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Mexico won't have to pay tariffs on USMCA goods until April 2, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Mexico won't be required to pay tariffs on any goods that fall under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade until April 2.

By Reuters Mar. 6, 2025

Mexico won't have to pay tariffs on USMCA goods until April 2, Trump says

‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: Jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zim

Population Solutions for Health clinics, such as this one, providing free testing, voluntary male circumcision, ART and PrEP, relied on USAid.

By The Guardian Feb. 17, 2025

‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: Jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zim

Human rights implications of Trump’s sanctions on South Africa

By Everson Mushava Feb. 12, 2025

Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in a post on X, said she was instructing her Economy minister to implement retaliatory tariffs but gave no details.

By Reuters Feb. 3, 2025

Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

Editorial Comment: Africa’s aid addiction: A crisis of dependence

The international community must also come together to condemn this aid freeze and demand that the US government reconsider its decision.

By The Standard Feb. 2, 2025

Editorial Comment: Africa’s aid addiction: A crisis of dependence

Trump order to ‘cost’ Zim US$300m aid

In the order, Trump said the US foreign aid industry and bureaucracy were not aligned with American interests and in many cases, antithetical to American values.

By Sydney Kawadza Jan. 23, 2025

All the juicy news from the US!

The first casualty is the braggadocious Congressman Joe Scarborough and his wife Mika and their television programme entitled Morning Joe.

By Kenneth Mufuka Nov. 24, 2024

In US swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence

Officials from the government recently visited the village in ward 13 where they served the villagers with eviction notices and ordered them to vacate.

By Reuters Oct. 27, 2024