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What did Trump announce? US President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly paused import tariffs for 90 days on dozens of countries — except China — a week after announcing unprecedented penalties on most of the world over what he says are unfair trade practices. Trump, however, doubled down on China, raising tariffs on the world’s second-largest economy to 125%, citing a “lack of respect” by Beijing. On Thursday, the White House clarified that Chinese producers would pay a total of 145% in tariffs on imports to the US due to a 20% duty that was levied earlier in the year. “At some point, hopefully in the near future,…

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration cannot give everyone it wants to deport a trial “because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years.”  In the post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump talked about removing criminals and those illegally in the US. This comes as an increasing number of Venezuelan migrants are deported from the United States, many without a criminal record. US authorities using wrong allegations to deport migrants?To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Deportations based on wartime law Earlier on Monday,…

The Mexican government on Monday said that they had written to television stations to ban an advertisement by US President Donald Trump’s administration that warns against undocumented migration. In the commercial with Spanish subtitles, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is shown saying: “If you are considering entering America illegally, don’t even think about it.” If a migrant commits a crime, “we will hunt you down” because “criminals are not welcome,” she said in the video. Reading the letter at a news conference, Sheinbaum said that the clip “contains a discriminatory message that violates human dignity” and could encourage “violence against people on the…

The Pope was the driving force behind his hectic schedule right to the end.Behind the scenes, there was a respectful battle of wills between Pope Francis and his team of doctors who urged him against returning to his papal engagements too soon after leaving Rome’s Gemelli hospital where he spent five weeks being treated for double pneumonia. Doctors prescribed two months of rest – the pope did anything but that.Pope dies latest: King Charles leads tributes Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:19 Pope’s ‘last goodbye’ captured It became clear when the pope left the hospital…

Coal has fueled industrialization — and climate change. Some countries are well into phasing it out, but US President Donald Trump wants to boost production. Here’s why this is not a good idea.

Nidhi,* a 26-year-old from India’s capital city, New Delhi, was once very close to her uncle, but after he started forwarding anti-Muslim messages containing misinformation in their family’s group chat, their relationship soured. They always got into healthy political debates during family dinners, but his posts on WhatsApp were becoming “intolerable,” she said. “He would forward what was clearly false information, twisted historical facts to fit a certain kind of propaganda,” she told DW. Nidhi said that her uncle never showed any open hate towards Muslims, but on WhatsApp, it was a different story. “Some of us would call him…

Skip next section Kremlin: No orders to extend ceasefire04/21/2025April 21, 2025Kremlin: No orders to extend ceasefireThe US State Department said on Sunday that it would welcome the extension of an Easter ceasefire beyond just one day – but the Kremlin said no such orders had been given. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had unilaterally declared a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce. Kyiv responded by pledging to mirror Russia’s actions, but both Russian and Ukrainian officials subsequently accused each other of continuing to launch artillery and drone attacks. Asked by Russia’s state TASS news agency whether the supposed ceasefire could be extended,…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela on Sunday. Bukele suggested sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the United States and incarcerated in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking “political prisoners” held by Venezuela. Bukele asked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hand over 252 “of the political prisoners you are holding,” he posted on X. The Salvadoran leader did not specify whether the prisoners would be jailed again after the swap took place. Venezuela’s chief prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, criticized Bukele’s proposal and accused El Salvador of unlawfully imprisoning the Venezuelans. Bukele addresses Maduro in…

The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were “several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident”.A deputy commander will be dismissed for providing an “inaccurate report” and a commanding officer will be reprimanded following the military probe, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said, adding there was “no attempt to conceal the event”. Fifteen aid workers were shot dead by Israeli troops who opened fire on a convoy of vehicles, including ambulances, on 23 March.They were then buried in a shallow grave where their…

Larissa Zeichhardt employs a robotic dog at her construction company — a four-legged machine equipped with various cameras and sensors to document the daily work done at the Berlin-based business LAT. LAT specializes in laying high-voltage cables along railway tracks, and Zeichhardt says none of her 130 employees is really keen on getting back to the office to write down what’s been done after a full shift on the construction site. But without proper documentation, the next shift wouldn’t know exactly where the cables are located, she told DW. This is where LAT’s new robo-dog comes into play, as the…