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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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. ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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