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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has echoed Trump's attacks on Europe over trade

Rubio Heads To Europe As Transatlantic Tensions Soar

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Wednesday to a NATO meeting in Europe as transatlantic tensions soar, with President Donald Trump slapping tariffs on Europeans and challenging Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland.

Superannuation Boom: Australian Super Funds Expand Overseas Holdings

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"There's AU$4.2 trillion of members' money under management in superannuation," Mary Delahunty, chief executive of ASFA, said. "That makes Australia one of the top investors in the world." Within the next five to seven years, Australia is expected to surpass the U.K. and Canada, making it the second-largest pool of capital globally.
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Mayor of Le Havre and former prime minister Edouard Philippe has already said he will stand

Five Takeaways From Marine Le Pen Verdict

The conviction of French far right leader Marine Le Pen and immediate ban on standing for political office has stunned her movement, sparked impassioned reactions abroad and added further uncertainty to the 2027 presidential race.
Trump has promised a "Liberation Day" on April 2, when he is set to unveil reciprocal levies to address trade practices that his government deems unfair

Trump Says US Tariffs To Hit 'All Countries'

President Donald Trump said Sunday the tariffs he plans to impose in the coming days would include "all countries", not just those with the largest trade imbalances with the United States.
Trump said this month the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok

Trump Says Confident Of TikTok Deal Before Deadline

President Donald Trump said Sunday he was confident of reaching a deal on TikTok ahead of the April 5 deadline for its Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the popular short video app or see it banned in the United States.
Rescue workers carry a victim trapped under the rubble of a destroyed building in Mandalay

Rescue Hopes Fading Three Days After Deadly Myanmar Quake

Hopes faded Monday of finding more survivors in the rubble of Mandalay, where some residents spent a third night sleeping in the open after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand.
Students have kept up their protests, despite a growing police crackdown

Hundreds Of Thousands Join Istanbul Protest Rally

Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Istanbul Saturday calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu which sparked Turkey's worst street unrest in over a decade.
Turkey's response to its worst bout of street unrest since 2013 has drawn criticism from across Europe

More Arrests As Turkey Escalates Crackdown Over Protests

Turkey intensified its crackdown on anti-government protests on Friday, arresting the lawyer of the jailed Istanbul mayor and targeting more journalists, as the country faces its biggest wave of unrest in more than a decade.

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