Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region
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Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines French Champagne producers do nearly a billion dollars’ worth of business with the United States every year. But on Friday in Épernay, the world capital of sparkling wine, the only number on anybody’s lips was 200. That was the percent tariff that President…

Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.
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Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s administration has officially expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, a spokesman for the South African president said on Saturday, calling the decision “regrettable.” The ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, received an expulsion letter from the State Department, said Vincent Magwenya, the…

‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap
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‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Five years after it left the European Union, Britain may have finally found a new role on the global stage — a gig that looks curiously like its old one. In the frantic few weeks since President Trump upended the trans-Atlantic alliance with…

China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West
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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China and Russia joined Iran on Friday in urging an end to Western sanctions after President Trump called this week for nuclear talks with Tehran, with both countries denouncing the “threat of force.” After talks in Beijing with the deputy foreign ministers of…

Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?
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Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector. And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those problems at once….

Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine
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Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israel-Hamas negotiations to extend the cease-fire in Gaza were in limbo on Thursday as the Trump administration turned its attention to talks with Russian officials in Moscow over the Ukraine war. Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, was expected to leave…

How Trump Is Helping Liberals Abroad
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How Trump Is Helping Liberals Abroad

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s trade war is escalating. Yesterday, the European Union and Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. There’s a good reason nations are fighting back: Opposing Trump is helping world leaders domestically. Trump’s methods — insisting on tariffs,…

Plans for a Chinese Port in the Black Sea Roil Georgia Politics
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Plans for a Chinese Port in the Black Sea Roil Georgia Politics

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than a year, pro-Western marchers in Georgia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia, have been accusing their government of allowing Moscow to increasingly reassert its sway over their country. But driving around this nation of 3.6 million people in the…

Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine
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Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much of the territory they had been occupying in the Russian border region. The…