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Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick says his players must embrace the hostility of the Brisbane crowd when they play the Lions on Sunday.

YIWU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 26: Foreign clients select festive goods at China Yiwu International Trade City on November 26, 2024 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province of China. Hu Xiao/VCG via Getty ImagesFor years, Christmas merchandise has been hitting the U.S. shelves earlier, as retailers try to capitalize on the lucrative holiday season — a retail phenomenon known as “Christmas creep.”However, tariffs could be the Grinch that disrupts year-end festivities, as Chinese factories and their U.S. buyers navigate tariff uncertainties to ensure that shelves stateside will be well-stocked in time for Christmas.Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on April…

JAKARTA: Indonesia should stand firm against the United States’ recent demands to remove a broad suite of trade practices Washington considers unfair, experts said, arguing that some of these policies are needed to protect Southeast Asia’s largest economy’s national interests.  These so-called “trade barriers” were identified in a report by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Mar 31 detailing factors hindering US companies from entering the Indonesian market.  The 2025 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report on Foreign Trade Barriers has been used as one of the basis for US President Donald Trump to impose a planned 32 per cent tariff…

Israel has ramped up attacks on Syria following a week of sectarian violence against the Druze community.Israel’s military has launched air strikes near Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus after accusing the Syrian authorities of failing to protect the country’s Druze minority from sectarian violence. The attack early on Friday was the second of its kind by Israel this week and is seen as sending a strong message to Syria’s transitional government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa. “This is a clear message to the Syrian regime: We will not allow [Syrian] forces to deploy south of Damascus or any threat to…

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media post announcing the signing, said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'”The broadcasters get roughly half-a-billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for…

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the outlets of producing biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.”Mr. Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasters in the United States, to end federal funding for NPR and PBS, to the extent allowed by law. The news outlets only receive a small portion of its funding from Congress, with the rest coming from donors and sponsors.The immediate impact of the order was unclear. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a taxpayer-backed, private entity created by an act of Congress, is…

By Payton Zillich Global News Posted May 1, 2025 7:23 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size With just two weeks until the Broadway Bridge closure, businesses and organizations on both sides of the river are scrambling to make sure they are ready. To help bring people to Broadway during the bridge’s rehabilitation, Strong Towns YXE proposed a pedestrian-only zone. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. The zone would be active during July and August and…

The adage of “the only poll that counts is election day” often elicits a few groans and eye rolls, but the ghost of 2019 looms large over both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton as they sprint towards the finish line.In their final 36 hours of frenetic campaigning before polls close, the two men are criss-crossing their countries, blitzing key seats in their last chance to sell their respective pitches to the millions of Australians who’ve not yet voted.The Prime Minister goes into Saturday ahead in the polls — and could even get a swing towards him — but neither he…

WASHINGTON: Tokyo’s envoy for United States tariff talks in Washington said on Thursday (May 1) that the second round of negotiations between the two countries had been “frank and constructive”. Japan, a key US ally and its biggest investor, is subject to the same 10 per cent baseline tariffs imposed on most nations plus steeper levies on cars, steel and aluminium. “We were able to move forward in frank and constructive discussions to reach a mutually beneficial agreement as soon as possible,” Ryosei Akazawa told reporters. “We were able to advance concrete discussions on, for example, expanding trade between our…

In a potential softening of the bruising trade war between China and the United States, Beijing said on Friday that it was considering holding talks with the Trump administration after repeated attempts by senior U.S. officials to start negotiations.China’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement that China was “evaluating” the U.S. offer to talk, but it said Beijing’s position remained consistent: It will only engage in negotiations if Washington cancels its tariffs on Chinese goods first.“If the United States does not correct its wrong unilateral tariff measures, it means that the United States has no sincerity at all and will…