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AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:26 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump's trade blitz produces few deals but lots of uncertainty WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his advisers promised a lightning round of global trade negotiations with dozens of countries back in April. White House trade adviser...
Trump's tariffs on cars, copper, drugs, aluminum could hit harder than other levies
CNBC
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July 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump walks as workers react at U.S. Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters As President Donald Trump's tariffs against more than a dozen countries spark fresh...
Bosnjak – Macdonald: Continuity of UN Support to BiH continues
Sarajevo Times
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July 7, 2025
The Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubravka Bošnjak, met today in Sarajevo with Ingrid Macdonald, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in BiH, who will complete her five-year mandate that began in April 2020 at the end of...
Trump Widens Trade War With 50% Copper Tariff, Threatens 200% Duties on Drugs and More Tariff Hikes
Arise News
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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his global trade offensive, announcing a 50% tariff on imported copper and revealing plans for steep new duties on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, as his administration pushes ahead with what he...
Trump’s tariff mania is anti-growth
Washington Examiner
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July 9, 2025
You may have noticed that for the last few months, talks of tariffs seem to have settled down. Of course, part of the driving force behind this comparative silence is that days feel like weeks, weeks feel like months, and months feel like years in...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 5:39 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
Heat Fuels Fire, Fish Deaths and Tensions Over Protests in Eastern Europe
Albanian Daily News
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The heat wave that has stifled Europe this week has barreled eastward, fraying nerves at escalating street protests in Serbia and leaving a river in the Czech Republic clogged with dead fish as the effects of global warming accelerate. In Albania,...
Bridging centuries and continents: PM Modi’s upcoming visit to Croatia celebrates shared civilisational roots
Organiser Weekly
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Croatia on June 18, 2025, it will be more than just a diplomatic first; it will be a moment that connects two cultures with deep historical and civilisational ties. Modi will become the first Indian Prime...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 1:17 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
Tariff not fulcrum on which to lever US economy to move world
China Daily Global
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Jin Ding/China Daily In an unexpected yet familiar move, United States President Donald Trump has once again brought tariffs to the center stage of global economic discourse. In letters sent to the governments of 14 countries on Monday, he made it...
A Kilogram of Wheat is cheaper than a Roll – Farmers threaten Protests and Blockades
Sarajevo Times
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July 7, 2025
While a 10-gram roll is sold for 45 pfennigs in bakeries, a kilogram of wheat in the field is worth less. Who benefits and who suffers? The wheat harvest in the largest Bosnian granary is in full swing. In front of the mills, columns of tractors...
BiH issues heat alert as drought breaks records
Xinhua News Agency
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SARAJEVO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- An orange weather warning has been issued across Bosnia and Herzegovina for July 3 and 4, with temperatures expected to reach between 35 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees, especially in the south, posing serious risks to...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 7:12 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
Tim Creel announces candidacy for Cullman County sheriff
The Cullman Tribune - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
CULLMAN, Ala. – Law enforcement veteran Tim Creel said he’s dreamed about being sheriff for a long time. After more than 30 years in law enforcement and nearly two decades of military service, he said, the opportunity to run for sheriff of Cullman...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 5:55 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
US Dollar Regains Footing as Trump Shifts From Tariff Chaos to Control
Investing
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July 8, 2025
Remember Trump’s Art of the US Dollar? It works. Two weeks ago, I noted that markets had reached "Peak Chaos" and that Trump’s tariff strategy would follow predictable patterns from his own documented playbook in The Art of the Deal. Today, as the...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 4:37 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trash and tension mount in Philadelphia on Day 8 of workers strike, while some seek pop-up haulers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia faces mounting trash and tension as a strike by many of the city's blue-collar workers enters its eighth day. Some...
Market assessment underway for expansion of gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 8, 2025
ICGB, the operator of the IGB interconnection, targets an expansion in technical annual capacity to five billion cubic meters per year from the current three billion. The company launched the non-binding phase of a process to assess market...
Global stock markets are calling Trump’s bluff on tariffs
CNBC
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July 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 7: An aide picks up a page from a letter to Japan and South Korea, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on August 1st, during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the...
Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following extreme summer heat
Kathimerini
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A car and boats are damaged in Split, Croatia, Tuesday, following a powerful storm. [Tom Dubravec/AP] A severe hail storm ripped up trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday, while an empty tourist boat sank when it was hit by a ferry that broke its...