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Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump's administration has exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from reciprocal tariffs, including the 125% levies...
Activists hold placards protesting the death penalty outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The total number of countries carrying out the death penalty in 2024 stood at just 15 which is the lowest number on record. GETTY IMAGES

Global executions at highest level since 2015, report says

GENEVA – The number of state executions around the world has reached its highest level in ten years, a new report by Amnesty International...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand together during a welcoming ceremony at the Lion's Courtyard, in Budapest, Hungary. REUTERS

Hungary withdraws from ICC during Netanyahu visit

BUDAPEST – Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced. A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government confirmed...
People cry and hug each other near the collapsed Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. REUTERS

Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills over 100

SANTO DOMINGO – At least 113 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the...
A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine delivered by Covax, an international scheme, with vaccine alliance Gavi. Some 500 million children need to be immunized around the world, according to Gavi. GETTY IMAGES

1 million kids could die if US cuts funding, charity warns

WASHINGTON DC – A global health organization has warned that one million children could die from preventable diseases if the United States terminates its...
A Palestinian woman stands at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Twelve people were reportedly killed in an overnight strike on a house in Khan Younis. REUTERS

Israel expands Gaza Strip offensive to seize ‘large areas’

GAZA STRIP – Deadly Israeli air strikes have been reported in Gaza, as Israel’s defense minister said its military would expand its offensive and...
Taiwan Navy ships patrol Keelung harbor as China stages military drills in the Taiwan Strait. EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

China carries out live-fire exercises in drill encircling Taiwan

BEIJING – China’s military conducted a live-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait to simulate strikes on key ports and energy facilities, it said. The exercise,...
Palestinian Red Crescent Society employees embrace as the bodies of their colleagues are brought to a medical facility in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. GETTY IMAGES

Red Cross killed by Israeli forces in Gaza

GAZA STRIP – The Red Cross movement has expressed outrage that eight Palestinian medics were killed along with six Civil Defence first responders and...
Smoke spews as a volcano erupts near Grindavik, Reykjanes, Iceland on April 1, 2025. CIVIL PROTECTION OF ICELAND/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

Iceland volcano erupts after Blue Lagoon evacuated

REYKJAVIC – A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland after a nearby town and the Blue Lagoon spa, a popular...
Haitian National Police officers stand on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to maintain peace and order. EPA

Haiti gangs storm town and release 500 inmates from jail

PORT-AU-PRINCE – Gang members stormed the town of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 inmates from prison. A spokesman for Haiti's...