China has announced a tariff of as much as 62 percent on pork imported from the European Union, claiming the Eurozone is dumping its excess pork into China at unfairly low prices.
Category: 9 September 2025
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LONDON ARRESTS 890 DURING RALLY TO SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION
London continued its crackdown on support for the anti-genocide group called Palestine Action and arrested 890 at a rally in Parliament Square on Saturday that included at least 1,500 demonstrators.
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GAZA DEATH TOLL
Israel has killed at least 64,368 Palestinians in Gaza since 7 October 2023 and injured another 162,776—many of whom do not have access to nutritious food or medical care.
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CANADA’S ECONOMY CONTRACTS FOR FIRST TIME IN ALMOST TWO YEARS
Bogged down by stiff new U.S. tariffs, Canada’s economy contracted by 1.6 percent in this year’s second quarter, according to the government’s Statistics Canada agency.
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GERMANY’S ECONOMIC REVIVAL BOGS DOWN
Last May, Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz came to office with a plan to slash red tape, liberate the country’s economy, and fuel it with a €500-billion plan to revitalize the nation’s tattered infrastructure and spend at least that much on national defense.
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ISRAEL VIOLATES CEASEFIRE AGAIN, KILLS AT LEAST 5 IN LEBANON
The IDF killed at least five people in a strike on Lebanon Monday in a total of at least eight air raids with fighter jets across the country’s east, which was the latest violation of the ceasefire that was signed late last year.
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ISRAEL DEFENSE MINISTER: GAZA WILL BE RAZED IF HAMAS REFUSES TO GIVE UP
Israel Katz, Tel Aviv’s defense minister, posted on X Monday that an “unprecedented hurricane” hit Gaza the day before, and 30 “multi-story terror buildings” were destroyed as the IDF ramps up its effort to soften the besieged city before an Israeli ground invasion.
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OPEC+ RETURNS MORE OIL TO AN ALREADY OVERSUPPLIED MARKET
In a virtual monthly meeting that lasted only 11 minutes, the eight principal members of OPEC+ agreed to return 137,000 barrels of oil a day to the world market, beginning 1 October.
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CHINA’S STOCK MARKET BOUNCES BACK
After languishing for the first half of this year, China’s stock market has come roaring back in July and August.
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WILL AI PERSONAL SHOPPERS BE THE NEXT BIG THING?
Major AI developers including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Perplexity have introduced AI agents that will shop for you, present a custom-tailored array of products suited to your taste, and complete your orders for any items you select.