Israel said its troops had started ground activity in Shejaiya to expand its “security zone,” days after the defense minister vowed to seize large areas of Gaza.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/israel-hamas-war-north-gaza/
As countries around the world reel from the U.S. tariffs, Beijing has been quick to try to capitalize on the upheaval and extend its influence — economic and otherwise.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-china-global-trade/
The punitive tariffs drew strong reactions from world leaders. Australia’s prime minister said they had “no basis in logic. ... This is not the act of a friend.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-world-reaction-quotes/
The pressure from the Trump administration has reignited a long-standing debate in India over whether to open up its heavily protectionist economy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/india-trump-tariffs-modi-trade/
The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law gambit. South Korea will elect a new president within 60 days.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/south-korea-president-removed-martial-law/
Trump’s tariff announcements in his so-called “Liberation Day” have ushered in a whole new era of global politics, world leaders, officials and analysts say.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-isolationism/
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is the latest in a long line of leaders to have their political careers marred by scandal or meet an otherwise unfortunate end.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/south-korea-presidents-detention-imprisonment-history/
Mexico and Canada were exempted from President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs, but the future of free trade in North America is very much in doubt.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/trump-mexico-canada-tariffs-nafta/
Birmingham officials have declared a “major incident” as a sanitation-workers strike passes three weeks — with nearly 1,000 tons of garbage piling up each day.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/uk-birmingham-garbage-strike-rats/
Dozens of dinosaur footprints in Scotland’s Isle of Skye show carnivores and herbivores “milled” around by freshwater lagoons, a study says.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/dinosaur-prints-isle-of-skye/
The Kremlin sent Kirill Dmitriev to Washington as cease-fire sputters and Trump grows impatient.https://www.wsj.com/world/kremlin-envoy-meets-trump-official-at-white-house-as-cease-fire-sputters-f981672f
The allegations came from four women, London’s Metropolitan Police said.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/comedian-russell-brand-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-u-k-e43b84a2
The European Union-Central Asia Summit in Uzbekistan followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 20% tariff on all EU goods exported to the U.S.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe-wants-to-make-fair-raw-minerals-deal-with-central-asian-countries-eu-chief-says-2118b64d
The Trump administration is seeking to get Tehran’s agreement to dismantle its nuclear program.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-direct-nuclear-talks-13244ae2
Protectionist measures mostly led to poorly made appliances, expensive imports and industrial stagnation, but in South Korea they helped to raise an economic tiger.https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/how-tariffs-affect-world-economies-6fd38806
Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster over his martial-law decree triggers a snap vote to elect a leader who will face challenges on trade, U.S. relations and North Korea.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/south-koreas-impeached-president-is-removed-from-office-over-martial-law-decree-f6e9ecb0
Eyal Zamir, who has taken charge following a long line of paratroopers at the helm, promises a new and more aggressive approach to Gaza.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-eyal-zamir-military-chief-27aeafe7
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says President Trump’s tariff order “will rupture” the global economy and increases the risk that the U.S. will fall into a recession.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-pm-carney-says-u-s-faces-recession-risk-with-tariff-policy-3eebf27b
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the tariff could raise up to C$8 billion, which would be used to help workers and companies affected by the Trump tariffs.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-to-hit-u-s-autos-with-retaliatory-tariffs-cfb6b415
Trump’s global trade war is a strategic gift to the Chinese President.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/xi-jinping-china-u-s-tariffs-donald-trump-trade-war-europe-canada-9dd99d61