Zimbabwe to scrap tariffs on US goods in goodwill gesture to Trump

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced he will suspend tariffs on goods imported from the US in an attempt to build a “positive relationship” with President Donald Trump’s administration. The move comes days after Trump imposed 18% tariffs on Zimbabwean exports to the US. “This measure is intended to facilitate the expansion of American imports within the Zimbabwean market, while simultaneously promoting the growth of Zimbabwean exports destined for the United States,” he said on ...

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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organization that tracks these weapons. That number is the first estimate of its kind as the group, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, seeks to enter Syria to assess what remains of Mr. al-Assad’s notorious military program. The figure is far higher than any that Mr. al-Assad has ever acknowledged. The ...

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MLB 2025: Are the Cardinals rebuilding or trying to win now?

Jesse RogersAPR 6, 2025, 07:00 am and Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. When the rain finally lifted after a 90-minute delay and the St. Louis Cardinals opened their season in front of 47,395 red-clad fans at Busch Stadium, two long-familiar sights were a bit of a surprise to anyone who followed the offseason rumor mill: Nolan Arenado coming out of the home dugout for a curtain call after a home run and Sonny Gray shutting down the opposition ...

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Musk calls for 'zero tariff situation' between US and Europe, slams Trump trade adviser

WASHINGTON – Elon Musk called for a “zero tariff situation” between the U.S. and Europe on Saturday amid stock market trepidation about President Donald Trump‘s massive new tariff regime. Musk made the comments, which run counter to the sweeping tariffs Trump promised last week to impose on all U.S. trading partners, including European nations, to a group of Italian conservative politicians on Saturday. “At the end of the day, I hope it’s agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ...

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