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Exporters of medicine, pharmaceutical products, cars and machinery are set to bear the brunt of Trump’s tariff rage

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Small Australian shrub with delicate pink and purple flowers was found thanks to a popular plant ID app

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Zelensky says sustained Russian strikes against Ukraine's energy grid show Putin is not serious about ending the war

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The island’s strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates

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For years, the Russian Orthodox Church has given its blessing to Moscow’s brutal invasion and attempted to frame it in religious terms. The former archbishop tells Maira Butt that Vladimir Putin’s violence directly contradicts the message preached by Christ

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The total number of billionaires in the world has now reached 3,000 for the first time ever, while nearly half of the world’s population lives in poverty, the report says

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