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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that the 10% temporary tariff President Donald Trump imposed on all U.S. trade partners, including India, was “unauthorised by law”, striking a further blow to his attempts at using tariffs as tools to advance his policy priorities. …
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Taiwan’s Parliament approved a $25 billion defence spending bill on Friday (May 8, 2026) that Opposition lawmakers say will be used for U.S. weapons, following months of political wrangling. The result was announced by the parliamentary speaker after a final vote on the bill, which falls well short of the government’s proposed budget of nearly…
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Russia and Ukraine traded attacks on Friday (May 8, 2026), with a two-day unilateral ceasefire that Moscow had declared around its World War II commemorations appearing to be in tatters. Ukraine never said it would abide by Moscow’s call to halt strikes and lambasted Russian leader Vladimir Putin for only wanting to pause fighting so…
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Standing over the dry bed of the Karaj River, all that remains are twisted steel beams, shattered concrete slabs, dust, and silence. What lies here is not the aftermath of an attack. Iranian officials and witnesses describe it as a deliberate and calculated strike — one they say was designed not just to destroy infrastructure,…
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The Pentagon, in a 2024 report, revealed hundreds of new UAP incidents but found no evidence that the U.S. government had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified…
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India has maintained that Beijing had provided support to Islamabad during the war. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China has confirmed for the first time that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during its war with India last year. On Thursday (May 7, 2026), China’s South China Morning Post said the state broadcaster CCTV…
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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. | Photo Credit: AP A Rwandan academic and government critic died in custody as he was set to be freed from jail, immediately raising concern from a prominent rights group that urged an investigation into the death of Aimable Karasira. Karasira died on Wednesday (May 6, 2026) after he took an…
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The crude oil tanker Odessa, carrying UAE crude after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, May 8, 2026. File photo: X/Kim Soo-hyeon via Reuters “A Malta-flagged tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil arrived off South Korea’s west coast on Friday (May 8, 2026) after passing through the Strait of Hormuz in mid-April,” a…
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Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde on May 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Spanish authorities on Friday (May 8, 2026) were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship…
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