Trump tariffs: US escalates trade threats to China
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200bn (£151bn) of Chinese goods in a growing trade row.
Mr Trump said the 10% tariffs would come into effect if China "refuses to change its practices".
The threats would be a major escalation of the dispute and sparked further falls on stock markets.
China responded by accusing the US of "blackmail", raising fears of a full-blown trade war.
Its commerce ministry said the country would take "qualitative" and "quantitative" measures and "fight back firmly" against additional tariff measures by the US government.
Mr Trump insists that China has been unfairly benefiting from a trade imbalance with the US for years.
'They’re trying to break me': Polish judges face state-led intimidation
Judges say ruling party is tightening its grip through threats and hate campaigns
Three high-profile Polish judges have complained of a “state-led campaign of intimidation and harassment” against them, as Poland’s ruling party tightens its grip on the judiciary.
Since taking power in 2015 the Law and Justice party (PiS) has assumed direct oversight of state prosecutors and the judicial body that appoints, promotes and disciplines judges, as well as the power to dismiss and appoint court presidents, who wield considerable power and influence in the Polish justice system.
A disputed law on the supreme court, forcing the retirement of 40% of its judges, is due to take effect on 3 July.
Coral oases that resist climate change offer ‘glimmer of hope’ for dying reefs
Understanding how some pockets of reef avoid destruction may help save others, but scientists warn there is no room for complacency
Sections of coral in the Pacific and the Caribbean are fighting back against the global threats that have decimated reefs worldwide.
While the discovery does not allow any room for complacency in the fight to save the world’s reefs from extinction, scientists are tentatively optimistic about what they can learn from these pockets of resistance.
Climate change, hurricanes and human activities such as intensive fishing have destroyed vast swathes of the planet’s reefs, but in a new study scientists found this destruction was not uniform.
United Nations: 68.5 million people displaced in 2017
One person was displaced every two seconds in 2017, the newest UN refugee agency figures show. New displacements came from crises in Myanmar, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria, in particular.
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said 68.5 million people are now displaced due to war, violence and persecution.
Crises in areas including South Sudan, Congo and Syria, as well as mass migration of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar raised the overall number from 65.6 million in 2016.
Around 70 percent of those currently displaced are from just 10 countries, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. The figure included some 40 million internally displaces people worldwide, with Colombia, Syria and Democratic Republic of Congo making up the largest numbers.U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercise in move likely to stoke concern in Japan
BY JESSE JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States had agreed with South Korea to halt the Ulchi Freedom Guardian “war game” in August, in a move analysts said would stoke concern in Tokyo.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry had earlier in the day announced the suspension, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to end the joint exercises after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“Following close cooperation, South Korea and the U.S. decided to suspend all planning activities for the UFG, the defensive exercise slated for August,” that statement said. “The South and the U.S. plan to continue consultations over additional measures.”
Uganda's Asian exodus: Rose-tinted memories and current realities
A personal insight into how displacement, prejudice and new beginnings have shaped a Ugandan Asian's definition of home.by Reem Shaddad
There are approximately 20 people displaced every minute as a result of conflict or persecution. This is according to recent figures from the United Nations that put an unprecedented 65.6 million people worldwide in the category of forcible displacement.
In 1972, Rupal Rajani and her family became victims of one of history's most blatant displays of cultural prejudice on the African continent.
Then Ugandan President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country's Asian population, displacing tens of thousands from the place they called home.
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