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Indian readies for punishing US tariffs

[ad_1] India’s fishing industry is one of the low-margin, labour-intensive sectors that US tariffs threaten to upend. Photo: R. Satish BABU / AFPSource: AFP Indian exports to the United States will face some of the highest tariffs in the world this week, barring a last-minute reversal from President Donald Trump. …

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Asian stocks down after Trump Fed firing, tariff threats

[ad_1] Donald Trump’s firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook (L) has rattled global markets. Photo: SAUL LOEB, ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/FileSource: AFP Asian stocks retreated Tuesday after a series of market-rattling announcements by US President Donald Trump, including the unusual firing of a central bank official and threats to impose …

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Australia joins countries suspending post to US

[ad_1] The Trump administration has said that as of August 29 it will abolish a tax exemption on small packages entering the United States. Photo: PETER PARKS / AFPSource: AFP Australia joined on Tuesday a string of countries suspending some postal deliveries to the United States, citing a “complex and …

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Diamond czar Maurice Tempelsman, Jackie O companion, dead at 95

[ad_1] Maurice Tempelsman, longtime friend and companion of former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has died at age 95.. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP/FileSource: AFP Maurice Tempelsman, a renowned diamond merchant and long-time companion of former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, died in New York, his family …

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