Marine Le Pen’s party organized the event in response to what it calls a politically motivated verdict after she was convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the intensifying Russian attacks showed that there is still insufficient international pressure on Moscow.
If the response is approved, the bloc would join China and Canada in imposing retaliatory tariffs in an early escalation of what some fear will become a global trade war.
The Trump administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff members in recent weeks as the Department of Government Efficiency slashed funding across federal bureaucracy.
Duke's Khaman Maluach and Florida's Rueben Chinyelu met at NBA Academy Africa, a hub for talented athletes throughout the continent. They used to dream of playing in the NCAA Tournament.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected a suggestion that the U.S. was ceding influence abroad by canceling thousands of its aid and development contracts, including for disasters.
“It’s a mess,” a baseball cap supplier in Guangzhou said of Trump's tariffs, which are now at least 54% on imports from China. “It’s a challenge to all of us.”