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Trump signs order preparing for tariffs on Iran’s trade partners
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 — US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order threatening tariffs on Iran’s trade partners, after he pledged a further round of talks with Tehran next week. The order, effective from today, called for a fresh
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Pentagon, in statement, to cut academic ties with Harvard
WASHINGTON, — Feb 7 — The Pentagon is to cut all academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education, fellowships and certificate programs, it said in a statement yesterday. The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s battle with
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China overturns death sentence for Canadian in drug case
TORONTO, Feb 7 — China has overturned the death sentence of Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian official told AFP yesterday, in a possible sign of a diplomatic thaw as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to boost trade ties with
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Israeli President Herzog to visit Sydney amid tensions over Bondi Beach massacre and Gaza war
SYDNEY, Feb 6 — Israel’s President Isaac Herzog lands in Australia on Monday to honour victims of a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the deadliest antisemitic attack since Hamas’s assault of October 7, 2023. The head of state has
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Russian general shot in Moscow apartment building in apparent assassination attempt
MOSCOW, Feb 6 — A Russian general was shot in an apartment building in Moscow on Friday morning and rushed to hospital, officials said, in the latest apparent assassination attempt of a top Russian military figure. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which
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Trump posts conspiracy video depicting Obamas as monkeys, drawing backlash from Democrats
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 — US President Donald Trump yesterday posted an election conspiracy video that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats. Near the end of a one-minute-long video posted on Trump’s
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China says it will not join nuclear talks ‘at this stage’
BEIJING, Feb 5 — China said today it would not join nuclear talks “at this stage” after the expiry of the US-Russian New START treaty triggered fears of a global arms race. Campaigners have warned that the expiry of the
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A new nuclear age beckons as clock ticks down on last Russia-US arms deal
MOSCOW, Feb 4 — The last nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States is due to expire within hours, raising the risk of a new arms race in which China will also play a key role. The web of
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Nearly 900 Nazi-linked accounts discovered at Credit Suisse, US lawmaker says
ZURICH, Feb 4 — A new probe of Swiss bank Credit Suisse discovered 890 previously undisclosed accounts with potential Nazi links, a US senator said yesterday, amid efforts to shine a light on what he said was the bank’s hidden
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Move on, says Trump as Epstein files trigger probe into ex-US ambassador Mandelson
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 — US President Donald Trump made a fresh plea yesterday for Americans to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, even as it left a prominent British politician facing a criminal probe on the other side of
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