and X said...
Trump Slaps Sri Lanka With 30% Tariffs, Warns Against Retaliatory Levies
myMotherLode - California
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In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said these tariffs on Sri Lanka will kick in from August 1 and warned the country against transshipping to evade the levies. President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped 30% tariffs on goods exported from...
Trump issues tariff letters to 7 more trading partners as talks with EU continue
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump issued final tariff notices to seven minor trading partners on Wednesday as his administration inched closer to a deal with its biggest trading partner, the European Union. Trump said in posts on his Truth Social media...
A clinic saving the lives of refugees facing an uncertain road ahead
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 20, 2025
Like so many refugees, the story of how Elham Zaki came to live in Australia is punctuated by dark chapters. WARNING: This story contains distressing content. She's been subject to horrors that are difficult to put into words: organ harvesting,...
Venezuelan VP Rodriguez Criticizes Sanctions on Oil-Producing Nations at OPEC Forum
teleSUR
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Jorge Gestoso (L) and Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez (R), Vienna, Austria, July 9, 2025. Photo: teleSUR July 9, 2025 Hour: 1:04 pm On Wednesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez gave an exclusive interview to teleSUR from Vienna, where the...
Libya welcomes "Steadfastness Convoy" for Gaza, calls for End to siege
Yemen News Agency SABA
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June 11, 2025
[Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:07:44 +0300] Tripoli – Saba: Libya's Supreme Council of State has welcomed the entry of the Maghreb "Steadfastness Convoy" into Libyan territory, calling it "a living symbol of the connection between the Arab and Islamic...
Trump's indecision on Iran due to primal fear about 'another Libya'
Daily Mail
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June 20, 2025
President Trump gave Iran a two-week grace period to negotiate a nuclear pact over fears of repeating the chaos that took place in Libya and the devastating aftermath of Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump is confident he can still secure a diplomatic...
Trump reveals 50 per cent tariff rate for Brazil
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 9, 2025
Donald Trump is threatening a 50 per cent tariff on Brazil as he unveils a new tranche of levies on countries' goods from next month. The revised new rate for Brazil, a significant trading partner for the United States, is a dramatic escalation of...