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Markets unsettled as Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium

Muhamad Yehia US President Donald Trump officially imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, sparking selloffs in the stock markets, and a further surge in gold prices. Stock futures fell, gold reached a new high, and the euro slid against the dollar amid Trump’s renewed tariffs on two major …

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?Why are false rumours about Brigitte Macron being transgender resurfacing

Muhamad Yehia False rumours that Brigitte Macron is transgender have been spreading for years. Now Candace Owens, an American far right commentator, has published a video repeating them and gaining millions of views. The debunked conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron, the wife of French president Emmanuel Macron, was born a …

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US President Trump doubles down on plan to take over Gaza

Muhamad Yehia US President Donald Trump said he is committed to “buying and owning” Gaza and that other countries in the Middle East could help to rebuild it. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, and said that he could allow other …

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Poland will not implement Migration Pact, Donald Tusk tells Ursula von der Leyen

Muhamad Yehia Donald Tusk has once again criticised the Pact on Migration and Asylum and doubled down on his refusal to comply with the legislation. Poland will not implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum, the all-encompassing reform the European Union has introduced to collectively manage the irregular arrival of asylum seekers, …

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Russia says its captured another village in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine

Muhamad Yehia Moscow claims to have seized the eastern Ukrainian village of Novovasylivka as it appears to be slowly closing in on the key logistic city of Prokrovsk. Russia on Friday claimed it had captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes …

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Kremlin collaborator and Donetsk paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb explosion

Muhamad Yehia Armen Sarkisyan, the Moscow-backed collaborator from Ukraine’s Donetsk region, died in hospital after being injured in an explosion in an elite residential complex in Moscow on Monday, according to Russian state-run outlets. A blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow killed one person and wounded four others …

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German election: Who are the top candidates and what are their policy priorities?

Muhamad Yehia Germany’s conservative parties and far-right AfD lead in the polls, with the CDU’s Friedrich Merz likely to become chancellor after the 23 February vote. Germany will head to the polls for snap federal elections on 23 February in a vote that will shape the course of the EU’s …

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‘Unacceptable’: European countries firmly reject Trump’s plan to take over Gaza

Muhamad Yehia European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution after Donald Trump suggested America “take over” the Gaza Strip. Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and displace 1.8 million Palestinians to turn the devastated enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with strong criticism and …

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Gunman may have attended school where he killed 11 in mass shooting, say Swedish police

Muhamad Yehia Police have provided information on the gunman who opened fire and killed 11 people at an adult education centre on Tuesday in the Swedish city of Örebro. Swedish police said on Thursday the shooter that killed 11 in the central city of Örebro may have attended the school …

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Thousands of students block traffic in Athens over delays to Tempi rail crash probe

Muhamad Yehia The crash happened just before midnight on 28 February, 2023, when a freight train and a passenger train crashed head-on on the line linking Athens with Thessaloniki, killing 57 people. Thousands of high school and university students have blocked traffic in central Athens in an anti-government protest against …

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