Coastal erosion: Brazil battles rising sea levels due to climate change
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Brazil, which is hosting the COP30 summit in the Amazon in November, is facing a worrying rise in sea levels due to global warming. Sea levels in the village of Atafona, in the north of Rio de Janeiro state, could rise some 21cm by 2050, according to UN
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Why is the NBA exploring plans to start its own basketball league in Europe?
• 04:17
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The US basketball league says it is ready to explore the idea of starting a European competition, potentially partnering up with major football clubs to do so. While the NBA's new league would be a boon for European fans, who are watching the sport in in
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Trump announces direct nuclear talks with Iran, Tehran says indirect negotiations
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US will engage in direct talks with Iran to address its nuclear programme, cautioning that Iran faces "great danger" if it does not cease its nuclear ambitions. Tehran confirmed its participation but emphasi
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US Supreme Court lifts order blocking deportations under Alien Enemies Act
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The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a victory on Monday by letting him use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president's hardline approach to im
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Where are the Democrats? US opposition struggles to be heard as Trump floods media
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The US Democratic Party here in Paris is defending its record amid the barrage of news coming from the White House. With the daily announcements from US President Donald Trump flooding the media, many have been asking "Where are the Democrats?". This pas
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'With Trump in the White House, there is no predictability whatsoever,' economist says
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US President Donald Trump's sharp tariff hikes last week have sent stock markets into a tailspin, raised alarm bells among Wall Street executives, and heightened many economists' worries that the US could tip into recession. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney sp
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Yes, Trump imposed tariffs on remote islands inhabited only by penguins and seals
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The Trump administration unexpectedly imposed a 10 percent tariff on the remote Heard and McDonald Islands owned by Australia. The islands are home to "no humans", according to the Australian government, and are inhabited only by penguins and seals. We e
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World rushes to negotiating table as Trump tariffs shake global markets
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As Donald Trump's comprehensive tariffs forced drastic losses throughout Asian markets on Monday, countries around the world, including Washington's allies, scrambled to quell the turbulence caused by the president amid worsening fears of an upcoming glo
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Воскресенье, 6 апреля 2025 г.
Second Texas child dies of measles amid surging infection rates
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A second child in the southwestern United States has died from measles, officials said Sunday, as 22 states report 642 confirmed cases, almost all of them among unvaccinated people.
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Marine Le Pen sentenced, Trump's trade war, Myanmar in ruins: The week in pictures
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FRANCE 24 highlights some of the week's top stories in pictures: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement and ban from seeking public office, US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs that have caused a global trade war, the
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Tens of thousands of 'Hands Off' protesters rallied across the US to oppose Trump’s policies
• 11:28
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On Saturday, large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the US to protest President Trump, marking the largest nationwide demonstration of opposition since his inauguration in January. The "Hands Off" protests were organized across 1,200 locati
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Суббота, 5 апреля 2025 г.
Thousands demonstrate against Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies across the US
• 18:31
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Thousands of people gathered across the US on Saturday to rally for what's expected to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk. The demonstrations were organised in response to Trump's raft o
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Trump’s tariffs unleash global trade war
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Markets took a severe hit as U.S. President Donald Trump's most extensive tariffs were implemented on Saturday. Many analysts warn that this move will escalate global trade tensions, fuel concerns about a recession, and likely provoke retaliatory measure
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Trump's tariffs: Protectionism VS economic consequences with Francesco Saraceno
• 11:37
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Markets suffered a brutal blow as US President Donald Trump's broadest-ranging tariffs came into effect on Saturday, in a move many analysts say will heighten global trade tensions, stoke recessionary fears, and likely generate tit-for-tat punitive measu
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'Hands Off!' protests against Trump, Musk set to sweep the US
• 10:47
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Around 1,200 demonstrations, dubbed the "Hands Off!" protests, are planned in the US on Saturday to show the growing wave of antipathy toward US President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk who have churned through a series of US foreign
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US-China trade war intensifies as Trump's tariffs take effect
• 10:12
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US President Donald Trump's new tariffs, effective Saturday, target countries like Australia, the UK, Colombia, and Saudi Arabia, sending shockwaves through global markets. In response, China imposed 34% tariffs on U.S. imports, along with export control
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Nationwide 'Hands Off' rallies planned in US against Trump and Musk policies
• 09:20
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Donald Trump will face his first nationwide protests since returning to the White House this Saturday. Led by the Democrats, the protests aim to mobilize across all 50 states. It's a tentative attempt to break free from political stagnation, although the
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"People will take to the streets to show their anger" Fred Hoffman, Democrats Abroad
• 08:31
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Trump will face his first Democratic protests since entering the White House, with demonstrations expected across all 50 states. The rallying cry: "Hands Off," a direct reference to the attacks by Donald Trump and Elon Musk on American institutions. In a
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Over 1,200 'Hands Off!' demonstrations against Trump and Musk planned across US
• 08:24
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Almost 150 groups opposing President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are set to hold rallies across the US on Saturday to protest the administration's policies on government downsizing, the economy, human rights, and other concerns. FRANCE 24's Wa
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From India to US detention: Trump's campus crackdown sends warning to foreign students
• 07:27
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Indian academic Badar Khan Suri met his Palestinian wife during a humanitarian mission to Gaza in 2011. More than a decade later, his lawyers say his wife’s identity led to his arrest, part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on anti-Gaza war protest
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Markets plummet as Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs take effect
• 04:09
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Markets suffered a brutal blow as US President Donald Trump's broadest-ranging tariffs came into effect on Saturday, in a move many analysts say will heighten global trade tensions, stoke recessionary fears and likely generate tit-for-tat punitive measur
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President Trump gives TikTok 75 more days to find non-Chinese buyer
• 00:19
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive Friday giving video-sharing app TikTok 75 more days to find a non-Chinese buyer, extending the deadline for a potential ban in the US for the second time since coming to office. The app owned by Chinese compa
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Пятница, 4 апреля 2025 г.
Trump tariffs & viral penguins, Le Pen found guilty
• 18:41
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The past week will be, according to US President Donald Trump, "remembered forever" for what happened on Wednesday, April 2. "Liberation Day", as he called it, saw the US leader announce sweeping tariffs on friend and foe alike.
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USA: a third term for Donald Trump?
• 16:47
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Donald Trump has been flirting with the idea of a third term in office for years. Recently, he has said that he “wasn’t joking” and that “there are ways to do it”. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert shares his take on the contr
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Fed's Powell warns tariffs will boost inflation and slow growth
• 16:42
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President Donald Trump's new tariffs are "larger than expected" and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday in remarks that pointed to the potentially di
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Democrats slam Trump's reported firing of US National Security Agency director
• 16:41
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Members of the Democratic Party denounced the apparent dismissal of US National Security Agency director Timothy Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble on Thursday. It remains unclear exactly why US President Donald Trump fired the two senior officials.
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Trump gives TikTok 75 more days to find non-Chinese buyer
• 16:03
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive Friday giving video-sharing app TikTok 75 more days to find a non-Chinese buyer, extending the deadline for a potential ban in the US for the second time since coming to office. The app owned by Chinese compa
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USAID funding cuts: "We are just realigning foreign aid", says the US
• 10:09
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One of the dramatic consequences of Donald Trump's accession to power is the drastic reduction in USAID funding. For the State Department's deputy spokeswoman, these cuts are not a matter of elimination: the United States wishes to “reorient” aid. FRANCE
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US: storms kill seven in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains and floods
• 08:42
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Parts of the Midwest and South faced the possibility of torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods Friday, while many communities were still reeling from tornadoes that destroyed whole neighborhoods and killed at least seven people. Story by Matt
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US tariff plan: what is Donald Trump's real goal?
• 08:37
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The penalties announced by Trump on Wednesday triggered a plunge in world financial markets and drew condemnation from other leaders reckoning with the end of a decades-long era of trade liberalization. What exactly is Donald Trump's goal? Analysis by FR
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'Free Le Pen!': Vance, Trump, Musk rally behind France's far-right leader
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US President Donald Trump called it a "witch hunt", Vice President JD Vance said it was "not democracy" and billionaire Elon Musk wrote "Free Le Pen!" on X. The three voiced their support for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was convicted
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Четверг, 3 апреля 2025 г.
Penguin memes flood social media after Trump tariffs target uninhabited islands
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Social media has become flooded with penguin memes after US President Donald Trump slapped 10 percent tariffs on all exports from the Heard and McDonald Islands, barren sub-Antarctic Australian territories. Both islands are uninhabited by humans, but hom
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Fact-checking Trump's tariff plans
• 20:39
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US President Donald Trump has announced his "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariff package, a move that's sent global economies into panic and stock markets into turmoil. But Trump uttered several falsehoods - many that he'd said before - and economists are
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Trump tariffs: Pain or gain for China?
• 18:09
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Will global trade ever be the same?
In the name of “unrelented economic warfare” allegedly waged by friend and foe alike against the United States, Donald Trump unveiling a dizzying list: There’s worldwide tariffs, there’s targeted tariffs, there’s reta
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In Haiti, we have 'gangs in suits and gangs in sandals': Pro-democracy activist Clesca
• 14:20
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Monique Clesca is an author, former United Nations official and well-known pro-democracy activist from Haiti. In an interview with FRANCE 24, she explained that "daily life is hellish" and compared the capital Port-au-Prince to "an open-air prison". She
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Trump's sweeping new tariffs explained
• 09:53
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After weeks of anticipation and speculation, US President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats on Wednesday by declaring a 10 percent baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on nations that run trade surpluses wi
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It's strictly business? Trump's tariffs & the erosion of trust in the United States
• 06:50
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Donald Trump is billing April 2 as "Liberation Day", when the United States sheds the shackles of unfair competition thanks to worldwide tariffs. We test the veracity of the US president’s worldview and ask: how much is theatrics that will play well in c
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‘Economists have been flabbergasted’ at how White House calculated tariffs
• 06:21
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping new tariffs on imports to the United States from countries right across the globe. "Some economists have figured out how these tariffs were calculated by the White House and its team," said FRANCE
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Среда, 2 апреля 2025 г.
Trump announces sweeping global tariffs, sparking a global trade war
• 23:48
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US President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs Wednesday, saying the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered” by other nations. He lodged a 10 percent tariff on most goods imported to the US, but slapped much higher levies on f
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REPLAY: Trump's full announcement on tariffs
• 23:22
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Donald Trump announced sweeping new trade tariffs Wednesday, arguing they would "Make America wealthy again". “I think you’re going to remember today,” he said, predicting that the public might look back on his economic policies and conclude he was right
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Elon Musk may step back from government role after turbulent run at DOGE
• 20:11
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US President Donald Trump's billionaire advisor Elon Musk may soon be stepping back from his position at US government cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), US news site Politico reported Wednesday. Musk suffered a major setback in Wis
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Tesla sales slump as pressure piles on Musk
• 18:39
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Tesla sales fell 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers. The double-digit drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its aging lineup,
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Fear Trump’s tariffs could spark recession wipes $2 trillion off US stocks
• 15:57
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US President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs led US companies to lose trillions in dollars in value Thursday as investors rushed to dump shares in businesses likely to be hardest hit by the levies. As much as $2.01 trillion in value w
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Trump faces first electoral setback after liberal judge elected in Wisconsin
• 06:12
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US President Donald Trump's second presidency was dealt a spinning blow by voters in Wisconsin Tuesday as they elected a liberal judge to the state's Supreme Court, despite his powerful advisor Elon Musk pouring millions into the race in the aim to sway
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Trump to announce sweeping tariffs on US trading partners
• 06:03
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After weeks of public anxiety, US President Donald Trump is set on Wednesday to announce a barrage of “reciprocal” global tariffs on friends and foes alike. The tarrifs are set to escalate a trade war that has affected financial markets and increased unc
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Val Kilmer dies of pneumonia at age 65
• 05:59
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American actor Val Kilmer, who was first propelled to fame with "Top Gun" and went on to starring roles as Batman and Jim Morrison, died at age 65 on Tuesday night. "He was one of Hollywood's biggest leading men in the 80s and 90s", FRANCE 24 corresponde
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Actor Val Kilmer, known for Top Gun and Batman, dies at 65
• 05:38
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The California-born and Juilliard-trained Hollywood star Val Kilmer died at age 65 on Tuesday night. Known for his roles in "Top Gun" and "Batman Forever", he gained a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy and versatile actor whose career spanned decades.
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Wisconsin voters elect liberal to Supreme Court, defying Musk's millions
• 03:31
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Wisconsin voters elected liberal judge Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, dealing a blow to US President Donald Trump's second presidential term. Crawford's victory came despite the significant financial support Trump's advisor Elon Mu
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US senator breaks record with 25-hour speech against Trump's policies
• 00:42
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Democratic Senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest US Senate speech on Monday and Tuesday, exceeding 25 hours in a fiery protest against President Trump's "unconstitutional" actions. Before Tuesday, the longest Senate speech was Strom Thurmo
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'Carnage': Papers react to Trump's tariff threats on 'Liberation Day'
• 00:13
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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 2: Papers react to US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs on "Liberation Day". Meanwhile, French papers are still covering the aftermath of Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement. There's also focus on Ukraine
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Вторник, 1 апреля 2025 г.
World economies brace for Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
• 22:33
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The White House said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump will impose a new set of global tariffs on Wednesday, escalating a trade war that has affected financial markets and increased uncertainty about the economic future of the United States.
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No, declassified CIA documents do not prove that Hitler escaped to Argentina
• 20:34
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Argentina's President Javier Milei recently announced that his government would declassify all documents relating to Nazi fugitives who settled in Argentina after World War II. Following this announcement, users are sharing the viral claim that Adolf Hit
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Donald Trump signs executive order against ticket scalping
• 14:58
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Donald Trump welcomed rocker and MAGA supporter Kid Rock to the Oval Office, where he signed an executive order aimed at curbing ticket scalping and introducing “commonsense” changes to live event pricing. Bryan Quinn tells us more.
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Trump threatens $9 billion in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'
• 13:46
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The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests. Lecture
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Brazil's African origin faiths under attack as Evangelicals carry out 'holy war'
• 10:57
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In 2024, Brazil recorded an almost 70 percent year-on-year increase in cases of discrimination and attacks on religious practices, according to the ministry of human rights. The main victims are religions of African origin, such as Umbanda and Candomblé.
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Why is Trump’s Liberation Day tariff transformation so risky?
• 10:30
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US trading partners scrambled on Tuesday to prepare for the latest round of Donald Trump's tariffs, after the US president left unclear who would be targeted but promised to be 'very kind' in addressing what he claims are unfair trade imbalances. FRANCE2
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World economies brace for Trump's new tariffs deadline
• 10:25
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US President Donald Trump is calling it 'Liberation Day' for America, as he is set to launch new sweeping tariffs on April 2. But consumers worldwide are concerned that his plan could cause significant harm with minimal benefit. Economists warn of rising
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Focus: Afro-Brazilian religions face evangelical ‘holy war’
• 09:27
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According to the Ministry of Human Rights, in 2024 Brazil recorded an almost 70% year-on-year increase in cases of discrimination and attacks against religious practices. The main victims are religions of African origin such as Umbanda and Candomblé. The
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SpaceX launches first crewed spaceflight over Earth's polar regions
• 02:11
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SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday, sending four private astronauts on a pioneering mission to conduct experiments ranging from taking the first X-ray in space to testing mushroom growth in micrograv
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Понедельник, 31 марта 2025 г.
