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Trump Revises Tariffs: India Remains At 25%, Pak's Rate Slashed At 19%. Full List Of US Tariff Rates
India has been slapped with a 25 per cent "Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted", one of the higher rates among key US trading partners.US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an Executive Order further modifying reciprocal tariff rates, building upon...

AP News Summary at 10:20 p.m. EDT
Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's order imposing new tariffs on 68 countries and the European Union starting in seven days has injected a new dose of...

Farm Bureau: Re-instated July Cattle Inventory Shows Continued Herd Contraction
Reinstated after its 2024 cancellation, USDA’s July Cattle Inventory report offers a critical midyear snapshot of the U.S. cattle herd, including an estimate of the year’s calf crop. Released alongside the monthly Cattle on Feed report, the two...

Immigrants losing work authorization squeezes ag sector
The Trump administration’s termination of work permits for more than 530,000 immigrants could have far-reaching economic consequences for the country’s agricultural sector, potentially deepening labor shortages and leading to higher food prices....

‘Classic tinpot dictator’: Trump exports his assault on democracy to Brazil
Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second largest democracy too. Since early...
Find it out, write it down, get it out there.
Derk Sauer, who died in Amsterdam on Thursday at the age of 72, was a figure of rare consequence in the history of post-Soviet journalism. A former reporter and editor in the Netherlands, he departed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s and went...

Full list: Donald Trump announces US tariffs on India, other trading partners
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order introducing new tariffs on a broad range of its trading partners, including India, set to come into effect on August 7. The executive order was issued shortly after 7 pm on Thursday...
Trump Slaps Tariffs on 69 Countries, Highest at 41%
TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new reciprocal tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on imports from 69 countries and territories. The move comes shortly after he extended the...
The World and Everything in It: July 31, 2025
Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Good morning! Oregon can no longer discriminate against adoptive parents who hold...

Donald Trump signs executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs up to 41% on imports
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday new tariffs of up to 41% on goods imported from dozens of countries With less than 100 days until the presidential election, US President Donald Trump drastically changed the country's trading...

Trump Tariff Shake-Up: Full country-wise list with revised rates
The White House has released the revised tariff rates on imports from 68 countries and the 27-member European Union, with these new tariffs scheduled to come into effect on August 7, 2025. This gives US customs and border officials time to prepare...

ASX 200 falls as US finalises tariffs set to begin next week
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is trading 0.76% lower on Friday after the US finalised its list of global reciprocal tariffs overnight. The United States issued an Executive Order overnight detailing revised reciprocal tariffs for scores of...

Metals Exploration posts record gold revenue for second quarter
The AIM-traded gold producer reported pre-tax free cash flow of $47.2m, up from $23.5m in the first quarter. Gold revenue rose to $70.5m, compared with $48.4m previously, with 23,021 ounces sold at an average realised price of $3,061 per ounce....

Donald Trump unveils new US tariffs for every country, full list here
Imports from some countries, like Brazil, are facing additional tariffs that stack on top of the reciprocal tariffs listed below. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order imposing new tariffs that will take effect on August...

How Many P‑47 Thunderbolts Were Built?
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (nicknamed "Jug") was one of the top US Army Air Forces fighter planes of WWII. It is counted among the warplanes produced in the highest numbers, and it saw excellent success in a variety of roles, including...

Trump targets legal immigrant workers with visa crackdown risking mass deportations
Trump ran on a platform of deporting violent illegal immigrants. But the truth is that he is targeting immigrants in general, including those who are lawfully employed. After a number of legal immigration programs were terminated by the Trump...

Neighbors Barista aiming for early August opening in Rockville
Neighbors Barista, a small-batch coffee business, is completing its transition from a coffee shop operation at the Kentlands farmers market to its first brick-and-mortar store in Rockville with an opening planned for early August, according to...

Ukraine war latest: 16 killed, record number of children injured in Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv
Key developments on July 31: 16 killed, record number of children injured in Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv Trump sets Aug. 8 deadline for Ukraine peace deal, US diplomat tells UN Russia 'lying again' about capture of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine claims...

How Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Shape Culture—And Influence Policy
The Fulcrum Roundtable is a monthly discussion that I host with the Fulcrum’s collaborators on some of the most talked-about topics of the previous month. I spoke with these columnists about their writings in June: Megan Thiele Strong, a Sociology...

Trump's tariff blitz targets dozens of countries. Which are the worst hit?
US President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on imports from dozens of countries, with Syria, Laos and Myanmar bearing the maximum brunt. As announced earlier, imports from India will now be taxed at 25%, while its...