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A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump’s first term

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports took effect Monday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he wants to slap new duties on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. The rapid-fire shots of tariffs ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95

By ELIASER NDEYANALE, FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press OSHAKATI, Namibia (AP) — Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, coming to be known as the ...

A look at the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, by the numbers

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas is releasing dozens of the hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The sides have carried out four swaps since the ceasefire went into effect ...