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Trump calls for expelling USAID staffers
Date: 2025-02-03 09:53:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11052305
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development (USAID) needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its ....
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Japan to closely monitor Yen impact of Trump tariffs, Kato says
Date: 2025-02-02 07:51:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:11050831
TOKYO, Feb 2 (MENA) - Japan intends to closely monitor the impact on its currency of US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs and is worried about the international fallout from the trade imposts, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said as quoted by ....
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China strongly opposes U.S. additional tariff, vows countermeasures
Date: 2025-02-02 07:50:28 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:11050821
BEIJING, Feb 2 (MENA) - China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes the 10-percent additional tariff announced by the Trump administration on Chinese goods, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday as quoted by CGTN network. U.S. ....
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Rubio in Panama amid Trump push for canal control
Date: 2025-02-02 06:59:24 GMT - Panama - World - SN:5 - ID:11050792
PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama on Saturday, marking his first international trip as the country's top diplomat amid President Donald Trump's bid to reclaim control over the Panama Canal, according to ....
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Canada, Mexico hit back with retaliatory tariffs on US
Date: 2025-02-02 06:10:55 GMT - Canada - World - SN:3 - ID:11050773
OTTAWA/ MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (MENA) - The leaders of Mexico and Canada - two of the US's largest trading partners - have responded to the US president's steep taxes on imports, according to Al Hurra news Channel. Canadian Prime Minister Justin ....
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Chinese Foreign Ministry: No winner in trade or tariff war
Date: 2025-02-01 08:49:34 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:11049797
BEIJING, Feb 1 (MENA) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry asserted that there is no winner in a trade or tariff war in first comments on US President Donald Trump' announcement on imposing new tariffs of 10% on imports from China, CGTN reported ....
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Six Americans freed in Venezuela after Trump envoy meets with Maduro
Date: 2025-02-01 06:46:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:11049669
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela are heading home to the US, President Donald Trump announced Friday, after his envoy met with the country’s President Nicolás Maduro, CNN reported. US officials have not ....
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Air ambulance carrying 6 crashes in Philadelphia, no survivors expected
Date: 2025-02-01 06:45:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:11049666
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - An air ambulance carrying six people crashed near a mall in northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening, the company that operates the aircraft said. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said it could not confirm any survivors among ....
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Two Chinese citizens killed in US aircraft collision
Date: 2025-01-31 08:47:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:11048658
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (MENA) - Two Chinese citizens were killed in an aircraft collision in Washington, D.C., according to preliminary information, CGTN quoted the Chinese embassy to the United States as saying. The collision occurred on Wednesday ....
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WHO: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda
Date: 2025-01-31 08:46:45 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:11048641
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family, UN News reported Friday. Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient ....