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Chinese vent anger at Trump's trade war with memes, mockery. While China's leaders use their economic and political might to fight Trump's trade war "to the end", its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online. The defiant posts have gone viral u.afp.com/SSgz

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VIDEO: Sri Lanka's women-run hotel breaks down barriers. A new Sri Lankan hotel on the shores of Lake Kandalma has a unique selling point --its staff are exclusively women. The Amba Yaalu Hotel, which opened in January, is the first of its kind in the country where men hold up to 90% of hotel jobs

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India's elephant warning system tackles deadly conflict. In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year. u.afp.com/SSgQ

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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney faced sustained attacks from his Conservative rival at an election debate, but the Liberal leader sought to focus attention on what he calls Canada's top threat, President Donald Trump u.afp.com/SSge

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First US 'refugee scientists' to arrive in France in weeks says university u.afp.com/SSgY

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Spanish youth keep vibrant Holy Week processions alive u.afp.com/SSgJ

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#UPDATE American Senator Chris Van Hollen has met with a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration and imprisoned in El Salvador, in a case that has sparked outrage in the United States u.afp.com/SSgf

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#BREAKING US resident wrongfully deported to El Salvador meets with US senator, says lawmaker and Bukele

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US unveils new port fees for Chinese built and operated ships, in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China's dominance in the sector u.afp.com/SSgi

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Salvadoran soldiers stop US senator from visiting a prison holding a man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration u.afp.com/SSgk

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Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko says she will "seek justice in court" after claiming she suffered "moral abuse" from a senior official at the WTA ➡️ u.afp.com/SSfW #AFPSports

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The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday ➡️ u.afp.com/SSfi

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The humanitarian aid system in Gaza is "facing total collapse" because of Israel's blockade on aid supplies since March 2, the heads of 12 major aid organisations warned on Thursday, urging Israel to let them "do our jobs" ➡️ u.afp.com/SSxC

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut the EU a better deal on tariffs ➡️ u.afp.com/SSxj

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UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday that Iran and the United States were running out of time to secure a deal as they prepare to hold fresh nuclear talks this weekend ➡️ u.afp.com/SSxz

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Andre Onana faces a potentially make-or-break match for his Manchester United career against Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday as the English giants battle to keep their season alive ➡️ u.afp.com/SSxh #AFPSports #UEL

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#BREAKING Clashes in Sudanese city El-Fasher killed at least 57 civilians: medical source, aid group

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#BREAKING French President Macron, US envoys begin meeting on Ukraine in Paris

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Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its unrelenting military offensive in the Palestinian territory. u.afp.com/SSGj

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has committed his future to the Premier League club, signing a new two-year contract. #AFPSports u.afp.com/SSGr

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Kylian Mbappe's arrival at Real Madrid was envisioned to expand their Champions League domination, but he was muzzled by Arsenal as Los Blancos crashed out in the quarter-finals, leaving coach Carlo Ancelotti on the brink. #AFPSports u.afp.com/SSGD

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Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. u.afp.com/SSGP

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US President Donald Trump has blasted Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates, calling him "always TOO LATE AND WRONG". u.afp.com/SSGV

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UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has met the head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington. u.afp.com/SSGm

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#BREAKING Trump says Fed chair Powell's 'termination cannot come fast enough'

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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut a more favourable deal on EU tariffs. u.afp.com/SSGA

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Paris on Thursday to meet French President Emmanuel Macron about crafting a Ukraine ceasefire, as Washington and Europe seek common ground on ending the fighting. u.afp.com/SSGM

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French luxury group Hermes said it would hike its prices in the United States to offset the impact of 10-percent import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. u.afp.com/SSGf

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Signature flamboyance is on the menu when the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest opens next month in Basel -- but looming large over the festivities is Israel's participation in the event. u.afp.com/SSGN

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European Central Bank policymakers look increasingly likely to cut interest rates again on Thursday, with US President Donald Trump's stop-start tariff announcements sowing concern in the eurozone. u.afp.com/SSGS

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US President Donald Trump has called Harvard a "joke" and said it should lose its government research contracts after the prestigious university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision. u.afp.com/SSGU

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Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC has reported a surge in net profit for the first quarter and forecast robust demand for artificial intelligence technology, despite the spectre of US tariffs on the critical sector. u.afp.com/SSGi

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Nora Aunor, considered by many Filipinos as their country's greatest actress and singer, has died aged 71, the government and her family said Thursday. u.afp.com/SSG3

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VIDEO: Survivors teach Cambodia's youth about Khmer Rouge horrors. Fifty years after Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, survivors like Mean Loeuy are helping Cambodia's youth learn about the atrocities that killed two million people

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'Promises kept?' Inflamed by claims of liberal "deep state" operatives, Trump's supporters dreamed of him returning to office and taking revenge. But three months into his second term, the promised arrests have not materialized -- and Trump's MAGA base is losing patience u.afp.com/SScF

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Sweden turns up Eurovision heat with wacky sauna song u.afp.com/SSpm

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VIDEO: Long-abandoned Welsh mine revived as gold prices soar. The Clogau-St David's mine, located in a national park near the coast of Wales, was flooded until its latest licence-holder, Alba Mineral Resources, spent months pumping out water to begin operations u.afp.com/SScK

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South Africa's 'cradle of humankind' caves reopen to public. A skeleton dubbed "Little Foot", discovered in the Sterkfontein caves in the 1990s, is the most complete specimen of an early human ancestor yet discovered, estimated to be between 1.5 and 3.7 million years old u.afp.com/SSpw

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VIDEO: 'Suffered a lot': Sudanese mark two years of war. It has been two years since fighting erupted between Sudan's regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo

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#UPDATE Trump administration threatens to ban Harvard from accepting foreign students after the university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision. "Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning," says Trump u.afp.com/SSpT

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Shipshape. @AFP’s Jung Yeon-je photographs a worker spraying water to wash the bronze statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who won a major naval victory over Japan in the 16th century, during a street and park clean-up event for spring at Gwanghwamun square in Seoul, South Korea

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#BREAKING Trump administration threatens to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students

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Trump calls Harvard a "joke". Trump says university should lose its government research contracts after it refused demands to accept outside political supervision u.afp.com/SSpi

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VIDEO: Istanbul's Hagia Sophia prepares for next big quake. The Hagia Sophia of Istanbul is no stranger to change -- through the centuries it has gone from church to mosque to museum, back to mosque again. The latest renovation aims to ensure it survives the next earthquake to hit the ancient city

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Flying high. @AFP’s Sameer Al-Doumy photographs the 38th International Kite Festival on the beach at Berck-sur-Mer, France

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Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals. Environmental groups say the move to exclude "actions that impair the habitat of protected species" from the definition of "harm" would allow timber, oil and mining activity to destroy the habitats of endangered animals u.afp.com/SScC

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Putin praises Musk, compares him to Soviet space hero u.afp.com/SScE

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