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Brazil protesters lift blockade of Amazon grain shipping route

8 Apr 2025

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian indigenous protesters have lifted a blockade of the Trans-Amazonian Highway, reopening a critical grain shipping route linking farmers to the Miritituba river port, traders association Abiove and a toll road operator said on Tuesday. Munduruku indigenous activists intermittently shut down the road, also known as the BR-230, beginning …

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Pakistan expels thousands of Afghan nationals in fresh drive, says UNHCR

8 Apr 2025

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has expelled more than 8,000 Afghan nationals in the past week in a fresh repatriation drive after the expiry of a March 31 deadline, the UNHCR said on Tuesday. All Afghan nationals who have no legal documents to stay or those holding Afghan Citizen Cards had been warned by Islamabad to …

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China tariff escalation a big mistake, US Treasury Secretary says

8 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. tariff negotiations are the result of calls from other countries not sliding financial markets and China’s escalation is a big mistake, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. “I think it was a big mistake, this Chinese escalation,” Bessent said in an interview with CNBC. “We are the deficit country. …

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Italian police say they disrupted migrant smuggling ring, 15 Egyptians arrested

8 Apr 2025

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police said on Tuesday they had dismantled a migrant smuggling network, leading to the arrests in several countries of 15 Egyptians involved in using sailboats for dangerous illegal sea crossings from Turkey to Greece and Italy. According to an Italian police statement, the network facilitated the illegal entry …

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Door still open for peace process with Colombia’s ELN, peace commissioner says

8 Apr 2025

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia remains open to dialogue with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels despite their recent offensive in the country’s east, peace commissioner Otty Patino said, as the government moves ahead with a separate process with some 300 fighters who split from the group. The government of President Gustavo Petro …

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Exclusive-Micron to impose tariff-related surcharge on some products from April 9, sources say

8 Apr 2025

SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology has told U.S. customers it plans to impose a surcharge on some products from Wednesday to account for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, four sources familiar with the matter said.  Micron’s overseas manufacturing sites are largely based in Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. …

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Belluscura withdraws 2025 outlook over U.S. tariff impact

8 Apr 2025

-U.S.-headquartered medical device maker Belluscura said it was withdrawing its forecast for 2025 on Tuesday due to the latest U.S. tariffs on China. The medical device developer said that a “significant proportion” of the raw materials and component parts used in portable oxygen concentrators and other devices, are currently manufactured in China, which now faces …

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Singapore PM says US universal tariff doesn’t look open for negotiation

8 Apr 2025

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday a 10% universal tariff rate imposed by the United States does not look open for negotiation and warned of potential upheaval in the domestic economy from a global escalation of trade disputes. Wong in an address to parliament said there was no doubt trade-reliant …

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