Robert F Kennedy Jr’s health secretary nomination advances in key Senate vote – live
Republicans on the committee unanimously backed Donald Trump’s pick to be the next health secretary in a key vote
As the clock nears midnight in Washington DC, signalling the beginning of Trump’s tariffs on China’s imports, here is a look at how China might respond, via AFP:
From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soya beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing – analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies.
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