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  • Shipping containers stacked on the KMTC Jebel Ali container ship at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he’d impose a 50% tariff on Indian exports to the US half of which includes a penalty for purchases of Russian oil. Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    U.S. tariffs on Indian goods are now 50%, a level analysts warn is akin to a trade embargo

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  • US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump moves away from Ukraine war ceasefire demand and seeks peace deal, echoing Putin’s stance

    By Shaun Tandon and AFP
  • Engineering vehicles and machinery are loaded onto ships at Lianyungang Port for export overseas in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China, on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    Trump extends China tariff truce by another 90 days, pushing new deadline to November

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  • One kilogram gold bars at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers arranged in London, UK, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Gold retreated on Thursday, after notching its latest record, after President Donald Trump triggered tumult on global markets with sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    ‘Gold will not be Tariffed!’ Trump says after prices spiked amid confusion over duties

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 05: U.S. President Donald Trump shouts answers to questions from reporters as he tours the roof of the West Wing of the White House on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has undertaken several renovation projects at the White House to include the construction of a concrete patio at the Rose Garden. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says homeless people must leave Washington, DC, immediately — ‘We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital’

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  • A pirate flag from the Japanese anime One Piece, installed a week earlier to follow an internet trend using the symbol to criticise government policies, is seen at a house in Solo, Central Java, on August 7, 2025, ahead of the country’s 80th Independence Day. As Indonesia’s independence day approaches red and white flags will be flown across the country, but a viral anime pirate banner has drawn government threats against flying the swashbuckling ensign. A Jolly Roger skull and bone symbol topped with a straw hat from Japan’s anime series ‘One Piece’ has caused concern among officials in Jakarta that it is being used to criticise President Prabowo Subianto’s policies. (Photo by DIKA / AFP) / To go with ‘INDONESIA-POLITICS-PROTEST-ANIME, FOCUS’ by Dessy SAGITA & Jack MOORE (Photo by DIKA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    The pirate flag from anime ‘One Piece’ is Indonesia’s newest protest symbol—and officials are cracking down

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  • HSINCHU, TAIWAN – APRIL 18: Logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is pictured at Hsinchu Science Park on April 18, 2025 at Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) sits at the center of the U.S.-China trade war, as both countries rely heavily on Taiwan for advanced semiconductors that are crucial to their tech industries. As the U.S. and China escalate tariffs and impose new export controls, Taiwan’s chipmakers like TSMC are caught in the crossfire, with each side trying to secure supply while also using trade rules to gain leverage in this high-stakes geopolitical and economic contest. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)Tech

    TSMC gets a reprieve from Trump’s 100% chip tariffs thanks to its U.S. factories, Taiwan says

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 01: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump answered a range of questions from reporters before leaving and is scheduled to spend the weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump’s threatened 40% tariff on ‘transshipped’ goods tries to target China and its manufacturing strength

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  • YOKOSUKA, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 06: The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force stealth frigate JS Mogami (FFM-1) participates in an International Fleet Review commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022 off Yokosuka, Japan. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is commemorating the 70th anniversary of their founding today. (Photo by Issei Kato – Pool/Getty Images)Politics

    Japan, in its biggest arms deal since World War II, sells stealth frigates worth $6 billion to Australia

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  • A customer carries a Shein brand bag after shopping at a pop-up store of the Chinese-founded fast fashion brand Shein, in Dijon on June 26, 2025. (Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP) (Photo by ARNAUD FINISTRE/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Italy just hit Shein with a $1.15 million greenwashing fine over misleading claims

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  • An Iranian street money changer is sitting on a sidewalk next to Iranian banknotes in Tehran’s business district, Iran, on April 13, 2024. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is threatening Iran with a counterattack if it directly attacks Israel. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Finance

    Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Greer testified on President Trump’s 2025 trade policy agenda. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)Economy

    US trade advisor says Trump tariff rates are ‘pretty much set’ after deadline was pushed back

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 01: Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Trump was indicted on four felony counts for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Politics

    Former prosecutor Jack Smith, who led criminal probes on Trump, is reportedly under investigation by Office of Special Counsel

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  • Photo illustration of Ozempic and Wegovy with weight scale. Both are injectable prescription weight loss medicines. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)C-Suite

    Novo Nordisk selects insider Maziar Mike Doustdar as new CEO, to tackle ‘recent market challenges’

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  • This photograph shows the logo of Chinese e-commerce company Temu displayed on a mobile phone holding in front of a screen bearing a website page of the e-commerce company, in Brussels, on November 4, 2024. The European Union (EU) on October 31, 2024, hit Chinese-founded shopping platform Temu with a probe over concerns the site is doing too little to stop the sale of illegal products, in an investigation that could lead to large fines. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Online giant Temu is under fire in Europe as millions of users face high risk of encountering illegal products on platform

    By Raziye Akkoc and AFP