FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:55:42 -0400
Title: Markets plunge in wake of Trump’s new tariffs and fears of global trade war
Description: U.S. markets plunged in the wake of President Trump's announcement of new tariffs. Many stocks had their worst single day since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Leaders around the world denounced the tariffs and experts warned the president's action could risk more inflation, stall growth and even trigger a recession. Lisa Desjardins reports and Geoff Bennett discusses more with Ron Insana.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:40:39 -0400
Title: How Taiwan is boosting its defenses to resist Chinese aggression
Description: Taiwan has long been the most tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend its democracy. This week, China’s People’s Liberation Army launched new drills and sent ships around Taiwan. The U.S. said the moves “put the region’s security, and the world’s prosperity, at risk.” Nick Schifrin reports for our series: Taiwan: Risk and Resistance.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:45:50 -0400
Title: Once called the world’s most popular politician, Lula’s approval in Brazil plummeting
Description: Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Those times are long gone.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:38:06 -0400
Title: India’s Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim land endowments
Description: Indian parliament's Lower House has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:43:55 -0400
Title: Hungary says it will quit International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives in Budapest
Description: Hungary said it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said was a “political” organization.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:38:07 -0400
Title: Rubio tries to reassure wary NATO allies of U.S. commitment as Trump sends mixed signals
Description: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO members of the U.S. commitment to the alliance.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:52:07 -0400
Title: More bodies found as Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145
Description: Information Minister Maung Maung Ohn also announced at a meeting in the capital, Naypyitaw, that 4,589 people were injured and 221 others were missing, state television MRTV reported.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:50:04 -0400
Title: 5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports
Description: The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:18:05 -0400
Title: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 100, including many sheltering at school, Palestinian health officials say
Description: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at least 27 sheltering at a school in the north.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:57:05 -0400
Title: Calls for global trade talks from countries around the globe as Trump tariffs cause worry
Description: The measured responses from key trading partners highlighted a lack of appetite for an outright trade war.