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Trump promises steep tariffs for foreign movies and imported furniture
The US president pledged a 100 percent tariff for films made outside the country. United States President Donald Trump has said he wants to levy a 100 percent import tax on movies made outside the country, saying the movie business “has been stolen” from Hollywood and the US. Posting on his Truth Social platform on Monday, the US president said…
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Kremlin says British and French arsenals must ultimately be part of nuclear disarmament talks
Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the U.S., but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday. Peskov’s remarks come amid a Kremlin proposal to the U.S. this month to voluntarily maintain for a year the limits…
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Trump signs memo labelling anti-Christian views as ‘domestic terrorism’
US President Donald Trump has signed a memo authorising the national Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to “investigate, prosecute, and disrupt entities and individuals” engaged in acts of domestic terrorism. The presidential memo was signed on September 25. Under the decree, views leaning towards anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity were labelled as “common threads” of domestic terrorism. Trump also cited support…
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US restores five-year multiple entry Visas for Ghanaians after deportation deal
The United States has lifted visa restrictions on Ghana following an agreement that saw the West African nation cooperate with Washington on the acceptance of deported migrants. Ghana was among several African countries, including Nigeria, affected by the restrictions introduced during the administration of former US President Donald Trump. At the time, visas were limited to single entry with a…
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Delegates at UN walk out on Netanyahu during speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a nearly empty auditorium Friday in the United Nations General Assembly, as delegates walked out to boycott his speech during the high-level gathering. Israel is increasingly isolated internationally as Netanyahu pushes forward with the war against Hamas, the militant body governing the Gaza Strip and which triggered the ongoing conflict with its terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas massacred approximately…
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Ex-French president jailed five years over Gaddafi-linked campaign funds
A court in Paris has sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy. The trial examined accusations that Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator, helped fund Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign with euros running into millions. Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal association in the plot from 2005 to 2007…
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Trump demands inquiry over UN ‘triple sabotage’ after escalator and teleprompter mishaps
Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into what he called a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. In a post on social media, the US president referred to an escalator abruptly stopping as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped on, a teleprompter malfunctioning during his speech, and an audio issue in the…
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Malawi’s ex-president wins election in comeback at age 85
Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old. Official results show that he won 57% of the vote, compared to the 33% of President Lazarus Chakwera, 70. Chakwera, a pastor before entering politics, conceded defeat ahead of the final result being declared, phoning Mutharika to congratulate him…
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JICA scraps Africa ‘hometown’ agreement after migration mixup
Japan’s overseas aid agency scrapped an agreement Thursday that had aimed to strengthen ties with Africa after struggling to contain a slew of misinformation about the initiative. The “hometown” agreement, announced by JICA at an African development conference in Yokohama in August, sought to foster exchanges that would help bridge four municipalities in Japan with four countries in Africa. The…
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Iran’s president slams US and Israel over airstrikes, accuses them of killing civilians in Gaza
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the U.S. and Israel of “savage aggression,” alleging airstrikes on Iranian cities and responsibility for tens of thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday accused the United States and Israel of committing a “grave betrayal of diplomacy” by carrying out airstrikes on Iranian cities, telling world leaders at the United…
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