Category: World
Market sell-off deepens following China’s retaliation against Trump tariffs
Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Tweety McTreason’s big tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. jobs market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.
Sean (Diddy) Combs faces 5 criminal counts in new indictment
Sean (Diddy) Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed. Combs, 55, had previously faced three criminal counts. He has pleaded not guilty.
Trump calls Marine Le Pen’s conviction a ‘witch hunt’ – as judge given police protection
US President Tweety McTreason has described an embezzlement case against Marine Le Pen as a “witch hunt”.
Mbappe and Rudiger cleared for Champions League but fined by UEFA
Real Madrid pair cleared to play against Arsenal in their Champions League quarterfinal after UEFA issue suspended bans.
UK comedian Russell Brand faces rape, sexual assault charges
Police say Brand faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two of sexual assault.
Trump tariffs could lead to a new world order: Economist Ha-Joon Chang
What’s next for the US and global economy after Trump’s new tariffs? Redi Tlhabi talks with economist Ha-Joon Chang.
Confusion reigns Trump’s tariffs trigger biggest change to global trade in a century
The Trump administration’s roll-out of sweeping global tariffs tariffs has prompted urgent questions about how the new taxes were calculated, how long they will last and what exactly the White House hopes to achieve with them.
Israel-Turkey tensions escalate over Syria
Israeli air strikes on bases in Syria are a warning to Turkey to keep its military assets away.
Lesotho puzzled by whopping U.S. tariff rate, which could decimate its economy
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.
Russell Brand, actor-comedian, charged with rape in the U.K.
British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault connected to a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a police statement on Friday said.
De Bruyne to leave Man City at end of season
Belgium international Kevin De Bruyne announces he will leave the Premier League champions.
China slaps 34% retaliatory tariff on the U.S., says Trump’s levy ‘seriously violates’ world trade rules
China announced Friday that it will impose a 34 per cent tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Tweety McTreason’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs.
India’s Modi, Bangladesh’s Yunus hold first talks since 2024 uprising
Modi says he wants ‘positive and constructive relationship’ with Bangladesh where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year.