President Donald Trump’s higher tariff rates of 10% to 50% on dozens of trading partners kicked in on Thursday, August 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s higher tariff rates of 10% to 50% on dozens of trading partners kicked in on Thursday (August 7, 2025), testing his strategy for shrinking U.S. trade … Read more
Supporters of the recall election await the results in Taipei on July 26. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On July 26, Taiwanese citizens voted to recall 24 Kuomintang (KMT) opposition party lawmakers from parliament (Legislative Yuan), but in round one, all 24 members managed to retain their seats with people in their … Read more
In this image taken from video, a man carries bodies retrieved from the military helicopter crash in Sikaman near Adansi, Ashanti region, Ghana, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The crash of a military helicopter in Ghana on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) killed all eight people aboard including the West African country’s Defence … Read more
Demonstrators rally in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro at the entrance to his residential complex, to denounce his house arrest order by the Supreme Court, in Brasília, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Bolsonaro Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appealed on Wednesday a house arrest order imposed against him earlier … Read more
Since June, the intensity of Russian attacks on Ukrainian territories has increased significantly, leading to a large number of civilian deaths. June 2025 recorded the highest civilian casualty since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022. As per numbers by the UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine, 232 people were killed and 1,343 … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump did not confirm whether the additional 25% tariffs he had announced on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), on Indian exports to the U.S., for New Delhi’s trade in … Read more
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File | Photo Credit: AP U.N. rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) denounced the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, which he said had killed at least 319 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in July. With Rwanda’s support the M23 has seized swathes of the … Read more
File picture of a combination image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), citing two people familiar with the … Read more
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia, Brazil, August 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil requested consultations at the World Trade Organization over tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump against the South American nation that went into effect on Wednesday (August 6, 2025). Mr. Trump has directly tied the 50% tariff … Read more
Poland’s new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, on August 6, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Conservative Karol Nawrocki was inaugurated on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) as Poland’s new President, which could set … Read more
