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Stocks rally as Trump comments ease Fed, China trade fears

By Agence France-Presse Equities rallied with Wall Street on Wednesday, April 23, after Donald Trump said he had "no intention" of firing the head of the Federal Reserve and that eye-watering tariffs...

U.S. aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

By Agence France-Presse The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Sunday (April 20), also...

U.S. opens door to tariffs on pharma, semiconductors

By Agence France-Presse The United States opened the door to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals on Monday, April 14, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that...

US exempts tech imports in tariff step back

By Agence France-Presse The Trump administration has exempted a raft of consumer electronics from its punishing import tariffs, offering relief to U.S. tech firms and partially dialling down a trade war with...

US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolves

By Agence France-Presse They whimper, drink from baby bottles, and crawl oh-so-tentatively—they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species. A Texas startup called...

Grieving Dominicans start burying 220 victims of nightclub disaster

By Agence France-Presse Grief-stricken Dominicans on Thursday began holding funerals for loved ones who were among at least 220 people killed in a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens remained unaccounted for. More...

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