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Priests hold a ceremony beside coffins of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17, 2019. – The crash of Flight ET 302 minutes into its flight to Nairobi on March 10 killed 157 people onboard and caused the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft model involved in the disaster. (Photo by Samuel HABTAB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAMUEL HABTAB/AFP via Getty Images)

Boeing starts to face first civil trial over 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157

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People stand in front of an electronic sign board showing the Heng Seng Index in Hong Kong on April 7, 2025. Asian equities collapsed on a black Monday on April 7 for markets after China hammered the United States with its own hefty tariffs, ramping up a trade war many fear could spark a recession. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Hong Kong investor anger at Trump boils over in market rout: ‘How can someone in such a lofty position act like that?’

By Holmes Chan and AFP

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 04: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 04, 2025 in New York City. Stocks fell sharply again Friday as the world continues to react to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on major U.S. trade partners. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump’s tariff market ‘bloodbath’ has rattled Wall Street. Here are the 5 worst market crashes since ‘Black Thursday’ 1929

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People board in the Ryanair FR4716 at Brindisi Airport, also known as Brindisi Papola Casale Airport and Salento Airport, in Brindisi, Italy, on June 19, 2022. (Photo by Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ryanair caught in the crossfire as Western Sahara flights become flashpoint for Morocco-Polisario political conflict

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PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 27: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer waves after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the UK Ambassador’s Residence after a meeting with European leaders on strengthening support for on March 27, 2025 in Paris, France. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following a summit in Paris, where EU and NATO members from 31 countries convened to outline additional aid and security measures in support of Ukraine. (Photo by Stephanie Lecocq – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

‘The world as we knew it has gone’ warns U.K. PM as tariffs threaten to upend global trade

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BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 20: Ling Ji, vice minister of commerce and deputy China international trade representative, attends a policy briefing on expanding high-standard opening up and ensuring foreign investment stability in 2025 held by the State Council Information Office on February 20, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

China pledges to be a ‘promising land’ for foreign investment, including by U.S. companies, after it retaliates to Trump tariffs

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DENVER, CO – MARCH 24: A portrait of president Donald Trump hangs on a wall in the rotunda on the third floor of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on March 24, 2025. The portrait of Trump was painted by Sarah A. Boardman. Boardman painted Trump’s portrait in 2019. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Artist of ‘distorted’ portrait says Trump complaint is harming her business of over 41 years

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An employee fixes the name on a Porsche 911 ST automobile during fitting in the Porsche Exclusive Manufacture unit for special and limited edition vehicles at the Porsche AG Zuffenhausen plant in Stuttgart, Germany, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Porsche has an increasingly sophisticated vehicle-customization business, comprising the Exclusive Manufaktur program and even more bespoke Sonderwunsch (special request). Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

From Stuttgart to Detroit: How Europe’s car giants are bracing for Trump’s tariff tsunami

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Christopher Steele (centre) leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London after the first hearing in Donald Trump’s High Court claim against the former MI6 officer’s intelligence consultancy. The former US president is bringing a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence which was founded by Christopher Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service’s Russia desk. Picture date: Monday October 16, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)

U.K. court orders Donald Trump to pay $741,000 for suing a British spy over salacious U.S.-Russia dossier

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BP chair Helge Lund bows out as oil giant ditches renewable strategy to focus on fossil fuels

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Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, during the company’s annual news conference in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Volkswagen AG expects profitability to remain roughly flat this year as the German automaker contends with muted demand in Europe and worsening trade conflicts. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Volkswagen working to ‘quantify the impact’ of Trump tariffs on U.S. sales

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TOPSHOT – Supporters of South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol react after the Constitutional Court’s verdict on Yoon’s impeachment outside the presidential residence in Seoul on April 4, 2025. South Korea’s Constitutional Court on April 4 upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, stripping him of office over his disastrous declaration of martial law. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

South Koreans will soon vote for a new president, after courts uphold Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for his martial law disaster

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This photograph taken on December 29, 2024, shows a garment worker sewing clothes at a Snowtex Group textile factory in Dhamrai, a sub-district in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s key clothing manufacturing industry supplying global brands was crippled by a revolution that toppled the government last year, in which garment sector protesters played an important role. But while owners say business has bounced back, frustrated workers say that hard-fought for concessions have changed little — and life remains as hard as ever. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH ‘Bangladesh-Economy-Garments’ FOCUS (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest garment producer, fears pain from Trump tariffs: ‘We were not ready for this’

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Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gestures to army officers as he delivers a speech during the 128th founding anniversary of the Philippine army at its headquarters in Manila on March 22, 2025. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) (Photo by TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Philippines says it’ll ‘act fast and take advantage’ of its ‘advantageous position’ in a post-Trump tariff world

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks on during a joint press conference with Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok on April 3, 2025, as the Indian leader arrives to attend the 6th Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)

India got hit hard by Trump’s new tariffs—but sees an opportunity after competitors like China and Vietnam got hit harder

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