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Fast fashion brands Shein, Temu to hike prices as US plugs trade loophole

Last week, both Shein and Temu had said that they would hike their prices owing to higher operating costs following the recent new tariff changes imposed by the US government

Trump open to Iran talks, threatens military action over nuclear threat

The last known face-to-face negotiations between the two countries took place under former US President Barack Obama during diplomacy that led to the 2015 nuclear accord

Cheap e-shopping just ended in US as Trump plugs de minimis tariff loophole

For years, Chinese e-commerce giants like Shein and Temu thrived on a trade loophole that let them ship cheap goods to the US without paying tariffs, which President Trump has now ended

Russian general killed in car bomb outside Moscow; Kremlin blames Kyiv

The attack follows the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who died on December 17 when a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked outside his apartment building exploded as he left for his office

Ukraine says Russia kills 3 in new drone attack as Prez Trump rebukes Putin

Among the civilians killed in the nighttime drone strike in Pavlohrad, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, were a child and a 76-year-old woman, said head of the regional administration, Serhii Lysak

Sri Lanka to hold talks with India, UAE to build new energy hub in May

The hub in the eastern harbour city of Trincomalee will involve the construction of a multi-product pipeline as well as bunkering facilities

7-Eleven's first foreign CEO nominee confident of growth amid slowdown

Dacus stressed the 7-Eleven chain was growing globally, but the stores were different by nation, and his intent was not to duplicate everywhere the Japanese-style conbini

'Will say nothing more': US official to Pak journalist over Pahalgam attack

Expressing condolences for those who lost their lives, Bruce said that the US prays for those who lost their lives in one of the deadly attacks since the 2019 Pulwama attacks

Deleted condolence after Pope's death exposes Israel-Vatican tensions

For most of Francis' papacy, ties between Israel and the Vatican steadily improved highlighted by a visit to the Holy Land in 2014

Iran, US resume negotiations on Tehran's nuclear programme in secluded Oman

Talks seek to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions the US has imposed on the Islamic Republic closing in on half a century of enmity

Politburo to shed light on Xi Jinping's strategy for trade war stimulus

The Politburo, the ruling Communist Party's 24-member decision-making body led by President Xi Jinping, is expected to assess the economy's outlook at a gathering by the end of this month

'This was a terrorist attack': US House panel slams NYT's Kashmir coverage

NYT faces backlash from the US House Foreign Affairs Committee for calling terrorists 'militants' in its report on the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead

China boosts cash injection to shield economy from US tariff impact

The People's Bank of China will conduct 600 billion yuan ($82.3 billion) of one-year medium-term lending facility to maintain ample liquidity in the banking system

New financials from Musk's X debt sale show shift toward AI, subscriptions

The platform, formerly known as Twitter Inc., posted $91 million in revenue tied to data licensing and subscriptions in February, a 30 per cent increase from a year earlier

Trump slams Harvard as 'anti-Semitic', calls it a 'threat to democracy'

Donald Trump lashes out at Harvard, calling it 'anti-Semitic' and a 'far left' threat to democracy, after the university sues to stop federal freeze on $2.2 billion in funding

As immigrant arrests surge, abuse complaints rise at Miami detention centre

Nationwide, detentions have surged to nearly 48,000 as of March 23, a 21 per cent increase from the already elevated levels at the end of the Biden administration

Hyundai Motor launches tariff task force, shifts some Mexico output to US

Hyundai and affiliate Kia, which together are the world's third-biggest automaking group by sales, are particularly vulnerable to US tariffs

China considers rolling back 125% tariff on key US imports amid trade war

US-China trade war: The rollback would impact key industries such as medical equipment and industrial chemicals

Six killed as police plane crashes near popular beach town in Thailand

The plane was conducting a test flight to prepare for parachute training in Hua Hin district before it crashed around 8 am, said Royal Thai Police spokesperson Archayon Kraithong

US judge denies injunction, restricts copies of weight-loss drug Ozempic

A US judge earlier barred compounders from making copies of Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Mounjaro