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US stocks tumbled Friday after President Donald Trump threatened a massive increase in tariffs on Chinese imports. The threat is retaliation for China's new restrictions on rare earth exports — materials vital for AI, semiconductors, defense, and high-tech industries. The S&P 500 fell 1.7 percent, the Nasdaq dropped 2.5 percent, and the Dow Jones lost more than 500 points, as investors reacted to escalating trade tensions and uncertainty over US-China relations. 'Some very strange things are happening in China,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to countries throughout the world, that they want...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has begged the Taliban to uphold women's rights after the Islamists toppled the government in Kabul amid fears that the country will once again become 'a breeding ground for terror.' 'I would just again implore those who made these moves in recent days to acknowledge what the international community has called for - human rights and the safety of their people,' she said at a news conference in the capital Wellington. 'What we want to see is women and girls being able to access work and education. These are things that have traditionally not...

Derek Chauvin was today waking up in a maximum security prison where he has been placed on suicide watch after being found guilty on all three counts of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Yesterday's verdict triggered cheers outside the courthouse and massive celebrations across America while Joe Biden vowed to push through civil rights reforms after the killing he called a 'stain on the nation's soul.' Withing minutes Biden phoned Floyd's family to tell them that his death, which had sparked a wave of global Black Lives Matter protests, was going to 'change the world.'