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Trump threatens tariffs in 50 days: What harm will it do to Russia?
Trump gives Putin a deadline to make peace with Ukraine or face potentially punishing US sanctions.
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Brazil’s President Lula has rejected Trump’s efforts to use tariffs to extract political concessions.
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Bosnia is marking 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide. Al Jazeera’s Alma Milisic explains how it unfolded.
Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, designed to be ‘unfiltered’, has sparked global backlash over some of its responses.
Amid raids targeting Muslims, an electoral roll revision in India’s poorest state has become a political flashpoint.
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Trump sent tariff letters to 14 countries including South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
The US is the world’s second-largest manufacturer after China, adding $2.9 trillion to the global economy.
The Lebanese presidency handed a reply to US Special Envoy Tom Barrack on Monday over Hezbollah’s disarmament.
False claims of a miraculous Texas flood rescue went viral but were disproven, emphasising journalism’s role in crises.
Bloc takes firm positions at summit on key global conflicts while avoiding criticism of Russia for the Ukraine war.
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