Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs
In response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn't have to.
China's leaders would say that they are not inclined to cave in to a bully – something its government has repeatedly labelled the Trump administration as – but it also has a capacity to do this way beyond any other country on Earth.
Before the tariff war kicked in, China did have a massive volume of sales to the US but, to put it into context, this only amounted to 2% of its GDP.
Iranian directors of My Favourite Cake given suspended jail sentences for ‘spreading lies’
Makers of the acclaimed film, whose gentle romance depicts its heroine without a headscarf, were accused of ‘disturbing public opinion’
An Iranian court has handed two Iranian film directors suspended jail terms over a film that angered authorities in its home country but was acclaimed in Europe and the US, rights groups said on Thursday.
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha were convicted earlier this week by a revolutionary court for their film My Favourite Cake, the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) and Dadban legal monitor said in separate statements. The film, which competed at the 2024 Berlin film festival and won prizes in Europe and the US, shows the romantic awakening of a woman in Tehran who notably appears without the headscarf that is obligatory for women in Iran.
Turkey: Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor appears in court
Ekrem Imamoglu's hearing centers on insulting and threatening the chief Istanbul prosecutor. His imprisonment over unrelated charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group sparked mass protests across Turkey.
Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, appeared in court on Friday in one of multiple cases against him.
Hundreds of supporters gathered outside the courthouse-prison complex in Istanbul's Silivri district, where Imamoglu is currently being detained and Friday's hearing took place.
In Friday's hearing, prosecutors sought a prison sentence of up to seven years and four months over remarks Imamoglu made earlier this year criticizing Istanbul Chief Prosecutor AkinGurlek.
UN finds 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women and children
The UN said on Friday that 36 strikes in Gaza have killed only women and children and hundreds have hit residential buildings and tents since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Palestinian enclave on March 18.
The United Nations on Friday decried the impact of ongoing Israeli strikes across Gaza on civilians, finding that "a large percentage of fatalities are children and women".
The UN rights office also warned that expanding Israeli evacuation orders were resulting in the "forcible transfer" of people into ever-shrinking spaces in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani warned the military strikes across Gaza were "leaving nowhere safe".
Era of reactor decommissioning starts, but waste sites still elusive
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 11, 2025 at 07:00 JST
The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the same problem that has plagued the nuclear power industry for years.
No one yet has a clear idea about what to do with nuclear waste generated through the decommissioning process.
Work started on March 17 to dismantle the No. 2 reactor of Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.
How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV
Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled.
Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade.
Mary has lived with HIV since 2008.
But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of another secret: Lita*, her daughter, was born with HIV.
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