Trump vows 200% retaliatory tariff on European wine and spirits Warning comes after EU announced retaliatory tariffs on $28bn of US goods in response to US levies on steel, aluminium. Bottles of wine are seen on display for sale in a wine shop in Paris, France, as US President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he supports “proposals to end hostilities” with Ukraine, but with conditions.
Southern Africa regional bloc to withdraw troops from DRC amid M23 advance The SADC mission that has suffered losses this year will conduct a ‘phased withdrawal’ of its troops. A South African soldier who is part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission for eastern DRC, in Goma, North Kivu province [File: Arlette…
Football fans in Argentina have joined pensioners in weekly protests against government funding cuts.
WBO orders Usyk to defend heavyweight boxing title against Parker The World Boxing Organization has given Oleksandr Usyk a month to reach a deal to fight Joseph Parker. Oleksandr Usyk currently holds the WBO, WBA and WBC heavyweight titles [File: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters] Published On 13 Mar 202513 Mar 2025 Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has been…
Trump’s tariffs may end up blowing up the US dollar hegemony Some of the US president’s most daring policies to ‘Make America Great Again’ may inflict irreparable harm to the US economy. Maximilian Hess Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Published On 13 Mar 202513 Mar 2025 Trump is trying to reorder the international…
Sporadic, slow rebuilding deepens wounds of Ukrainian town bombed by Russia Amid unsteady reconstruction efforts, pain persists in Borodyanka, a town where hundreds of civilians were killed. An apartment building in Borodyanka damaged by a Russian bomb [Mansur Mirovalev/Al Jazeera] By Mansur MirovalevPublished On 13 Mar 202513 Mar 2025 Borodyanka, Ukraine – Days after Russia launched…
EXPLAINER A blood moon will rise: When and how to watch the total lunar eclipse As the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, the moon will take on a deep red shade. A full moon moves through the shadow of the Earth during a total lunar eclipse [File: Mike Blake/Reuters] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished…
Iran bets big on gold as it weathers Trump turmoil Iran says it has turned much of its reserves into gold, as gold imports soar to three times the level of last year. A shopkeeper arranges a display in his jewellery store in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025 [Atta Kenare/AFP] By Maziar…
Russian, US delegation to meet in Moscow for Ukraine ceasefire talks Trump envoy Steve Witkoff visits Moscow as Russia claims to have recaptured key towns in Kursk region from Ukraine. US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet senior Russian officials in Moscow [File: Leah Millis/Reuters] Published On 13 Mar 202513 Mar 2025 A special envoy of…