SEOUL: North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a major development that will further expand their booming ties. Russia’s Tass news agency reported that the bridge would be 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long and its construction […]
BEIJING: United States officials have reached out to their Chinese counterparts for talks on vast tariffs that have hammered markets and global supply chains, a Beijing-backed outlet said on Thursday citing sources.Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125 […]
NEW YORK: The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in grants. Demand has only increased at the New York nonprofit since the city emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic insecurity. In a first for the pantry, […]
NEW YORK: Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. The expiration of the so-called de minimis rule that has allowed as many as 4 million low-value parcels to come into the US every day – mostly from China – is […]
VATICAN CITY: Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly growing — and which some believe could be the birthplace of the next pope.The 76-year-old born into a humble family of 10 children is the first clergyman from the west African country to […]
Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave (Credits: AP) The truck driver is cutting his lawn on a windy afternoon, in a town so quiet you can take afternoon walks down the middle of Main Street. Kevenson Jean is leaving the next day for another long […]
There’s a maxim that goes: Once you go woke, you go broke. The opposite is also true — go unwoke, go unbroke. And while the main story of the last Canadian election was that the Liberals managed to win after dropping Justin Trudeau like a stale waffle, the tangent that matters most for New Delhi […]
Learning to drive in Germany these days requires more than just patience. It also takes a lot of money. According to Germany’s largest automobile club, the ADAC, obtaining a driver’s license can cost anywhere between €2,500 ($2,839) and €3,500 –– in some cases, even more. For young people, still in education, it is becoming a […]
The inauguration on January 20, 2025, marked the start of Donald Trump‘s second presidency. Since he took office, so much has changed in US politics that it’s hard to believe it’s only been 100 days, during which numerous 180-degree turns have occurred. Whether it’s fundamental shifts in US foreign policy or putting tariffs on the […]
The world watched closely when US President Donald Trump published his first 26 executive orders on January 20, his first day in office. By attempting to overturn birthright citizenship among other anti-immigration orders, broadly targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and specifically targeting the rights of transgender people, he set the tone for the first […]
