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Ethiopian Airlines launches new cargo route to Macao, China

ADDIS ABABA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Africa's leading carrier Ethiopian Airlines has announced the launch of a new cargo route to Macao, China.

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Urgent: WTO chief says deeply concerned over U.S. tariff announcement

GENEVA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, expressed deep concern on Thursday over the decline in global trade and the potential for an escalating tariff war, sparked by U.S. tariff measures.

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Lightning claims 3 lives in south India

NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- At least three persons, including two women, died and a few others were injured by lightning and thunderstorms in India's southern state of Telangana on Thursday, confirmed a state government official.

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Roundup: European leaders slam Trump's tariff hikes, warn of global fallout

BRUSSELS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- European leaders on Thursday launched a wave of criticism against U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff increases, warning of global economic fallout, rising inflation, and a resurgence of protectionism.

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Chinese association opposes U.S. move to cancel duty-free treatment for low-value packages

BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The China Express Association, on behalf of China's postal and express delivery enterprises, expressed firm opposition to the U.S. move to cancel duty-free treatment for low-value packages from China.

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E. coli outbreak sickens 53 in Latvia, mainly children

RIGA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of a dangerous Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection in Latvia, first reported on Monday, has so far sickened 53 people, including seven adults, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) said on Thursday.

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Canada launches counter auto tariffs against U.S.

OTTAWA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday Canada will be responding by matching the U.S. approach with 25 percent tariffs on all vehicles imported from the United States that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

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China Focus: AI boom paves way for smarter future in Xiong'an

XIONG'AN, Hebei Province, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Dressed in a black bow tie and apron, an AI-powered robotic barista at Migu Cafe in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, skillfully crafts exquisite coffees, completing each order in just five minutes.

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Roundup: Trump's tariffs spark alarm in UK as economists, industry warn of fallout

By Zhao Xiaona, Zhao Xiuzhi, Larry Neild

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Potential US military restructuring in Europe could pose challenges, US general says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's deliberations about restructuring parts of the U.S. military, including potentially giving up the United States' role as the head of NATO forces in Europe and merging commands, could pose challenges, the top U.S. general in Europe cautioned on Thursday.

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Russia opens criminal case against father of former Navalny aide

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has opened a criminal case against the 69-year-old father of Leonid Volkov, a former aide to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, state news agency TASS reported on Thursday.

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Driver of car in Amsterdam explosion may have been attempting suicide, police say

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch police said they believed the driver of a car that caught fire on Thursday following an explosion in central Amsterdam may have been attempting to commit suicide.

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Uganda's Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.

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Russian dissident Gorinov fails in appeal against sentence for 'justifying terrorism'

(Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by dissident Alexei Gorinov against a three-year prison sentence for "justifying terrorism", a human rights group said.

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Former Putin challenger is declared bankrupt by Russian court

(Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who tried unsuccessfully to run against Vladimir Putin in a presidential election last year, was declared bankrupt by a Moscow court on Thursday, state media reported.

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Austria to shut border crossings to Hungary, Slovakia over foot and mouth

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria will close two smaller crossings at its border with Slovakia and 21 at its border with Hungary from Saturday, in a bid to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

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Hungary welcomes Netanyahu and announces it's quitting top war crimes court

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary's capital early Thursday (April 3) to a red carpet treatment despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the world's top war crimes court.

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Israel's closeness to Trump fails to spare it from high tariffs

NEW YORK (Bloomberg): If Benjamin Netanyahu thought his closeness to Donald Trump would spare Israel from high US tariffs, he was wrong.

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Russia says U.S. threats of military strikes against Iran are unacceptable

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed.

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US committed to funding Angola's Lobito rail corridor despite spending cuts, diplomat says

LUANDA (Reuters) - The United States remains committed to funding the Lobito rail corridor, a project to help transport critical minerals from the central African copperbelt to the West, despite President Donald Trump's aggressive spending cuts, a U.S. diplomat said.