Peter Hoskins
Business reporter
Getty ImagesA duty-free loophole for low-value packages has been closed by President Donald Trump, pushing up prices for US customers of firms like Shein and Temu.
The Chinese online retail giants relied on the…
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Pakistan’s Leaders May Talk Tough, but War With India Is the Last Thing Pakistanis Want
Armed convoys are rumbling toward Pakistan’s border with India. Fighter jets are slicing across the sky. Television screens are filled with warnings of impending conflict. National leaders are vowing a decisive response to any military action.
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Never-Before-Seen Anal Embalming Method Kept This European Mummy Preserved for Nearly 300 Years
When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient Egypt. Many different cultures embalmed their deceased, however, and scientists have just found a particularly unexpected case.
As…
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Missile debris falls on kindergarten in northern Israel after interception of Houthi
Debris from an intercepted missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels landed on a kindergarten in northern Israel on Thursday, piercing the building’s roof and ceiling. No children were present at the time, and no injuries were reported.The…Continue Reading
India children fall ill ‘after dead snake found in school meal’
India’s human rights body is investigating reports that more than 100 children fell ill from eating a school lunch after a dead snake was found in the food.
The cook reportedly still served the lunch despite removing the dead animal from it, the…
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War Day 572: Fire Under Control, Terrorists Eliminated in Lebanon
CAT forces and Air Force firefighters battle wildfires in the Jerusalem Hills.
War Summary, Day 572: Hamas brutally cracks down on protesters, fire under control after burning over 5,000 acres, terrorists eliminated in Lebanon, Syrian militia…
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Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program were postponed.
Trump wrote on social…
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Who blinks first to negotiate tariffs?
Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Xi Jinping are both trying to save face amid the spiralling tariffs trade war In the early hours of Thursday morning, Chinese state media announced that the United States had been seeking to initiate tariff…
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Why Australia’s opposition is vying for votes on Chinese social media
Kelly NgReporting fromSydney, New South Wales
BBC/Kelly NgMandarin and Cantonese dominate conversations in Burwood, an area often billed as Sydney’s second Chinatown With days left to the election, Australian opposition candidates have been wooing…
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Ending Violence in Syria – United States Department of State
The recent violence and inflammatory rhetoric targeting members of the Druze community in Syria is reprehensible and unacceptable. The interim authorities must stop the fighting, hold perpetrators of violence and civilian harm…
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