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United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement on most trading partners, including several in Africa, will affect businesses and people across the continent and likely force more producers to trade with China, experts have warned.

Trump’s “Liberation Day” declaration on Wednesday threw markets into chaos, as the US took its strongest turn to protectionist policies since the 1930s, weakening a global trade system the US helped build and strengthen.

The tariffs, which…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Tens of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s assault on the besieged enclave, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the eve of Palestinian Children’s Day, PCBS said 39,384 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents after more than 530 days of Israel’s assault.

Among them are about 17,000 children who have been deprived of both parents…

On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the US’s trading partners.

The day was termed “Liberation Day” by Trump, who signed an executive order imposing a flat 10 percent tariff on almost all nations and then additional tariffs on those countries that the US accuses of charging higher levies on American goods.

The levies sent shock waves through global markets and prompted criticism from world leaders. China and the European Union have…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and more than 100 wounded in Israeli air attacks on two schools housing displaced people in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on Thursday.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement that 29 people – including 18 children, women and elders – were killed and more than 100 were injured when Israeli air attacks hit the Dar al-Arqam School-turned-shelter. The school was hit with at least four missiles,…

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South Korea’s Constitutional Court said that President Yoon Suk-yeol ‘violated’ people’s basic rights by declaring martial law.

The Constitutional Court in South Korea has ruled that impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol be removed from office for his declaration of martial law late last year.

The ruling on Friday now means the country must hold a presidential election within 60 days.

Yoon briefly declared martial law late on the evening of December 3, claiming that…

Seoul, South Korea – The catchphrase “8-0” was blasted on loudspeakers and seen on placards in Seoul’s historic centre of Jongno District, where thousands of critics of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol gathered.

The demonstrators on Thursday were calling for Yoon to be impeached, confident that all eight acting justices in the country’s Constitutional Court will decide to uphold an impeachment motion passed by the National Assembly in mid-December after Yoon’s short-lived…

The dynamite attack is thought to be the result of two mining collectives fighting over access to gold deposits.

A clash between gold-mining operations in Bolivia has resulted in an explosion that killed six people, according to authorities.

Thursday’s blast rocked the Yani mining camp approximately 150 kilometres – or 90 miles – northwest of the country’s administrative capital, La Paz.

“There are six dead, and we have reports of missing persons,” said Jhonny Silva, a…

US president says Iran initially wanted talks through intermediaries, but he thinks Tehran has changed its position.

Washington, DC – Donald Trump has suggested that Iran may agree to direct talks with the United States despite the intensifying tensions and back-and-forth threats between the two countries.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the US president appeared optimistic about the prospect of face-to-face diplomacy with Tehran.

“I think it’s better if we have direct talks,” he…