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Today — 6 April 2025Main stream
Yesterday — 5 April 2025Main stream

Netanyahu Will Meet Trump in Washington in a Sign of Their Strong Ties

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected visit, his second since January, underscores how the Israeli leader has seen his diplomatic standing in Washington shift since President Trump’s return to power

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Budapest on Friday, where he met with Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban.

Trump Calls India a Friend, but Is Trying to Block Its Imports

5 April 2025 at 01:20
Stunned to see their own exports punished harshly, Indians are picking through the wreckage for signs of hope. There’s some but not a lot.

© Elke Scholiers for The New York Times

New tariffs will make it harder for some Indian companies to sell to U.S. buyers, but it’s unclear who will feel the most impact.

The New Democratic Party That Pushed Canada to the Left Is Imperiled

4 April 2025 at 17:00
As Canada faces an election defined by President Trump’s threats, its progressive party, the New Democrats, finds itself losing support and confronting an existential crisis.

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Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, speaking in Ontario. Several public opinion polls show support for the New Democrats in the single digits.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs

The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.

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A container ship from China’s largest shipping line at the Port Of Long Beach in California on Tuesday.

Stocks Drop Again as Trade War Intensifies

Continued worries about the disruption of President Trump’s trade policies and retaliation by major trading partners, overshadowed an unexpectedly strong report on the U.S. labor market.

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The Nikkei 225 stock index in Tokyo fell again on Friday after a 2.8 percent drop the day before.

Trump Claims a Venezuelan Gang Is Invading the United States. He’s Wrong.

The exaggerated government claims and ensuing public concern about Tren de Aragua’s activities in the United States amount to a classic moral panic.

© Agence France-Presse, via El Salvador's Presidency Press Office

Some of the Venezuelans deported from the United States to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Trump’s Trade War Risks Forfeiting America’s Economic Primacy

3 April 2025 at 23:47
The United States has steered an economic order for 80 years based on trade and trust, making the country the world’s financial superpower. That vision is now blurred.

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New Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, in February.

Europe Has Economic Power. Can It Use It Against Trump’s Tariffs?

3 April 2025 at 21:21
European leaders have said they would prefer to negotiate. If that fails, their response could go beyond anything they’ve tried before.

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Ursula von der Leyen, president of the E.U. executive arm, said Europeans felt “let down by our oldest ally.”

Putin Envoy Says He’s in U.S. for Talks With Trump Administration

The meeting between Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff was apparently the first time in years that a senior Russian official had traveled to the U.S. for talks with an American counterpart.

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Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and President Vladimir V. Putin’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation, in Saudi Arabia in February.
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