US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated the idea on Wednesday of US troops returning to Panama to “secure” its strategically vital canal, a suggestion quickly shot down by the Central American country’s government.

Russia and the United States exchanged prisoners yesterday, the second such swap since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House as the two countries push for closer ties.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would “make America’s showers great again”.

Several US senators have called for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation by encouraging people to buy stocks just before his dramatic reversal on global tariffs.

France plans to recognise a Palestinian state within months and could make the move at a UN conference in New York in June on settling the Israel-Palestinian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

A strike by paramilitaries on El-Fasher, the last city in Sudan’s Darfur region not under their control, has killed at least 12 people, both the army and local activists said.

The death toll after a roof collapsed at a crowded nightclub in the Dominican Republic has climbed to 218, the head of rescue operations said yesterday.

Trump's 90-day halt in fresh duties for dozens of countries has come into place, a White House order showed

Islamabad wants to deport 800,000 Afghans after cancelling their residence permits

The accusations came as Trump posted a few minutes after Wall Street opened that "IT'S TIME TO BUY".

The heightened tariffs against China took effect at the same time Thursday as retaliatory levies of 84 percent slapped on by Beijing on US imports.

Philippine Trade Secretary Cristina Roque believes the most effective ASEAN approach would be to pursue negotiations aimed at reducing the tariffs

Trump, since coming to power in January, has repeatedly claimed that China has too much influence over the canal

Trump has long complained about inadequate water pressure in American bathrooms

Palestine has been recognised as a sovereign state by almost 150 countries, most major Western powers have not

Responding to the 104 percent duties, Beijing said it would raise its own tariffs on US imports from 34 percent to 84 percent

The world's second-largest economy has gotten off to a bumpy start this year

While slapping another round of tariffs on China, Trump said his Chinese counterpart would want to talk to him. 

The catalyst came around 1720 GMT when Trump announced a 90-day pause on the most onerous new tariffs for every country except China

Some sellers are looking to increase prices in the US while others are looking to find new markets