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US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands
US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands
by  AFP

The world's remotest corners couldn't hide from US President Donald Trump's global tariffs onslaught Wednesday -- even the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands. Strings of ocean specks around the globe, including Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Comoros off the coast of Africa, were likewise subjected to 10 percent new tariffs.

Trump sparks trade war with sweeping global tariffs
Trump sparks trade war with sweeping global tariffs
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump ignited a potentially ruinous trade war Wednesday as he slapped sweeping 10 percent tariffs on imports from around the world and harsh additional levies on key trading partners. - 'Make America wealthy again' - For the rest, Trump said he would impose a "baseline" tariff of 10 percent, including another key ally, Britain.

Is Musk's political career descending to Earth?
Is Musk's political career descending to Earth?
by  AFP

Elon Musk's rise as President Donald Trump's all-powerful wingman was as rapid and unstoppable as one of his SpaceX rockets. And his prominence inside the White House has reportedly created friction in Trump's inner circle.

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