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Apr 7, 2025 - World

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is trying to exploit divisions over tariff policy between President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk.Via journalist Walter Bloomberg, Habeck pointed to recent remarks from Musk saying he would like there to be a total free trade zone between America and Europe in which no one charges tariffs on imports."What Elon Musk said on tariffs is a sign of weakness and fear, he should talk to his president," Habeck said.ALSO READ: 'Destroying confidence in our country': Trump-backing billionaires in full tariff revoltMusk over the weekend took shots at Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, who has been one of the biggest cheerleaders for the massive tariffs Trump has levied against the entire world, and he posted a video on his X account on Monday morning that lauded the value of international trade.Regardless, Trump has indicated that he is completely unwilling to budge on tariffs, which he has said are part of a strategy to make the United States "rich" despite the fact that they are a regressive tax whose burden primarily falls on American consumers.

Apr 7, 2025 - World

Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground

Apr 6, 2025 - World

Erez Reuveni no longer on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case after not ‘vigorously’ defending Trump administrationA federal justice department attorney has been placed on leave by the Trump administration for purportedly failing to defend the administration vigorously enough after it says it erroneously deported a Maryland man to El Salvador, which a US judge called a “wholly lawless” detention.The action against justice department lawyer Erez Reuveni came after US district judge Paula Xinis had ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who lived in the US legally with a work permit, be returned to Maryland despite the Trump administration’s position that it cannot return him from a sovereign nation. Continue reading...

Apr 6, 2025 - World

State department accuses east African country of ‘taking advantage of the United States’The US is revoking the visas of all South Sudanese passport-holders and will stop any more of its citizens entering the country.The Department of State said South Sudan was “taking advantage of the United States” by failing to comply with US efforts to return people to the east African country, adding that the measures would come into effect immediately. Continue reading...

Apr 6, 2025 - World

The "world as we knew it" is over and the UK "stands ready" to use direct state intervention to shelter industries from the US tariff storm, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday.US President Donald Trump's imposition of sweeping tariffs on Wednesday shows that "old assumptions can no longer be taken for granted," Starmer said in a op-ed for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper."The world as we knew it has gone," he wrote.The new world will be governed less by established rules and "more by deals and alliances," added the prime minister. "It demands the best of British virtues -– cool heads, pragmatism and a clear understanding of our national interest," he said.The UK leader reiterated his government's belief that "nobody wins from a trade war" and that the immediate strategy was "to keep calm and fight for the best deal."However, he insisted a US trade deal will only be struck "if it is right for British business" and that "all options remain on the table" in responding to the 10 percent tariffs on the UK.In an immediate sign of the tariff fallout, UK luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover said on Saturday that it will "pause" shipments to the United States in April as it addressed "the new trading terms".Recognising the shifting global economic sands, Starmer said that he was now prepared to use direct state intervention to protect certain sectors."This week we will turbocharge plans that will improve our domestic competitiveness," he wrote, ahead of an expected major announcement on industrial strategy."We stand ready to use industrial policy to help shelter British business from the storm. "Some people may feel uncomfortable about this... but we simply cannot cling on to old sentiments when the world is turning this fast," he added.