Historically, Latin America has largely relied on resource exports, including minerals, oil, and agricultural commodities.
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On April 17, 2025, the Consulate General of China in Perth, in collaboration with the Western Australia Branch of the Australian Institute of International Studies, held a symposium titled “Diplomatic Youth Speak”
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.
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.
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a far-flung island country in the western Pacific, encompasses some 600 islands in the Caroline Islands archipelago.