Key PointsPresident Donald Trump called Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell a “numbskull” as he demanded an interest-rate cut.Trump claimed at the White House that lowering rates by two percentage points would save the U.S. $600 billion per year, “but we can’t get this guy to do it.”Trump said he “may have to force something” if […]
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Watch: Trump says US personnel “being moved out” of the Middle East According to sources close to the U.S. government, the U.S.A. non-critical personnel and dependents in Baghdad might be evacuated from Iraq because of elevated security risks. Officials did not say exactly what prompted the elimination; however, on Wednesday, US officials were told Israel
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Key PointsCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick assured Americans that U.S. tariff levels on China would not change from this point onwards.President Donald Trump earlier said that U.S. duties on China will total 55%, though a White House official told CNBC that that figure is not new.The announcements from Trump and Lutnick came after trade negotiators for
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Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead in a hail of bullets in 2022 India turned into shocked while hired gunmen shot and killed Punjabi hip-hop megastar Sidhu Moose Wala through his car’s windscreen. Within hours, a Punjabi gangster named Goldy Brar had used Facebook to take responsibility for ordering the hit.But 3 years after the
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Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich are key members of PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition The UK has sanctioned two some distance-right Israeli ministers over “repeated incitements of violence in opposition to Palestinian communities” within the occupied West Bank.Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will each be banned from coming into the UK and will have
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People take shelter in a Kyiv metro station during the Russian drone attack overnight on 10 June. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Russia has done a “huge” drone attack on the capital, and a maternity ward in Odesa has additionally been targeted. The Odesa drone assault hit medical facilities and home buildings, killing a
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The world’s most populous country plans to spend nearly $80bn on water-hungry coal plants by 2031 A factory worker rides a bicycle past the Super Thermal Power Plant in Chandrapur, India, February 3, 2025. — Reuters Many shortlisted projects are located in areas with water stress.Water access is an afterthought for thermal plant operators.Expansion is
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Key PointsPresident Donald Trump signed an order to deploy 2,000 members of the National Guard in response to immigration protests in Los Angeles, the White House said.Trump is federalizing part of California’s National Guard that would otherwise report to Gov. Gavin Newsom.Newsom slammed Trump’s move, calling it “purposefully inflammatory.” U.S. Border Patrol and protesters clash
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Proposals to provide additional benefits for the armed forces are also under consideration, including increases in salaries and pensions. Photo file Islamabad: In view of the strict conditions of the IMF and financial difficulties, the government has proposed a 5 to 7.5 percent increase in the salaries and pensions of government employees. The People’s Party,
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Four killed in DI Khan; Layyah bus accident leaves two dead, wounds 26 others Several Edhi ambulances are visible in this undated image. A car falls into a ditch in KP’s Dera Ismail Khan.Truck overturns on Motorway M-5 in Ghotki.A passenger bus was involved in an accident in Layyah. GHOTKI/ DI KHAN: On Sunday, separate
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