Category: 3. World

  • Trump says ordering ‘100 percent tariff’ on all movies produced abroad

    Trump says ordering ‘100 percent tariff’ on all movies produced abroad

    WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Sunday he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, claiming Hollywood was being “devastated” by a trend of US filmmakers and studios working abroad.
    The announcement comes as the White House is coming under mounting criticism over its aggressive trade policies that have seen Trump impose sweeping tariffs on countries around the globe.

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  • UN food agency to halt aid for 650,000 women, children in Ethiopia

    UN food agency to halt aid for 650,000 women, children in Ethiopia

    ADDIS ABABA: The World Food Programme said Tuesday that it was suspending aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia due to a lack of funding.
    “WFP is being forced to halt treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in May due to insufficient funding. WFP had planned to reach two million mothers and children with life-saving nutrition assistance in 2025,” the UN agency said in a statement.

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  • Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday

    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.

    The cardinals met for the first time Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis’ successor, as condolences poured in from around the world…

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  • France’s Barrot: Europeans expressed red lines over Ukraine to US

    France’s Barrot: Europeans expressed red lines over Ukraine to US

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • Taiwan cabinet to ask parliament to unfreeze $4bn amid budget standoff

    Taiwan cabinet to ask parliament to unfreeze $4bn amid budget standoff

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • Australians start voting in general elections as pope’s death overshadows campaigning

    Australians start voting in general elections as pope’s death overshadows campaigning

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • Islamabad says more than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April

    Islamabad says more than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • ‘A true father to us’ – Filipinos mourn Pope Francis

    ‘A true father to us’ – Filipinos mourn Pope Francis

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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    News Source: www.arabnews.com

  • Bangladesh’s largest private airline starts Riyadh flights as demand grows

    Bangladesh’s largest private airline starts Riyadh flights as demand grows

    Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday


    VATICAN CITY: Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday, when his casket is brought into St. Peter’s Basilica.


    The cardinals met for the first time…

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  • Palestinian protest leader detained by US misses son’s birth

    Palestinian protest leader detained by US misses son’s birth

    NEW YORK: Detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil missed the birth of his son on Monday after US authorities refused a temporary release, his wife said.
    A graduate student at New York’s Columbia University who was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities on March 8.
    He was ordered deported even though he was a permanent US resident through his American citizen wife, Noor Abdalla.

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