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Judge blocks Trump’ s plan to end protection to 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal
The Hindu
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August 1, 2025
A federal judge ruled on Thursday (July 31, 2025) against the Donald Trump administration's plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Also...
President Trump announced a 19% Export tariff on Pakistan
Dispatch News Desk Pakistan
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August 1, 2025
Monitoring Desk: US President Trump announced a 19% tariff on Pakistani exports. The latest country-wise tariff is hereunder: Countries and Territories Reciprocal Tariff, Adjusted Afghanistan 15% Algeria 30% Angola 15% Bangladesh 20% Bolivia 15%...
China’s Successes and Struggles in Costa Rica
The Diplomat
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August 1, 2025
In July 2025, the U.S. State Department cancelled the visa of Rodrigo Arias, the head of Costa Rica’s legislature. The visa of his brother, former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, had also been revoked in April. The State Department also...
Communist Party of China joins Liberation Movements Summit in South Africa
Friends of Socialist China
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August 1, 2025
The Communist Party of China (CPC) joined the Liberation Movements Summit that was hosted by the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa in Johannesburg, between July 25-28, under the theme, ‘Defending the Liberation Gains, Advancing...
Over 86% of Nicaraguans Approve of Daniel Ortega’s Leadership Amid Economic and Social Stability
teleSUR
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Poll shows broad popular backing for Daniel Ortega and his National Unity Agenda.Photo: canal2tv. July 17, 2025 Hour: 6:54 pm A recent M&R Consultores survey reveals 86.7% approval for Nicaragua’s Co-President Daniel Ortega, highlighting...
Sri Lanka gets 20-pct Trump tariff
EconomyNext
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August 1, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has got a 20 percent tariff in an slew of revised rates announced by President Donald Trump through an executive order. Sri Lanka’s rate is the same or similar to that of Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia (19), Indonesia (19),...
Trump levies a host of new tariffs on U.S. trading partners
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pushed ahead with his promise to raise tariffs on foreign goods by Aug. 1, signing an order late Thursday increasing import taxes on products from nearly every U.S. trading partner. Trump’s directive, and new...
Trump defends firing labor statistics chief by lying about her role in 2024 campaign – as it happened
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
Trump offers wildly false claim about job numbers released before 2024 election to defend firing of labor statistics chiefSpeaking to reporters on Friday, Donald Trump defended his decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of labor...
Sri Lanka sells extra Rs23bn Treasury bills after auction
EconomyNext
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July 31, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has got a 20 percent tariff in an slew of revised rates announced by President Donald Trump through an executive order. Sri Lanka’s rate is the same or similar to that of Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia (19), Indonesia (19),...
72,000 Hondurans, 4,000 Nicaraguans to lose deportation protections
Florida Catholic
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WASHINGTON | The Trump administration’s ending of deportation protections for those who have fled Honduras and Nicaragua shows “no discernment,” an immigration policy expert told OSV News — while a pastor at one Philadelphia parish said the moves...
Trouble Brewing for Coffee Trade as Proposed Tariffs Loom
The Two River Times - New Jersey
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July 17, 2025
Courtlyn Crosson, co-owner of Coffee Corral, a cafe on the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard, is bracing for heavy tariffs on coffee imports that may hit the coffee trade by Aug. 1. Sunayana Prabhu By Sunayana Prabhu A...
In September, Homeland Security will end temporary protections for more than 50,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans
The New Zealand Herald
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July 17, 2025
The decision, announced in early July, has been met with outrage from immigrant communities across the country, prompting a lawsuit by the National TPS Alliance, an advocacy group, and seven impacted individuals. The parties allege that the...
Trump Announces Dozens of New Reciprocal Tariff Rates
Sourcing Journal - New York
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August 1, 2025
Hours before the pause on “reciprocal” tariffs was due to expire, President Donald Trump released an executive order modifying the duty rates for dozens of U.S. trade partners. Ranging from 10 percent to 41 percent, the new tariffs will go into...
Bukele Resets El Salvador’s Constitution—and the Clock on Presidential Limits
LatinAmerican Post
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August 1, 2025
In less than a day, El Salvador’s legislature erased five constitutional guardrails, clearing the way for President Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite reelection and extending presidential terms—an audacious gamble that’s dividing the country between...
New US tariffs blunt India’s apparel edge; to come into effect on 7th August
Apparel Resources
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August 1, 2025
Image Courtesy: Economic Times United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reimposing reciprocal tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on US imports from dozens of countries and foreign locations in advance of this 1st August...
Donald Trump’s tariff chart out: India unchanged at 25%, Pakistan drops to 19%, Bangladesh to 20%. See full list
Business Today
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August 1, 2025
President Donald Trump has cemented a 25% tariff on Indian goods in a sweeping overhaul of U.S. reciprocal trade policy, while slashing tariffs for Pakistan and Bangladesh and unveiling a detailed matrix of new rates for dozens of countries. The...
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America, Nepal
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 1, 2025
A federal judge ruled on Thursday against the Trump administration’s plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Temporary Protected Status is...
Judge blocks U.S. government from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
DGR News
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge is extending migrant status protections ended by the Trump administration for more than 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal. The order Thursday by U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco...
Tampa celebrates 138th birthday: Closer look at J.C. Newman Cigar Company & Museum
FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Florida
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YBOR CITY, Fla. - What's the top museum in Tampa? According to Trip Advisor, it's the J.C. Newman Cigar Company and Museum in Ybor City. It's the nation's only remaining traditional cigar factory. At J.C. Newman, you can see skilled cigar workers...
Permanent Commission on Human Rights of Nicaragua hold press conference on TPS suspension
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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July 15, 2025
A press conference is being held on Tuesday by the Permanent Commission on Human Rights of Nicaragua to discuss the suspension of Temporary Protective Status. The conference will be held at 14016 SW 8th St. at 11 a.m. Representatives from...