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Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 7 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Dozens die after torrential rain hammers Congolese capital
Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa - the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo - according to…
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Europe Is Ready to Make Its First Countermove to Trump Tariffs
President Trump’s announcement last week that he will impose a 20 percent tariff on goods coming from the European Union sent shock waves…
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The Government May Deport Alien Hamas Supporters If It Affords Them Due Process of Law
Yes, the government has the power to do this, but it must be done in the right way. Source link
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How Tariffs Encourage Waste
Tariffs channel our energies into avoiding taxes rather than into making things people want. Source link
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Cherry Blossoms and the Festival of Life
At least once a year, D.C. is a mortality play. Source link
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The Left Can’t Quit Lying About Gender Ideology
But NR has reported the truth about this subject from the beginning. Source link
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Watching <I>The Leopard</I>
On a new adaptation of Lampedusa’s classic, timeless novel. Source link
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Road traffic found to be major hurdle to Germany's climate goals
Germany's road traffic poses a big obstacle to the country's green energy transition, still accounting for 95% of all transport emissions,…
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Singapore shares close lower on Monday; STI tumbles 7.5%
Across the broader market, decliners outnumber advancers 612 to 137, with 2.7 billion shares worth S$4.2 billion changing hands All 30…
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With hopes for asylum in U.S. dashed, migrants in Tijuana ponder next moves
TIJUANA — When the Russian man arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 1, he knew he was too late. Still, he held on to hope that even…
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Environmentalists Are Rethinking Nuclear. Should They?
Fourteen years after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power is being rebranded as a climate savior, and fission is in fashion. Source link
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James C. Scott and the Art of Resistance
“In Praise of Floods” (Yale), a study of rivers by the late political scientist James C. Scott, arrives after a year of catastrophic…
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The Evolution of a Folk-Punk Hero
Patrick Schneeweis was never the voice of a generation, but perhaps he was the voice of a tendency. To a small but fervent and far-flung…
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How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom
Ben Whelan is not the kind of carpenter to wax poetic about the joys of framing a wall or redoing a roof. Like a lot of men he knows, he…
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Indonesia’s ambitious new capital faces unwelcome visitors: rats
As thousands of holiday tourists poured into the site of Indonesia’s under-construction new capital during the Eid al-Fitr break, they…
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Donald Trump's tariffs offer mortgage 'silver lining'
Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs have thrown the global stock market into chaos and are likely to hurt the U.S. economy by increasing…
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Credit gauges in Asia show most concern since early pandemic
Credit-default swaps in Asia blew out the most since the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as a rout in risk assets deepened…
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Microsoft venture Wicresoft to halt China operations, cutting 2,000 jobs: report
The move is in line with Microsoft’s decision to stop outsourcing after-sales support in China to Wicresoft Microsoft’s joint venture…
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Trump’s Trade War Raises Bar for Fed Rate Cuts
President Trump’s global trade war has significantly raised the bar for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, as tariffs risk…
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Hong Kong stocks end 13.22% down, worst since 1997 Asian financial crisis
Shares in Hong Kong plummeted more than 13 per cent Monday (Apr 7) on their worst day in almost three decades as China’s retaliation…
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China sovereign fund Huijin buying domestic stocks as market slumps
China’s sovereign fund Central Huijin Investment said on Monday (Apr 7) it is increasing holdings in China stocks and will defend market…
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European shares plummet to 16-month low on trade war gloom
[berlin] European shares plunged to a 16-month low on Monday (Apr 7) as investors grappled with the possibility of a recession after US…