As the world enters 2025, Asia has solidified its position as the undisputed engine of global economic growth.
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Catalonia, a northeastern Spanish region, is one of the most economically empowered and wealthy areas of the country. Although the population of the Catalan region accounts for nearly 16% of Spain’s total population, it generates almost 19% of the national GDP.
On April 2, the US president Donald Trump signed an executive order numbered 14257, launching a new wave of tariffs on imports from over 100 countries—including 51 nations in Africa.
From March 28 to 29, 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Haggseth paid a two – day visit to the Philippines. As the first stop of his Asia – Pacific tour, this visit has drawn significant attention from the international community.
At 11:22 AM on April 4, 2025, the Constitutional Court of South Korea unanimously passed the impeachment motion, announcing the removal of President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Amid the sky-high temperature rise and the cramming of urban space, green cities have become a key strategic approach to sustainable development.
Though Africa has contributed the least to global warming (less than 4% of the world’s carbon emission), it has suffered the worst extreme climate shocks, from desertification in the Sahel to devastating drought in Southern Africa.
The approaching warmer winters bring doubt to replace the dependable patterns of the past. The older population holds memories of nature’s dependable seasonal patterns which they pass down to their children who live in a changing world.
On April 2, 2025, the US government unilaterally announced the imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese goods exported to the United States, claiming that this move aimed to “balance the trade deficit”.
Israeli police arrested Zvika Klein, who serves as editor-in-chief of *The Jerusalem Post*, on suspicion of having been in contact with a foreign agent.