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US President Donald Trump speaks about reciprocal tariffs at the White House in Washington on April 2. AFP

Gulf economies avoid harshest Trump tariffs but do not escape unscathed

Analysts say indirect effects of US tariffs are likely to have the biggest impact on GCC members

Trump unveils sweeping tariffs on US trading partners

TikTok's Washington office is located in a 228,000-square-foot building called Signal House, located in Washington's Union Market district. Photo: Cody Combs

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The White House is hyping US President Donald Trump's 'liberation day' package of measures. AFP

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US senator speaks for 25 hours in protest against Trump

US to send second aircraft carrier strike group to Middle East

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Left, a telegram sent to British ambassadors in the Middle East about the Iranian embassy siege in London in May 1980. Right, SAS officers storm the building. Paul Carey / The National / Getty Images

Iran embassy siege and Lockerbie telegrams reveal MI5's changing face

Al Gurg’s studio, Modu Method, is inspired by modular design and heirloom pieces. The word fun comes up a lot in his work. Photo: Modu

Emirati designer Omar Al Gurg on aliens, niche YouTube shows and burning oud

A penthouse in Belgravia’s Eaton Place, formerly owned by Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, is priced at £6.95 million. Beauchamp Estates

Super-prime London homes £1m cheaper than a decade ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu after a meeting in Jerusalem in February 2019. AFP

Netanyahu's Hungary visit despite ICC warrant exploits EU divisions

No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary about residents of Masafer Yatta, is the year's most controversial film. Photo: L'Atelier Distribution

ReviewNo Other Land is a powerful yet compromised work

British Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally, has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Getty Images

Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction

Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, about 300km south-west of Tehran. AP

ExplainerIran talks nukes, but how close is it to building one?

A Buddhist monk gestures near a damaged pagoda in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 2. AP

CommentMyanmar's earthquake exposes its political paralysis

Left, a telegram sent to British ambassadors in the Middle East about the Iranian embassy siege in London in May 1980. Right, SAS officers storm the building. Paul Carey / The National / Getty Images

Iran embassy siege and Lockerbie telegrams reveal MI5's changing face

Al Gurg’s studio, Modu Method, is inspired by modular design and heirloom pieces. The word fun comes up a lot in his work. Photo: Modu

Emirati designer Omar Al Gurg on aliens, niche YouTube shows and burning oud

A penthouse in Belgravia’s Eaton Place, formerly owned by Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, is priced at £6.95 million. Beauchamp Estates

Super-prime London homes £1m cheaper than a decade ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu after a meeting in Jerusalem in February 2019. AFP

Netanyahu's Hungary visit despite ICC warrant exploits EU divisions

No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary about residents of Masafer Yatta, is the year's most controversial film. Photo: L'Atelier Distribution

ReviewNo Other Land is a powerful yet compromised work

British Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally, has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Getty Images

Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction

Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, about 300km south-west of Tehran. AP

ExplainerIran talks nukes, but how close is it to building one?

A Buddhist monk gestures near a damaged pagoda in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 2. AP

CommentMyanmar's earthquake exposes its political paralysis

Left, a telegram sent to British ambassadors in the Middle East about the Iranian embassy siege in London in May 1980. Right, SAS officers storm the building. Paul Carey / The National / Getty Images

Iran embassy siege and Lockerbie telegrams reveal MI5's changing face

Al Gurg’s studio, Modu Method, is inspired by modular design and heirloom pieces. The word fun comes up a lot in his work. Photo: Modu

Emirati designer Omar Al Gurg on aliens, niche YouTube shows and burning oud

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