Sonam Sheth

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Mikal Mahdi executed by firing squad in South Carolina: What we know

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Mikal Mahdi was executed by a firing squad in South Carolina on Friday evening. It was the second firing squad execution in South Carolina in five weeks but only the fifth in the U.S. since 1976. Mahdi, 42, did not have any final words before his execution, the Associated Press reported. Mahdi was convicted of the 2004 murder of Capt. James Myers, an off-duty police officer.
US-Ukraine minerals deal in peril as talks grow "antagonistic"

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. A highly anticipated rare earth minerals deal between the United States and Ukraine is in jeopardy as talks between the two countries have grown increasingly "antagonistic," Reuters reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
Maine refuses to back down in fight with Trump over transgender athletes

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Maine escalated its legal battle with the Trump administration on Friday when it refused to sign an agreement to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. In response, the U.S. Department of Education referred Maine to the Department of Justice.
White House responds after reporter asks why Trump doesn't call China's Xi

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

A reporter grilled White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday about the U.S.'s escalating tariff war with China and why President Donald Trump doesn't call Chinese President Xi Jinping to strike a trade deal. The ContextThe questions came after China slapped a 125 percent retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports in response to the U.S. raising tariffs on China to 145 percent.
Democrat grilled by voter over support for GOP-backed Laken Riley Act

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

Democratic Representative Derek Tran of California was grilled by a voter from his home state over why he voted for the GOP-backed Laken Riley Act on Thursday. The ContextThe Republican-backed Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia college student who was killed by an undocumented immigrant, dramatically expanded the scope of federal immigration enforcement.
Helicopter crashed into Hudson River, NYPD says

1 week ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. The New York City Police Department announced Thursday that a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River. "Due to a helicopter crash in the Hudson River, in the vicinity of the West Side Highway and Spring Street, expect emergency vehicles and traffic delays in the surrounding areas," NYPD said in an announcement on X, formerly Twitter. Newsweek reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration for comment via email.
Six Dead After Helicopter Crashes Into Hudson River

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Sonam Sheth

Six people died after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, the Associated Press reported.
Trump zawiesza cła dla reszty świata zawiesza cła na 90 dni Z Chinami idzie na wojnę

2 weeks ago | newsweek.pl | Sonam Sheth

Trump nagle ogłosił po południu, że wstrzyma większość wzajemnych ceł na 90 dni, ale podniesie cła na Chiny do 125 proc. po tym, jak Pekin ogłosił cła odwetowe na amerykański eksport. Ogłoszenie to nastąpiło po dniach niepewności, gdy Trump i jego doradcy wielokrotnie podkreślali, że nie wycofają się ze swoich gróźb celnych, które obejmowały 10-proc. cła podstawowe i wzajemne cła na dziesiątki krajów, w tym wielu głównych partnerów handlowych Stanów Zjednoczonych.
Trump zawiesza cła dla reszty świata zawiesza cła na 90 dni Z Chinami idzie na wojnę

2 weeks ago | onet.pl | Sonam Sheth

Prezydent USA, Donald TrumpTrump nagle ogłosił po południu, że wstrzyma większość wzajemnych ceł na 90 dni, ale podniesie cła na Chiny do 125 proc. po tym, jak Pekin ogłosił cła odwetowe na amerykański eksport. Ogłoszenie to nastąpiło po dniach niepewności, gdy Trump i jego doradcy wielokrotnie podkreślali, że nie wycofają się ze swoich gróźb celnych, które obejmowały 10-proc. cła podstawowe i wzajemne cła na dziesiątki krajów, w tym wielu głównych partnerów handlowych Stanów Zjednoczonych.
JPMorgan maintains 60% recession call despite Trump 90-day tariff pause

2 weeks ago | newsweek.com | Sonam Sheth

JPMorgan Chase maintained its forecast of a 60 percent chance of a recession despite President Donald Trump's announcement of a 90-day pause on most U.S. "reciprocal" tariffs. That pause does not include China, however, which now faces a whopping 125 percent tariff that Trump imposed after Beijing retaliated earlier with an 84 percent tariff of its own on U.S. imports.