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coolgod said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886529228193022429

30 more days, just like tiktok delays

Trump saw the rise of short form drama and decided to try it out on a national level.

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siegecrossbow said:

How did we go from FBI warning to FBI firing? This really is the craziest timeline.

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GulfLander said:

British media talking abt the "new embassy" proposed by CN in UK..

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886362774739001470

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SanWenYu said:

Chinese libtards: 中又输!

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Trump to order US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt UNRWA funding​

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President

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is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting funding for the

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, a White House official said on Monday.
Trump has already previously ordered U.S. withdrawals from the

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and from the

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since taking office on Jan. 20.

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Trump to speak with China's Xi after hiking tariffs, White House says​

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President

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will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping as soon as this week, Trump's spokesperson said, setting up a major diplomatic exchange as the world's two largest economies seek a deal that could avert a broader trade war.
Trump on Saturday

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sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, as part of demands they stanch the flow of illegal fentanyl, a leading cause of drug overdoses in the United States.

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backed away from his threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Monday, but U.S. tariffs on China were still due to take effect within hours.
The call will be Trump and Xi's first known talks since Trump took office on Jan. 20. They previously spoke

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"It'll happen in the next couple of days," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the latest call.
On Monday, the Republican president threatened to ramp up tariffs on China. He imposed a 10% duty on all their goods on Saturday that are set to take effect on Tuesday.
Those tariffs stopped short of Trump's campaign promises for steeper tariffs of 60% on Chinese goods. On Monday, he described the initial tranche as an "opening salvo."
The U.S. has said China is the primary source of the precursor chemicals synthesized into fentanyl by drug cartels in Mexico. China says it has taken significant steps to crack down on the chemicals and touted measures to cut down on the illicit drug trade.

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"China hopefully is going to stop sending us fentanyl, and if they're not, the tariffs are going to go substantially higher," said Trump. "China will be dealt with," he added.
China, which has long called tariffs counterproductive, offered relatively muted criticism of the tariffs and signaled an openness to talks.
The country's government appeared poised to seek a deal with Trump that could delay or stop tariffs, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The U.S. dollar hit a record high against the Chinese yuan traded offshore and was hovering near those levels on Monday.

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supersnoop said:

Reminds me of the former president of the university I attended. He shut down the gun range after the Va. Tech shooting because "it didn't stand for our values and safety" bla bla usual nonsense. Even though this is Canada and no one in the rifle and pistol club are going on rampages.

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Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles.

The manufacturer registered only 1,141 cars
in January, the fewest since August 2022, according to French industry association La Plateforme Automobile. Tesla underperformed the overall industry and total EV sales, which dipped 6.2% and 0.5%, respectively.

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mossen said:

I get your argument, but America is not failing. It has a GDP per capita higher than almost any other country except tiny tax havens. If this is "failing" then I'm scared to find out what succeeding looks like.

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coolgod said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1885699284009431084

BTW did someone come up with a list of people who will receive special treatment when we go camping?

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GulfLander said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886324749640634414

The 1st credited author seem to be from HKU journalism course.. hows the performances of journalism grads from Hongkong U?

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GulfLander said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1886317016812077189

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Everyone’s Rattled by the Rise of DeepSeek—Except Nvidia, Which Enabled It​

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jiajia99 said:

Stupidity to the extreme. Listening to all that crap about defending Ukraine sure didn’t help his life expectancy one bit. Could’ve lived a full life but had to listen to western propaganda without full context and paid the ultimate price. Those idiots in the British government should take full responsibility for their inability to realise that they are seriously out of their depth in the current era. They are not a power worth respecting any more and ordinary citizens shouldn’t have to die for another’s greed, racism and utter stupidity

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