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Why has Trump hit Canada with a 35 percent trade tariff?
New levies, which come on top of tariffs on auto parts and industrial metals, will come into effect on August 1.
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The Lebanese presidency handed a reply to US Special Envoy Tom Barrack on Monday over Hezbollah’s disarmament.
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US trade partners are racing to negotiate deals to avoid being slapped with steep tariffs from this week.
Patterson fed her former in-laws beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, the jury’s verdict said.
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The city of six million people could soon run out water, amid climate change, sanctions and governance failures.
From China to Iran, several countries have already been engaging with the Taliban. Experts say they could be next.
