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This US-owned factory in China made toys for Walmart. Tariffs put it on life support

12 May 2025

By Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) -The emails started pouring in on April 9, the day President Donald Trump’s 145% tariff on Chinese imports took effect. Clients were canceling orders for toys from Huntar Company’s factory in Guangdong Province, China.  But Huntar CEO Jason Cheung, 45, had already halted production at the 600,000-square-foot facility in Shaoguan. …

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US’ Bessent hails ‘substantial progress’ in trade talks with China

12 May 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that there had been “substantial progress” in talks between his team and that of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Geneva on defusing a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Bessent said he would give more details on Monday, while U.S. Trade Representative …

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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage Alexander on Monday, group says

12 May 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas will release on Monday Israeli-American Edan Alexander, believed to be the last surviving U.S. hostage held by the militant Palestinian group in Gaza, a spokesperson for the Hamas armed wing said. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration had said that releasing Alexander was a “top priority.” Alexander, 21, was born and raised in …

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Argentina’s top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement

12 May 2025

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court’s basement, the court said on Sunday. The 83 boxes were sent by the Germany embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard the Japanese steamship “Nan-a-Maru,” according to the history …

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Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander

12 May 2025

By Samia Nakhoul and Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander will soon be released in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday, a move key Arab mediators Qatar and Egypt described as an encouraging step towards a return to ceasefire talks in the war-torn enclave. The senior Hamas official did not …

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Hamas in talks with US about Gaza ceasefire and aid, says senior Palestinian official

11 May 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Talks between Hamas and the U.S. administration on a ceasefire in Gaza and the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave are underway, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump recently repeated a pledge to help get food to Palestinians in Gaza. A …

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Villagers evacuated from line of fire along India-Pakistan border fear going back

11 May 2025

By Aftab Ahmed, Saurabh Sharma and Tariq Maqbool JAMMU, India (Reuters) – After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are sceptical about this weekend’s ceasefire and in no hurry to return to their villages. Indian cites like Jammu and Amritsar, which were spooked …

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