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War has changed Zelensky - but now is the time to transform again
James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine Correspondent "The best salesman in history." This was what Donald Trump once called Volodymyr Zelensky…
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Europe: Shares resume selloff as trade war escalates; healthcare slumps
EUROPEAN shares tumbled further on Wednesday as China more than doubled its tariffs on US imports, with healthcare stocks leading declines…
Business
What would a US-China trade war do to the world economy?
A full-scale trade war with China and the US is in prospect after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of more than 100% on Chinese…
Business
China engineers orderly yuan drop as trade war threatens growth
China is guiding the yuan weaker at a carefully orchestrated pace, as the central bank seeks to blunt some of the economic impact of the…
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Asia: Equities resume selloff as Trump cranks up trade war
Equities and oil plunged again on Wednesday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war by hitting China with tariffs of more than 100 per…
Business
China drives record gold ETF inflows as trade war deepens
Chinese investors funnelled a record amount of cash into gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last week, drawn by the safety of the…
Business
Gold eases as Treasury yields climb; trade war in focus
Gold prices eased on Wednesday (Apr 9) as US Treasury yields ticked higher, while anxious investors monitored the escalating trade war…
Business
Oil settles down US$1 at four-year low as US-China trade war escalates
Oil prices settled down more than US$1 a barrel on Tuesday at a four-year low as investors priced in an increasing likelihood of a…
Business
Wall Street braces for souring corporate earnings amid trade war
US stocks reeling from the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs face another big test starting later this week: corporate earnings.…
Fashion
Oil prices sink to 2021 lows as tariff war fans recession fears
Crude oil prices have plunged to their lowest levels since 2021, when Covid curbs hurt business activity, amid an escalating tariff crisis…
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China’s farm sector buckles up for tariffs as trade war worsens
Chinese tariffs on US agricultural goods will test the farm sectors of both nations. China’s swift retaliation in matching Washington’s…
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Gold prices recover as trade war tensions lift safe-haven demand
Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday (Apr 8) from a near four-week low reached in the previous session, as heightened concerns over the…
Business
European shares plummet to 16-month low on trade war gloom
[berlin] European shares plunged to a 16-month low on Monday (Apr 7) as investors grappled with the possibility of a recession after US…
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Yuan devaluation market chatter grows as trade war worsens
The deepening trade war is raising speculation in financial markets that China may resort to aggressively devaluing the yuan against the…
Business
Oil prices extend losses on fears global trade war could slow economy
Oil prices fell more than 3 per cent on Monday, extending losses from the previous week, on growing concerns that a global trade war could…
Business
Wall Street fears job cuts as dealmaking fizzles in trade war
Up and down Wall Street, executives are starting to come to terms with a new reality: Donald Trump is not delivering the long-awaited…
Business
M&A and IPOs worth billions stalled in 24 hours by trade war
Billions of US dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings (IPOs) are on hold as Donald Trump’s trade war upends the global…
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Retailers Rush to the Tariff War Room, But Wait to See What Comes Next
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs have sent fashion’s C-suites to the war room. Right now leaders are still planning,…
Business
US: Stock market wipes out over US$5 trillion on Trump’s tariff war
The S&P 500 Index declined to the lowest level in 11 months, slashing US$5.4 trillion in market value in just two sessions as US Federal…
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China Retaliates with Massive 34% Tariff on US Goods Launching Major Trade War Response after Trump's 34% Levy
China retaliated against President Donald Trump's broad "Liberation Day" tariffs on Friday by imposing its own 34 percent tariff on U.S.…
Culture
“Warfare” Offers a Hyperrealist Rebuke of the American War Movie
“Warfare” ends the way a lot of movies based on true events do: with a series of side-by-side photographs. Here are the characters you’ve…
Business
Trade war boosts odds of Bank of England pushing ahead with May rate cut
THE threat of a global trade war is set to tip the balance at the Bank of England toward more interest-rate cuts, investors and economists…
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Pete Hegseth: Pentagon Watchdog Launches Investigation into Defense Secretary's Involvement in Signal War Plan Leak
The Pentagon's inspector general announced on Thursday that it has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's…
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Newspaper headlines: 'World faces economic war' and 'TikTok talks'
Now for our look at the morning papers, and Donald Trump's announcement on tariffs dominates the front pages. The i Paper, Guardian, Daily…