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Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on billions in Chinese chips, cars

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an election-year standoff with Beijing in a bid to woo voters who give his economic policies low marks. Biden will keep tariffs put in place by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump while ratcheting up others, including a quadrupling of EV duties to over 100%, the White House said in a statement… Read Full Article

Cameroon military frees 300 Boko Haram captives along northern border  

Yaounde — Cameroon’s military has moved over 300 civilians rescued from Boko Haram terrorist captivity along the central African states border with Nigeria and Chad this week to a northern Cameroon military post. The country's army says scores of militants of the Nigeria-based insurgent group were neutralized in a border operation called Alpha. Oumar Fatime, 37, tells Cameroon military and senior government officials that she was a successful vegetable farmer in Ngouboua village, until April… Read Full Article

Not lost for words: The reporter's stutter which left him

On a trip to Jerusalem, Sebastian Usher finds that a childhood trait departs without a murmur.

Huge manhunt in France for prisoner after two officers killed in ambush

The deadly ambush began when a car rammed into a police van, before gunmen attacked the officers.

Putin makes ex-security council chief Kremlin aide

Nikolai Patrushev, 72, is replaced as head of Russia's Security Council by Sergei Shoigu.

Putin makes ex-security council chief Kremlin aide

Nikolai Patrushev, 72, is replaced as head of Russia's Security Council by Sergei Shoigu.

Court rules Josef Fritzl can move to normal prison

A court in Austria rules the notorious criminal no longer poses a danger given his ill health.

Court rules Josef Fritzl can move to normal prison

A court in Austria rules the notorious criminal no longer poses a danger given his ill health.

Violent protests erupt in French Pacific territory

Protesters are against a law being discussed in France to increase eligibility to vote in New Caledonia.