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Headlines: 1-6 April 2025
Sunday, 6 April 2025
Missile strike on Kyiv kills one amid 'massive' attack: missile and drone strikes across the country left at least one more person dead. — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump's top economic adviser says 50 countries have reached out to negotiate tariffs — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
US revokes all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
Nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests draw over half a million against Trump and Musk policies (LINK) — ground.news: 946 media reports (LINK) — 6 April 2025
Columbia University deploys special officers with powers to arrest amid student protests — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
Days of severe storms leave 18 dead as rising rivers threaten US south and midwest — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
'Most effective way' to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet: — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
— Hours later, Kennedy promoted unorthodox, unproven treatments for the disease in another post. He spent time with "extraordinary healers", he said — doctors Richard Bartlett and Ben Edwards — who had treated children with measles with aerosolized budesonide and clarithromycin. Those drugs, a steroid and antibiotic, respectively, are not proven measles treatments, physicians and health experts have said after Kennedy previously promoted them. Budesonide may even weaken the immune system, according to the Mayo Clinic.
— Less than a month ago, Kennedy said — against current evidence — that the measles shot caused deaths every year. At the time, he pointed to the importance of nutrition and personal choice in getting the shot, even as he acknowledged that vaccines "not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity".
Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was 'wholly lawless' — 6 April 2025 (LINK)
— There is little to no evidence to support a "vague, uncorroborated" allegation that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was once in the MS-13 street gang, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis wrote. And in any case, she said, an immigration judge had expressly barred the U.S. in 2019 from deporting Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs. "As defendants acknowledge, they had no legal authority to arrest him, no justification to detain him, and no grounds to send him to El Salvador — let alone deliver him into one of the most dangerous prisons in the Western Hemisphere," Xinis wrote.
Saturday, 5 April 2025
Israel says its account of rescue workers killed in Gaza was partly 'mistaken': The Israeli military had previously asserted, repeatedly and erroneously, that the vehicles were "advancing suspiciously" toward the troops "without headlights or emergency signals". (LINK) — ground.news: 278 media reports (LINK) — 5 April 2025
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa suspends tariffs on US imports (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK) — 5 April 2025
The first lawsuit by Florida importer against Trump's tariffs: argues that the 20 per cent tariff on Chinese goods imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) is unlawful. — 5 April 2025 (LINK)
Over 500 law firms unite against Trump's executive orders targeting legal community for representing his opponents and maintaining diversity policies. The orders suspend security clearances, terminate federal contracts, and restrict building access. (LINK) — ground.news: 92 media reports (LINK) — 5 April 2025
New York public schools reject Trump DEI orders (LINK) — ground.news: 79 media reports (LINK) — 5 April 2025
Trump Administration fires U.S. aid workers in quake zone in Myanmar — 5 April 2025 (LINK)
Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies — 5 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump admin suspends lawyer in case of Maryland man mistakenly deported for failing to 'zealously advocate' its position — 5 April 2025 (LINK)
Tesla suffers worst sales decline in history as Q1 deliveries plummet:Musk's missteps, tariffs, lowered production, and souring consumer sentiment bring a perfect storm to the EV automaker — 5 April 2025 (LINK)
Friday, 4 April 2025
Major disruption has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole towards Europe for April, scientists say — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Death toll rises to 8 amid multi-state tornado, flood disasters in U.S. — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Extreme rainfall brings potentially deadly flooding to parts of central US already slammed by storms: forecasters are using statistical terms, such as 1-in-25-year, 1-in-100-year, and even 1-in-1000-year events, to describe their rarity. — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Measures at UNOG to address the "liquidity crisis" — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— "In 2023, the UN faced its worst financial shortfall in years, with the lowest dues collection in five years and only 142 Member States paying in full. This led to a fragile financial outlook for 2024, prompting significant cost-saving measures."
South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office after court upholds impeachment — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— The court said Yoon had 'committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people' over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December.
Trump's tariffs crash sees gold -0.8% for week, silver -10% with stocks, copper, oil — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— The tech-heavy Nasdaq opened Friday 3.3% lower again, plunging to 11-month lows and pulling rich-world equities as a group 6.2% below last week's finish on the MSCI World Index. That marks the steepest fall since the mid-March 2020 crash phase of the Covid Crisis.
Sell-off worsens worldwide and Dow drops 1,700 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs: S & P 500 down 4.8% in afternoon trading, after earlier dropping more than 5%, following its worst day since COVID wrecked the global economy in 2020. — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Oil set for worst week in months over Trump's tariff blow — 4 April 2025 (LINK limited)
Trump grants 75-day extension for TikTok sale as negotiations progress (LINK) — ground.news: 455 media reports (LINK) — 4 April 2025
US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK) — 4 April 2025
California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— Newsom is directing his state to pursue "strategic" relationships with countries announcing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., urging them to exclude California-made products from those taxes.
Trump says it could take 2 years before tariffs result in American manufacturing boom — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting April 10 — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street: futures warn of more losses today — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average are on track to drop 0.7%, while Nasdaq future are down 0.5%. That would add to the hefty losses yesterday, when the S&P 500 slumped 4.8% in its worst session since June 2020.
— Bloomberg: Billionaires lost $208bn yesterday as stocks plunged. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg was the biggest loser in dollar terms, with the social media company's 9% slide costing its chief executive officer $17.9bn, Bloomberg reports. Jeff Bezos lost $15.9bn in personal wealth, as Amazon shares plunged 9% yesterday. Elon Musk lost $11bn, taking his losses so far this year to $110bn.
IMF warns Trump tariffs 'a significant risk' to global economy: Kristalina Georgieva says it is important that US and trading partners avoid escalating trade war — (LINK)
Trump admin dismisses judge's order to bring back man accidentally sent to El Salvador: "we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Putin does not want ceasefire, Zelensky says after 19 killed in attack on hometown — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— The death toll soared overnight to 19, as Ukraine officials said nine children were killed in Russia's attack on Kryvyi Rih.
— US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Nato foreign ministers that they would know in a matter of weeks whether Russia is serious about peace or not. He said: "We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not. I hope they are."
Russia stalls ceasefire talks as it intensifies attacks on Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine continue long-range drone and missile attacks, but observe an informal ceasefire in the Black Sea. — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— Russia has added new conditions for a ceasefire to a litany of existing ones, prompting United States President Donald Trump to threaten new sanctions against Russian oil.
Axed U.S. vaccine chief accuses RFK Jr. of crackpot "data" demands — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— Kennedy hired discredited anti-vaxxer David Geier as a senior data analyst so he can study the "link" between vaccines and autism, a link that has already been widely and thoroughly debunked by numerous other studies.
Tufts student grabbed off street by immigration officers scores legal win, has case moved to Vermont — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Syria welcomes UN resolution to investigate human-rights violations: Ambassador to the U.N. Haydar Ali Ahmad stated that international support serves as a strong incentive for reform. (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports (LINK) — 4 April 2025
British TV star Russell Brand issues response to rape allegations, insists 'never was a rapist' — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— "I was a drug addict, a sex addict, and an imbecile. But what I never was, was a rapist. I've never engaged in non-consensual activity."
— The charges, according to the Metropolitan Police, are related to four women between 1999 and 2005.
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Stock markets fall around the world after Trump unveils news tariffs — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose to get the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
Not even 0.3 per cent of US products entering Indian and Chinese territory in 2023 faced over 50 per cent tariffs, according to a Moneycontrol analysis of UNCTAD's trade data. In the case of India, just 43 of the 3,724 categories imported from the US in 2023 were subject to tariffs of over 50 per cent, amounting to just $114 million of $40 billion worth of imports from Washington. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Swiss pharma sector could face steep US tariffs: According to President Trump, foreign pharmaceutical players will soon also have to brace themselves for tariffs "at a level that we haven't really seen before". — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Truth Social Moved to sell stock right before Trump's tariffs were announced — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
€380bn EU exports subject to new tariffs, accounting for 70% of bloc's exports to US, commissioner says — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
— Pharmaceuticals could be next to face tariffs, EU officials fear.
Russia not on Trump's tariff list: US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow, noting that Cuba, Belarus and North Korea were also not includeds. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump's chaos-inducing global tariffs, explained in charts — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
CNN: These are the hardest-hit US trading partners under Trump's tariffs — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
— CNN: Trump pitched the tariff as "reciprocal", where the rates would be based on the tariff rate that trading partners charge the United States when factoring in currency manipulation and other trade barriers. But that is not the case. Instead the reciprocal rates follow a simple formula: a country's trade deficit divided by its exports to the United States, then halved.
— For example, America's trade deficit with China in 2024 was $295.4 billion, and the United States imported $439.9 billion worth of Chinese goods. That means China's trade surplus with the United States was 67% of the value of its exports — a value the Trump administration labeled as "tariff charged to USA". Half of that 67% rate is the 34% reciprocal tariff rate set for China.
Reason: Trump's new tariffs on these 3 countries look particularly foolish: Singapore, Brazil, and Vietnam — 4 April 2025 (LINK)
— Singapore charges zero tariffs on most U.S. imports. America runs a trade surplus with Brazil. Manufacturers in China had relocated to Vietnam. Trump 1 regarded that shift as proof that his tariffs were successful. Now Trump has slapped a 46 percent tariff on all goods from Vietnam.
Trump tariff global reaction, country by country — (LINK)
— Canada has been exempted from the latest tariffs but still faces 25% levies on steel and aluminum, as well as on automobiles, which came into effect at midnight eastern time. Prime minister Mark Carney said that he would "fight these tariffs with countermeasures" and "build the strongest economy in the G7".
China vows to counter Trump's 'bullying' tariffs as global trade war escalates — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump's tariff announcement triggers $500m liquidation in crypto market — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Musk shuts down exit rumors as Tesla falls on weak quarter. Both Musk and the White House confirmed his role is capped at 130 days, putting his exit date at May 30. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv solving its troop shortages, says top US general in Europe: what we know on day 1,136 — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Trump administration lifts sanctions on wife of Putin ally Boris Rotenberg as it imposed sanctions on six other Russian individuals and entities. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
— The official government notice of Rotenberg's removal as a sanctioned person did not provide a reason. Rotenberg, a 46-year-old Russian-born dual citizen of the United States, was placed on OFAC's specially designated nationals list in March 2022 along with her billionaire oligarch husband, Boris Rotenberg, and their sons, Roman and Boris. The action came weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. It is rare for an American citizen to be placed on a U.S. sanctions list.
— "Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Rotenberg have provided support to Putin's pet projects by receiving and executing high price contracts for the Sochi Olympic Games and state-controlled Gazprom," OFAC said in its announcement at that time. "They have made billions of dollars in contracts for Gazprom and the Sochi Winter Olympics awarded to them by Putin," OFAC said. "Both brothers have amassed enormous amounts of wealth during the years of Putin's rule in Russia."
— "The Rotenberg brothers received approximately $7 billion in contracts for the Sochi Olympic Games and their personal wealth has increased by $2.5 billion in the last two years alone," OFAC said.
— Boris and Arkady are childhood friends of Putin.
Multiple firings on Trump's National Security Council after alt-right activist Loomer visit — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Yale fires Iranian legal scholar amid review of possible ties to 'sham charity' for designated Palestinian terror group — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Donald Trump's eponymous meme coin dropped to $9 per token from its all-time high of nearly $75: a new all-time low, about 10 weeks after its launch. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
U.S. healthcare chains shutting down in the wake of COVID: 40% of residents in facilities had or likely had Covid in 2020 and over 1,300 facilities had infection rates of 75% or higher in surge periods. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
— Economic issues mounted as rising inflation after the start of the pandemic impacted senior facilities' expenses and increased the cost of products, supplies, and employee wages. Higher interest rates in the last three years have also increased the cost of facility operators' debt.
The Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States' powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to members of the Senate and House intelligence committees — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Swiss Sustainable Finance Annual Report 2024 — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Insights from 10 SSF Companions — (LINK)
SSF launches new Swiss Platform for Impact Investing — (LINK)
Bus driver in crash that left Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre claiming she has 'four days to live' contradicts her account of the incident - and insisted that the car was in a minor collision with his bus. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Trump announces 10% baseline tariff on all imports, higher 'reciprocal' tariffs against select countries: imposed higher rates on nations with trade surpluses, fulfilling a campaign promise: 20% on EU. (LINK) — ground.news: 550 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
Reuters: Trump unveils global reciprocal tariffs: (including Switzerland 31%) — (LINK)
Switzerland holds back on countermeasures in face of Trump's 31% trade tariff — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
— Swiss exports are expected to be subject to additional tariffs of 10% from Saturday (5 April) and a further 21% from Wednesday (9 April). "The calculations of the US government are not comprehensible to the Federal Council," a government statement said.
— According to the Federal Council, important export products such as machinery, watches and agricultural goods such as coffee capsules, energy drinks, cheese and chocolate will be affected by the additional tariffs. However, no additional tariffs are currently planned for exports from the pharmaceutical industry.
Swiss stock market plunges 1.69% after Trump's tariff offensive — 3 April 2025 (LINK)
BBC: Trump's tariffs on China, EU and more, at a glance — (LINK)
China urges U.S. to 'immediately' cancel reciprocal tariffs, vows counter-measures: President Trump announced a total of 54% tariffs on China, including a new 34% levy on imports, effective April 9. (LINK) — ground.news: 41 media reports (LINK)
White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security — (LINK)
White House: Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits — (LINK)
Thailand braces for US$7 billion or more in losses from Trump's tariffs: Thailand has offered to try to increase imports of corn, soybeans, crude and ethane to narrow its trade surplus with the United States — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
Israel announces military operation expanding in Gaza to seize 'large areas' (LINK) — ground.news: 41 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
Libyan authorities suspend 10 international aid groups, including Relief International and Doctors Without Borders, providing crucial assistance to migrants: allegedly provided unauthorized healthcare and essential supplies. (LINK) — ground.news: 43 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
Hungary quits International Criminal Court as Netanyahu is welcomed — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
U.S. reaffirms commitment to Taiwan as Beijing conducts live fire drills in East China Sea — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Military confrontation seems inevitable if no new Iran nuclear deal, France says (LINK) — ground.news: 68 media reports (LINK) — 2 April 2025
— US President Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be bombed if it persists in developing nuclear weapons. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has promised to hit back.
US sanctions Russia-based network for helping Yemen's Houthis (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, as the company reported the largest drop in deliveries in its history by far, as backlash against CEO Elon Musk, and growing competition from other automakers' electric vehicles, took a large bite out of demand for its EVs. — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
Elon Musk reportedly to step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears in late May: Insiders say Musk will leave soon, when 130-day cap on government service expires but 'Doge' team set to continue — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
— Musk called the reporting "fake news" and the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Politico story was "garbage".
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fires entire staff of programme that helps low-income people afford heat and air conditioning — 2 April 2025 (LINK)
— A press release from the agency said that HHS was letting go of 10,000 people on top of another 10,000 staffers who were lost to prior efforts to reduce jobs.
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Bangkok to review quake safety after collapse of high-rise leaves dozens missing (LINK) — ground.news: 202 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs will go into effect immediately, White House says — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Democrats' win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
An 'administrative error' sends a Maryland father to a Salvadoran prison: the Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.— 1 April 2025 (LINK)
"JD Vance demonizes innocent man sent to El Salvador" — (LINK)
— Even though administration lawyers have acknowledged the error, Vance is publicly insisting on social media that Garcia was in fact a member of the infamous Central American MS-13 gang — citing as evidence court records that do not in fact say this.
US Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours in Congress criticizing the Trump administration: set a new record for the longest continuous speech in the Senate, surpassing Senator Strom Thurmond's 24-hour speech in 1957 to try to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act. — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
Gangs strike in Haiti's heartland Mirebalais, central Haiti, as hundreds flee under heavy gunfire: The attackers, identified as members of the 400 Mawozo and Taliban gangs, wore stormed a jail and released approximately 500 inmates (LINK) — ground.news: 36 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
U.S. DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case (LINK) — ground.news: 435 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
Hamas removes 3,400 names from official Gaza death list: The updated list omits deaths listed in prior August and October 2024 reports. (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK) — 1 April 2025
How to detect criminal activities on Signal or WhatsApp? Ana-Maria Cretu from EPFL's Security and Privacy Engineering Lab shares her expertise on safety versus privacy concerns. — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
"Trying to solve child sexual abuse completely through technological means is probably not the right solution. Technology will not solve all our problems. There are other ways to address [the issue], such as trying to raise awareness among parents, children and educators, and by designing means that children can use to report this kind of behaviour when it occurs." — (LINK)
Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's underlying technology — 1 April 2025 (LINK)
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