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Tariffs are estimated to cost GE Aerospace more than $500m this year.

GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp has advocated re-establishing a tariff-free regime for the aerospace industry under the 1979 Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft during a meeting with United States President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, in an interview with the news agency Reuters, Culp said the company’s position was “understood” by the administration, adding that the zero-duty regime has helped the US aerospace industry to…

The plan aims to expand what is known as the Gilo settlement south-eastward, on lands and olive groves owned by residents of the Palestinian city of Beit Jala, the report said.

The Planning and Building Committee in the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality intends to discuss a new plan for the expansion of illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday as a first step toward…

Kenya’s president is on a five-day state visit to China, its largest lender, while Beijing’s trade war with Washington intensifies.

How is it worsening by the day?

And what’s the impact on countries like Kenya, which does business with both economic superpowers?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Einar Tangen – Senior fellow at the Taihe Institute

Robert Scott – Independent international economist

At around 6:30 p.m. on April 17, 16-year-old Ilyas Saeed Rabaa spotted three armed Israeli settlers near his family’s land in Al-Rakeez, a quiet village in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills.

The settlers, equipped with a generator and power drill, were preparing to implant iron pillars on farmland that Ilyas’s 60-year-old father, Sheikh Saeed Rabaa, had cultivated with olive trees since 2012. “I saw them near our home,” Ilyas recalled. “I…

The media office reportedly accused Israel of backing the posts through fake or biased accounts, misled individuals, or those using forged documents and worthless legal forms.

Gaza’s Government Media Office cautioned on Monday against “misleading rumors” of alleged arrangements for mass Palestinian emigration from the enclave, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The office accused Israel of…

“Though the Vatican is far away, his voice always reached our hearts — he never ceased calling for peace and justice.”

Palestinian Christians in Gaza are mourning the passing of Pope Francis, remembering him as a steadfast spiritual supporter who maintained close contact with their small and vulnerable community throughout Israel’s devastating military assault on the enclave.

Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Trump administration announced it would freeze $2.2 billion in federal funds to Harvard University after the institution rejected a list of demands from the government.

Harvard University filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration’s decision to freeze more than $2.2 billion in funding, calling it “unlawful and beyond the government’s authority.”

The…