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Gold Hits Record, Dollar Drops as Tariff Fears Dampen Sentiment

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Gold prices hit a fresh record on Monday while the dollar weakened further and stocks were mixed amid worries about Donald Trump's tariff blitz and his bubbling row with the Federal Reserve. With several markets still closed for the Easter holiday, business was limited ahead of a week that will see the release of key data that should give an ...

China Slams 'Appeasement' of US as Nations Rush to Secure Trade Deals

This is Beirut, 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing's expense, vowing countermeasures against those who "appease" Washington in the blistering tariff war as its neighbors rush to secure favorable terms from the White House. While the rest of the world has been hit with a blanket 10 percent ...

US Defense Chief Shared Sensitive Information in Second Signal Chat

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on forthcoming US air strikes on Yemen in a private Signal chat group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, the New York Times and CNN reported on Sunday. AFP was not able to independently verify the reports, which detailed what would be the second time Hegseth has been accused ...

Iran and the Unresolved Dilemmas

Charles Chartouni, 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Political observers are taken aback while trying to make sense of the Iranian regime's shifting postures. The first striking features are the ostensible cleavages among the Iranian concentric circles of power: moderates are deliberately engaging in the negotiations, while extremists are still jockeying. The second feature relates to the substance ...

Yemen’s Huthis Say US Strikes on Sanaa Kill at Least 12

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The Huthi rebels' health ministry said early Monday that new US air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 12 people and wounded 30. The Huthi-run Saba news agency cited the ministry as saying the dead and injured had come from overnight strikes "by the American enemy" on a market and a residential zone in Sanaa's ...

Trump Considers Gutting US Diplomatic Footprint in Africa

This is Beirut, 20/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States would drastically reduce its diplomatic footprint in Africa and eliminate State Department offices focused on climate change, democracy, and human rights, according to a White House order under consideration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that The New York Times, which first reported the existence of the draft order, had ...

Pope Briefly Meets US Vice President JD Vance

This is Beirut, 20/04 15:17 - Reading : less than a minute

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Pope Francis had a brief private meeting with US Vice President JD Vance on Sunday, the Vatican said, on the last day of the Republican's visit to Rome. "The meeting, which lasted a few minutes, gave the opportunity to exchange greetings on Easter Sunday," wrote the Vatican in a brief statement, saying the encounter took place at the pope's ...

American and European Rivalry Serves China and Its Axis

Pierre Nahas, 20/04 11:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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It is in no way simplistic to say that the 20th century has been the American century. Our modern world was and is still being shaped by innovations made in America. The nuclear bomb, the Apollo mission to the moon and the internet. Indeed, America can draw from a long list, but one overlooked American achievement is Europe. It would not be an ...

Analysts Warn US Could Be Handing Chip Market to China

This is Beirut, 20/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As the Trump administration attempts to choke off exports of strategically important computer chips to China, experts say the effort might well backfire, fueling innovation at Chinese firms that could help them seize the world semiconductor market. "What's actually happening is that the US government right now is handing China a big win as it ...

Another Round of Anti-Trump Protests Hits US Cities

This is Beirut, 20/04 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in New York, Washington and other cities across the United States for a second major round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his hard-line policies. In New York, people gathered outside the city's main library carrying signs targeting the US president with slogans like "No Kings in ...

Vance and Francis: Divergent Values but Shared Ideas

This is Beirut, 19/04 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pope Francis is the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, advocating for a more open Church and compassion toward migrants. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a devout Catholic convert, is committed to shaping America into a bastion of conservative values. After Vance met on Saturday with the Vatican’s Secretary of State, ...

Breakthrough or Stalemate? US and Iran Resume High-Stakes Nuclear Talks in Oman

This is Beirut, 19/04 19:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The United States and Iran concluded a second round of high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Saturday, agreeing to meet again in a week's time, according to Iran's foreign ministry. The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, with Iranian state television describing the atmosphere as "constructive." "The two sides agreed ...

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