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25Jul

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Trump says US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants

The United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other US tech giants. The Republican president made the announcement a day after the EU hit Google with a fine of €890 million ($1.5 billion), after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers toward its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors. A woman walks by a giant screen displaying the Google logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 9, 2025. AP Photo/Thibault Camus ...

25Jul

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Australia backs trade position in face of ‘unjustified’ new US tariffs

Australia has voiced its disappointment but boasted of its trade position after it was hit with a new round of tariffs by the Trump administration. In an announcement on Friday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said new import tariffs of 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent would apply to 60 trading partners around the world as the country frames the decision around the human rights issue of modern slavery. Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled a new round of tariffs. AP According to the documents provided, Australian imports will be hit with a 12.5 per cent tariff. Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said he was disappointed in what was an “unjustified” decision and defended the government’s track record on the issue of modern slavery. “The Albanese government ...

18Jul

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Iran suspends interim deal commitments as it trades strikes with US over Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as an Iranian negotiator said Tehran had suspended its commitments under the interim deal with the US — snapping another fragile thread as the war shows no end in sight. The battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the essential waterway that previously carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The widening strikes threatened civilians and services to them, while the global economy again was on alert. Pro-government demonstrators gather at a square in Tehran, Friday, July 17, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi The US Central Command said early on Saturday that its seventh straight night of strikes hit “surveillance si...

10Jul

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Trump confuses Iran and Japan in day of bizarre mix-ups

Donald Trump confused Iran with Japan in a gaffe-loaded press conference overnight. It was one of a series of bizarre comments from the president while he sat at an event in Ankara alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Donald Trump made a series of gaffes at a press conference in Ankara. AP Photo/Alex Brandon “We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan,” Trump said. He also confused Zelensky for his biggest antagonist. “Do you have a question for President Putin?” Trump said to reporters, gesturing to the Ukrainian leader. Trump also described social media app TikTok as Tic-Tac and Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran as the JCPOC instead of the JCPOA. “This blunder is not an isolated incident – it’s just th...

10Jul

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Trump administration hindering investigation into Epstein’s ranch

The Trump administration is not co-operating with an investigation into crimes committed at Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, the state’s attorney-general said. Raul Torrez has written to acting federal attorney-general Todd Blanche demanding unredacted documents from the Epstein files in relation to their investigation. Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. AP Torrez said he had waited 130 days for the files. “Without complete and prompt access to relevant unredacted records held by the United States Department of Justice, survivors of serious criminal conduct at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico are being denied justice,” Torrez said in his letter. “That harm is a direct consequence of the (US Department of Justice)‘s continued failure to comp...

1Jul

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US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in female school and college sports

Reuters Women hold placards as they celebrate the US Supreme Court's ruling The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from students in two different states who had challenged bans on participation. The two states, Idaho and West Virginia, enacted laws that required public school and college sports teams to compete in accordance with their sex recorded at birth. One of the two challenges said the ban violates equal rights protections in the US Constitution. The other said it contradicts civil rights laws. More than two dozen states have enacted bans since Idaho did so in 2020. President Donald Trump celebrated the decision in a social media post as a...

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