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Stellantis halts Windsor production amid tariff tensions
Stellantis to shut Canada's Windsor plant for two weeks over tariffs

WINDSOR, Ontario: Production at Stellantis' Windsor, Ontario assembly plant will pause for two weeks, as mounting trade tensions trigger...

Update: China has firm will, abundant means to take countermeasures if U.S. further escalates restrictive measures: commerce ministry
Update: China has firm will, abundant means to take countermeasures if U.S. further escalates restrictive measures: commerce ministry

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- With firm will and abundant means, China will resolutely take countermeasures and fight till the end if...

World Insights: Trapped in Thucydidean worldview, U.S. becomes primary culprit of global risk
World Insights: Trapped in Thucydidean worldview, U.S. becomes primary culprit of global risk

U.S. President Donald Trump shows an executive order on reciprocal tariffs at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.,...

US-China trade war escalates: Beijing issues White Paper, alleges rising unilateralism and protectionism
US-China trade war escalates: Beijing issues White Paper, alleges rising unilateralism and protectionism

Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): China has released a white paper criticising the US for imposing tariffs on over USD 500 billion worth...

"Much-delayed, but welcome Commerce Ministry's intervention on US tariffs": NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule
"Much-delayed, but welcome Commerce Ministry's intervention on US tariffs": NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday welcomed the Commerce Ministry's intervention on the...

Strict punishement for those involved in terror acts: Congress' Rajiv Shukla on Tahawwur Rana's extradition
Strict punishement for those involved in terror acts: Congress' Rajiv Shukla on Tahawwur Rana's extradition

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 9 (ANI): As the US Supreme Court rejected terror accused Tahawwur Rana's plea seeking extradition...

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IRS begins major layoffs, civil rights office hit first
IRS starts laying off 20,000 workers, eliminates civil rights office

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began laying off workers late last week, according to an email sent to staff,...

Civilians and Hostages Face Starvation and Continuous Bombardment
Israeli Hostages in Dire Condition Amid Escalating Humanitarian Crisis

GAZA STRIP - As the conflict in Gaza intensifies, the humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels. The death toll has risen...

Georgia Senate passes bill to ban DEI programs in schools and colleges
Georgia bill to ban DEI in schools and colleges passed

ATLANTA, Georgia: Georgia senators ended the 39th day of their 2025 session this week by approving a bill that would ban diversity,...

Japan’s auto industry at risk from new US tariffs, says UN agency
UN agency: Japan could lose $17 billion in car exports from US tariffs

GENEVA, Switzerland: Japan's car industry is facing a multibillion-dollar blow as sweeping U.S. auto tariffs threaten its largest export...

Ocean Liner to become largest artificial reef in the world off Florida
Historic ocean liner will soon be world's largest artificial reef

TALLAHASSEE, Florida: A famous old ocean liner, the SS United States, will soon become the world's biggest artificial reef off the...