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Trump says US will lift steel tariffs to 50 percent at Pennsylvania rally In his campaign-style speech, Trump also hailed a ‘blockbuster agreement’ between Japan’s Nippon Steel and US Steel.…

South Korea’s presidential favourite has plans for new ‘de facto’ capital If election frontrunner Lee Jae-myung is elected, Sejong city could replace Seoul as the centre of political power. Construction…

EXPLAINER What is Project Esther, the playbook against pro-Palestine movement in US? Advocates say Trump administration appears to be following Project Esther’s recommendations to crackdown on activism. Palestine solidarity protesters…

PBS sues Trump for stripping its funds The lawsuit came three days after a similar case by NPR, which also saw its funds cut. Friday’s lawsuit by PBS was the…

LONG READ ‘Each person had 10 phones’: Trapped in a cyber-scam centre in Laos Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar online cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far as Africa with the promise…

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs The decision comes a day after a trade court blocked the majority of Trump tariffs because it circumvented Congress. The Court of Appeals…

‘This must stop now’: UN food body condemns RSF attacks on Sudan premises Aid workers are also having to cope with a wave of cholera outbreaks in war-torn Sudan. The…

Chinese students in US grapple with uncertainty over Trump’s visa policies As the Trump administration pledges to ‘aggressively revoke’ US visas, Chinese students wonder how far-reaching the policy will be.…

Israel orders closure of al-Awda Hospital, a ‘lifeline’ in north Gaza Dozens of people remain at the medical centre, the last functioning hospital in the north of the Palestinian territory.…