[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (AP) TAIPEI: Talks planned this weekend between US and Chinese officials in Switzerland are a culmination of more than three months of dizzying rounds of retaliatory tariffsbetween the two countries that have crippled each other’s exporters and dragged on their economies. Washington and Beijing are entering talks with tariffs on […]
[ad_1] Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest (Picture credit: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released Friday night after being arrested during a protest at a federal immigration detention centre in Newark. Baraka had been taken into custody by federal agents outside Delaney Hall, where he had joined demonstrators opposing […]
[ad_1] Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine‘s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine‘s Southern accent. Even though they too grew up in Atlanta, Levine’s […]
[ad_1] China’s consumer prices continued to fall in April, marking the third consecutive month of decline(AP) BEIJING: China said Saturday that consumer prices slumped in April for the third straight month, reflecting persistent challenges as leaders attempt to revive an economy stymied by sluggish spending and a fierce trade war with Washington.The world’s second-largest economy […]
[ad_1] Image used for representative purposes A pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College erupted in chaos Thursday, with demonstrators and police engaging in physical altercations, several people being held and one officer firing a Taser to subdue a man in the crowd.The unruly scene followed the arrests of 80 people Wednesday after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a […]
[ad_1] Donald Trump has signed a new executive order launching what he called the “first ever self-deportation programme,” allowing undocumented immigrants to leave the United States at no cost, with flights booked via a new government-backed app.In a video posted on Truth Social, the president said: “Today I signed an executive order to launch the […]
[ad_1] A new video from Worcester, Massachusetts, has captured the violent arrest of a teenage girl by immigration officers, showing her face being slammed into the ground during a neighbourhood raid that has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny of ICE operations.The footage, filmed by witnesses and shared online, shows chaos erupting as Immigration and […]
[ad_1] Sheikh Hasina (File photo) belonged to Awami league DHAKA: Six months after banning Awami League‘s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt is now considering demands of imposing a ban on the party. Demonstrations were held seeking a ban on the party by smaller political parties and outfits, including those […]
[ad_1] House GOP chairman demands unredacted files in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case (Picture credit: AP, X/@RepMarkGreen) House homeland security Chairman Mark Green is pressing Tennessee authorities to hand over unredacted video and reports tied to a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, reported the New York Post.Garcia is a Salvadoran national wrongly deported to […]
[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump and NY Mayor Eric Adams (Picture credit: PTI, AP) Mayor Eric Adams met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday in a meeting that Adams framed as a policy discussion but one that left behind more political questions than answers.Adams’ office said the visit aimed […]
