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TRUMP UNVEILS TARIFFS PLAN – Trump says his reciprocal tariffs will level the playing field U.S. President Donald Trump tasked his economics team with devising a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on every country that imposes duties on U.S. imports in a fresh salvo at American friends and foes ramping up prospects for a global trade war. Trump signed a memo ordering his team to start calculating reciprocal tariffs to match those charged by other countries and counteract non-tariff barriers. The president has been promising to introduce reciprocal tariffs, but Thursday’s directive stopped well short of that, instead kicking off…

STARMER SAYS UKRAINE MUST BE AT THE HEART OF ANY PEACE TALKS – Whether it’s in negotiations or continued fighting says the Prime Minister Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Ukraine must be “at the heart” of any negotiations to end the conflict with Russia.  Starmer’s remarks come amid fears in Kyiv and its European allies that the U.S. might strike a peace deal without involving them. President Donald Trump spoke separately to both Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone on Wednesday and said both had expressed a desire for peace. Starmer has been walking a…

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WORKER WINS APPEAL OVER LGBTQ+ POSTS – The High Court rules her dismissal was unlawful A Christian school worker who was sacked after she shared Facebook posts raising concerns about lessons in LGBTQ+ relationships for primary school children has won her battle in the court of appeal. Kristie Higgs was dismissed from her role as a staff of Farmor’s, a secondary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after an anonymous complaint from a parent at the school. Three Court of Appeal judges ruled in her favour on Wednesday describing the decision to sack her for gross misconduct as…

GRENADE EXPLOSION IN FRANCE BAR INJURES 12-Touret-de-Courcy says 2 are in critical condition Twelve people have sustained injuries from a grenade explosion at a bar in Grenoble, France. Prosecutor François Touret-de-Courcy stated that two people were in critical condition after the grenade explosion at the bar in the Olympic Village neighbourhood. Grenoble Mayor Eric Piolle in a statement on X said he condemned “in the strongest possible terms this criminal act of extraordinary violence” France’s Health Minister Yannick Neuder is due to visit victims and medical staff at Grenoble University Hospital this morning, and  Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is also…

U.S RECOVERS $59 MLN FROM FEMA MISUSED FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS – DHS fired 4 FEMA employees for circumventing leadership U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem has announced that the US has recovered $59 million paid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to house illegal migrants in luxury New York City hotels. Noem, who said in a statement on X that she ‘clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels’, further added that no single penny spent would be used against the interest and safety of the American people. The announcement came…

TULSI GABBARD BECOMES U.S. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE – Says she will ensure the security and freedom of U.S citizens Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed and sworn in as the  U.S. Director of National Intelligence. President Trump at the swearing-in ceremony praised Gabbard as a woman of great common sense, expressing his assurance that she would work “tirelessly to keep America safe.” He also entrusted her with overseeing urgently needed reforms to the U.S. intelligence community to protect the rights and the civil liberties of all Americans. Gabbard expressed her commitment to refocus the intelligence community by empowering the great…

WALL STREET ENDS MIXED AS COCA-COLA GAINS AND TESLA DROPS – Investors parsed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest comments Wall Street’s main indexes ended mixed as gains in Coca-Cola and Apple offset losses in Tesla, while investors parsed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest comments. The U.S. central bank is in no rush to cut its short-term interest rate again given the economy is “strong overall,” with low unemployment and inflation still above the Fed’s 2% target, Powell said in opening remarks at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. Investors were also on the lookout for any new tariff comments…

WIZZ AIR AIMS FOR RESTART OF UKRAINE FLIGHTS – An estimated six to eight weeks is needed to safely reopen Ukrainian airspace Wizz Air aims to restart flights to Ukraine shortly after the announcement of any ceasefire with Russia, reinstating about 30 inbound routes within six weeks, Chief Executive Jozsef Varadi has disclosed. Varadi said the European Union Aviation Safety Agency estimates it would need six to eight weeks to safely reopen Ukrainian airspace and Wizz Air was getting ready for that. U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to bring a swift end to the nearly three-year war in Ukraine…

THAMES WATER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR DELAYED ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS – The probe will determine whether the company has breached its legal obligation Thames Water is under investigation by industry regulator Ofwat for failing to meet deadlines on environmental improvement projects. The probe will determine whether the company, which is struggling under a £19 billion debt, has breached its legal obligations. Thames Water recently alerted Ofwat and the Environment Agency that it is unlikely to complete over 100 of the 812 projects promised under the Water Industry National Environmental Programme (WINEP) by the March 31 deadline. These projects, part of the 2020-2025…

I WAS REBORN’, THAI HOSTAGE AFTER BEING FREED FROM GAZA – Voices were raised in song in celebration of his release. A small community gathered in a church in northeastern Thailand, their voices once raised in anxious prayer for a son who had been taken away in a war that was not his own, now erupted in triumphant song and applause as they celebrated his homecoming. Watchara, 33, along with his younger brother, left their hometown in 2020 in search of work and income to send back home to support their family.  Watchara, a man of few words, worked on…