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Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses…

Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Street as Trump’s “Liberation Day” nears

Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Street as Trump’s “Liberation Day” nears

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks swerved through another shaky day of trading Tuesday, with uncertainty still high about just what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs on his “Liberation Day” coming…

Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried

Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried

By THEIN ZAW, DAVID RISING and GRANT PECK Associated Press MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to…

Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?

Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?

By MELINA WALLING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as buveera is creeping beyond…

Myanmar’s earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble

Myanmar’s earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble

By DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were…

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

By STEPHEN GROVES, AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into how Trump national security officials used…