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Trump humiliated as Fox News cuts away from key meeting to discuss pearl earrings
13:26 ET, 09 Jul 2025Updated 13:33 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Fox News abruptly cut its coverage of the meeting between Donald Trump and African leaders to discuss pearl earrings. "Immigration will also be on the agenda, and I hope we can bring down the high...

'GO QUICKER': Impatient Trump makes rude hand gesture at African leader signaling his true feelings
13:55 ET, 09 Jul 2025Updated 14:13 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Donald Trump was seen making a rude hand gesture as he met with the leaders of five different African countries, swirling his hand at them as he told them to "go a bit quicker" with their spiels....
Trump threatens nation with 50 per cent tariff to help his friend
US President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50 per cent starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula...

Trump sells shift from 'aid to trade' in White House meeting with African leaders
By Nandita Bose, Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations on Wednesday that he was shifting the U.S. approach to the continent from aid to trade and that the United States is...

Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against former president Bolsonaro
President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of...

'Where were you educated?' Trump praises English of leader who heads English-speaking country
Editor's note: This headline has been updated. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump hosted Liberian President Joseph Boakai and the leaders of four other West African countries at the White House. In one viral exchange, Trump was seen...

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing 'witch hunt' trial against Bolsonaro
Trump also objected to Brazil's Supreme Court fining of social media companies such as X, saying the temporary blocking last year amounted to “SECRET and UNLAWFUL Censorship Orders.” Trump said he is launching an investigation as a result under...

US Tariffs: Donald Trump’s Extended Tariff Deadline Keeps Global Trade in Limbo
Washington, July 9: After months of promises to overhaul or eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency, President Donald Trump is touting a fast and robust federal response to the devastating Texas floods. One former agency leader says it's...

World News | Trump Sends out Tariff Letters to 7 More Countries but Avoids Major US Trade Partners
Washington, Jul 9 (AP) President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller US trading partners on Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. None of the countries targeted in the first batch...

Trump sends tariff letters to 7 more countries but avoids major trade partners
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners on Wednesday with a pledge to announce import taxes on other countries later in the day. None of the countries targeted in the first batch of...

Trump hosts five African leaders as tariffs, aid cuts bite
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump meets with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday as the U.S. leader ramps up a trade war that threatens developing nations that depend on trade with the world's largest economy. Trump is...

100+ Mental Health Quotes to Inspire Hope
100+ Mental Health Quotes to Inspire Hope August 4, 2024 — Ever wonder if a few carefully chosen words could change the weather inside your head? Don’t roll your eyes just yet. In the torrential downpour of day-to-day hustle, those little snippets...

Veronic Aisha Malack: The Gambian Trailblazer Redefining Women’s Football
- Advertisement - By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh In the sun-drenched streets of Abuko, The Gambia, a young Veronic Aisha Malack chased a football with a defiance that would define her life. Surrounded by brothers and sisters, she kicked up dust on...

Alert issued as vaccine for Brit travellers for lethal infection 'out of stock in UK'
The vaccine is expected to be out of stock for a number of weeks, Foreign Office website Travel Health Pro today reported Holidaymakers have been alerted to a disruption in the supply of a crucial vaccine, which is expected to be 'unavailable' for...

Korean rice donation boosts WFP school meals and refugee response in Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone
DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a food aid contribution of 11,520 MT of rice from the Republic of Korea to meet the emergency food and nutrition needs of 81,600 Malian refugees and 287,000 school children across...

The Latest: Brazilian President Lula threatens to suspend economic deals over Trump's 50% tariffs
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the 50% tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would trigger the country’s economic reciprocity law. That allows trade, investment and intellectual property agreements to...

Guinea Bissau: Journalists attacked and brutalised by security forces
Capital FM journalist, Djuma Culubali and Radio Popular journalist Ngouisam Casimiro Monteiro were attacked by the Rapid Intervention Police while they reported a teachers’ protest outside the Ministry of Education on 31 July. The protesters were...

Nigeria snubbed at White House summit, opposition blames Tinubu
Nigeria’s opposition alliance blamed President Bola Tinubu for not being invited to the African summit in the White House on Wednesday, according to a statement by the opposition’s Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The newly formed...

Border officials reviewing Feb. death of newborn after migrant mom transported to Az hospital
The February death of an newborn baby whose mother was an Angolan migrant picked up near Ajo, Ariz., is being reviewed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP officials said the Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing the incident,...

LSTM-Based Prediction Model for Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Patients Using Structured Electronic Medical Records: A Retrospective Machine Learning Study
Introduction Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), characterized by the progressive weakening of the immune system, frequently results in opportunistic infections like tuberculosis (TB).1 Notably, TB is the leading cause of mortality among...