Posts by Amelia Frost
Experts Accuse 54 Top Nicaragua Officials Of Grave Abuses
[ad_1] Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and dozens of senior officials were responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial executions, a report by UN experts said Thursday. The report compiled by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua names 54 people it said played key roles in an escalating campaign of repression in…
Read MoreSearch For Long-missing Flight MH370 Suspended: Malaysia Minister
[ad_1] The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been suspended, Kuala Lumpur’s transport minister said, more than a decade after the plane went missing. “They have stopped the operation for the time being, they will resume the search at the end of this year,” Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in a voice recording…
Read MoreTaiwan Says US Tariffs ‘Highly Unreasonable’
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s tariffs were “highly unreasonable” and the government planned to start “serious negotiations” with Washington, Taipei said Thursday. Taiwan had sought to avoid Trump’s threatened levies by pledging increased investment in the United States, more purchases of US energy, and greater defence spending. But Trump’s sweeping new tariffs announced overnight included…
Read MoreWith Trump’s Tariffs, the Chasm Between Allies and the U.S. Widens
[ad_1] President Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on America’s trading partners has widened the rift between the United States and some of its closest allies while reconfiguring the global economic order. Mr. Trump’s plan, which he unveiled on Wednesday and is calling “reciprocal,” would impose a wave of tariffs on dozens of countries. Among America’s…
Read MoreAuto Tariffs Take Effect, Putting Pressure on New Car Prices
[ad_1] Tariffs on imported vehicles took effect Thursday, a policy that President Trump said would spur investments and jobs in the United States but that analysts say will raise new car prices by thousands of dollars. The 25 percent duty applies to all cars assembled outside the United States. Starting May 3, the tariff will…
Read MoreAmericans’ Reactions to Trump’s Tariffs Range From Worried to Enthusiastic
[ad_1] President Trump’s announcement of sweeping universal and so-called reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world drew a swift rebuke on Wednesday from business groups, trade experts, Democratic lawmakers and many economists who warned that they would raise prices for American consumers and slow economic growth. “This is catastrophic for American families,” said Matt Priest,…
Read MoreSouth Koreans Anxious, Angry As Court To Rule On Impeached President
[ad_1] South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule Friday on whether to strip impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol of office over his abortive declaration of martial law which plunged the country into political chaos. Yoon, who has defended his December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule as necessary to root out “anti-state forces”, still…
Read MoreChina Will Face at Least 54 Percent Tariffs With Trump’s New Order
[ad_1] With the new tariffs announced on Wednesday in Washington, President Trump has now imposed additional tariffs on Chinese goods of 54 percent — an extremely heavy burden that will cause companies to look elsewhere for suppliers. Mr. Trump added a 34 percent tariff on imports from China, to take effect on April 9, on…
Read MoreQuake-hit Myanmar’s Junta Chief To Head To Bangkok Summit
[ad_1] The head of the Myanmar junta is expected to travel to Bangkok on Thursday for a regional summit, six days after the country ruled by his armed forces was pummelled by a devastating earthquake. Min Aung Hlaing will join a BIMSTEC gathering — the seven littoral nations of the Bay of Bengal — where…
Read MoreStock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs
[ad_1] Markets around the world shuddered on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board 10 percent tariffs on all U.S. trading partners except Canada and Mexico, as well as even higher tariffs on dozens of America’s other main trading partners. Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index outside normal trading hours,…
Read MoreHow Are Trump’s Tariff Rates Calculated?
[ad_1] As he unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America’s trading partners, President Trump repeatedly stressed that each nation’s rate was reciprocal — reflecting the barriers they had long erected to U.S. goods. He said little about the methodology behind those calculations, but a possible answer emerged later on Wednesday. Each country’s new…
Read MoreIn Trump’s Fight With Perkins Coie, the Richest Firms Are Staying Quiet
[ad_1] They are among the nation’s richest law firms, and they employ some of the most loquacious litigators. But with their industry under attack from President Trump, most of these leaders of Big Law are not speaking up to defend one of their own. For nearly three weeks, there has been a broad effort in…
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