April 17, 2025

Israel kills at least 34 Palestinians across Gaza "At least 34 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes across besieged Gaza as Israel continued its attacks despite international calls for a ceasefire. In one of the latest attacks, the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis received 10 bodies along with an unspecified number of wounded, including women, children and elderly people, after an Israeli strike targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza." Israel turns 30% of besieged Gaza into buffer zone "Meanwhile, Israel has announced it had converted 30 percent of Palestine’s Gaza into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting carnage, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory. The Israeli military have vowed to achieve what it called the full operational control over several key areas and routes throughout Gaza. " China says will no longer pay attention to US' 'tariff numbers game' "China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the ""tariff numbers game."" Beijing's comments came after the White House said in a fact sheet that China's total duties include the latest reciprocal tariff of 125 percent, a 20 percent tariff to address the fentanyl crisis, and tariffs of between 7.5 percent and 100 percent on specific goods to address unfair trade practices." 500,000 Palestinians displaced since end of Gaza ceasefire: UN " The United Nations has said an estimated 500,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the end of the Gaza ceasefire, when Israel resumed military attacks in the besieged Palestinian enclave. " California becomes first state to sue Trump over tariffs "California has become the first US state to sue President Donald Trump because of his use of tariffs. California governor has said that no state will be impacted more than it, as it relates to the unilateral authority that's been asserted by the Trump administration to impose the largest tax increase in modern American history."