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Rescuers bring down a body of a worker from the rubble of an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP China’s Embassy in Bangkok called on Chinese companies operating abroad to comply with local laws after a Chinese construction firm came under … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI U.S. President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated reciprocal tariffs are set to take effect on April 2. These tariffs, which will apply to … Read more
Von der Leyen said that as part of its response, the EU would further diversify its trading partnerships and “double down” on the internal EU Single Market. File | Photo Credit: Reuters On the eve of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on April 2, the E.U. and U.K. had starkly contrasting responses planned, with … Read more
For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges and built in its place a sleek, disciplined machine with the single goal of winning the country’s presidency. In 2022, she came closer than … Read more
A teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention, officials said. Walid Ahmad, 17, was a healthy high schooler before his arrest in September for allegedly throwing stones … Read more
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of the military operation in Gaza on Wednesday (April 2, 2025), saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to the security zones of Israel. In a statement, Mr. Katz said there would be … Read more
This file image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. | Photo Credit: AP Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K. government said … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A federal judge in California on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian. Also Read | House passes immigrant detention bill that … Read more
According to Politico, most of the X accounts belonged to university-linked activists sharing protest information and were suspended in Turkey only [File] | Photo Credit: AP Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday said it was fined a “substantial amount” in Turkey for failing to comply with government orders to suspend accounts linked to widespread protests following … Read more
This image released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence shows China’s Shandong aircraft carrier sailing near Taiwan on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday (April 2, 2025) in sensitive waters near Taiwan, in a second consecutive day of drills around the self-ruled island it claims as … Read more