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Why Trump’s Tariffs on China Might Not Be the Solution

President Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza would have to overcome or ignore many serious obstacles, including that forcibly removing its entire population would be a violation of international law. But aside from legal challenges, there is the hard fact that unexploded munitions litter the territory after months of Israeli bombardment, posing a lethal danger … Read more

At Gate 10 of the arrivals hall of the Bangkok airport, Wichayada Saeyang stroked her son’s hair, as if he were a small boy, not a grown man. A few feet away, Pongsak Thanna wrapped his arms around his father and did not let go. His tears dampened his father’s shoulder. “To see my son, … Read more

new video loaded: Famous Palestinian Bookshop in Jerusalem Reopens After Israeli Raid transcript Back transcript Famous Palestinian Bookshop in Jerusalem Reopens After Israeli Raid Murad Muna, a brother of one of the bookshop owners detained in an Israeli police raid on the famous Educational Bookshop store in Jerusalem, said he was surprised by the crowd … Read more

The Israeli police have raided a pair of Palestinian bookstores in East Jerusalem, arresting two of their owners and confiscating books, in a move that came as Israel tightens its restrictions on free speech and cultural activities for Palestinians across the country. The police on Monday confirmed the arrests of two brothers, Mahmood Muna and … Read more

President Trump again reiterated his proposal for the United States to take over Gaza, telling reporters on Air Force One on Sunday that the strip of land was “a big real estate site” that the United States was “going to own.” He also mentioned building “some beautiful sites for the people, the Palestinians, to live … Read more

Since taking office, President Trump has threatened European countries’ security and economies, angled to take control of Greenland and promised to “definitely” slap the nations with tariffs. Even parties that would seem to be his natural allies are nervous. Some have quietly tiptoed back from the American president. But Saturday was not the day for … Read more

In less than three weeks, President Trump has thrown the U.S. clean energy industry into chaos, with much of the economic damage hitting Republican states and districts. In a quest to eliminate any funding linked to climate change, the Trump administration has frozen federal grants for everything from battery factories to electric school buses and … Read more

The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts had collectively spent thousands of hours working on the report, a first-of-its-kind assessment of nature across the United States. But President Trump ended the effort, started under the Biden administration, by executive order. So, on … Read more

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