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SC summons reports on forest lands across country

April 14, 2025

Many in autism community say Health Secret RFK Jr. doesn’t understand their needs
In just two months on the job, Health Secret Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised the profile of autism more than any recent public official. Autism advocacy groups typically welcome more attention to their cause. But many autistic people say Kennedy is exploiting their community — and perpetuating harmful stereotypes — as part of his…
Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. In a preview of an upcoming interview with Russian state television, published on Telegram, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict…
Stocks unleash remarkable comeback after a historic dive from Trump’s tariffs
In the week following President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs announcement, it looked like the stock market had seen a ghost. Over the course of seven days following his April 2 announcement, the S&P 500 lost more than 12%, a decline not typically seen outside of extreme events like the Covid-19 pandemic and the subprime…
Inundated with tourists, Japanese towns look to taxes on visitors
TOKYO — A growing number of municipalities in Japan are introducing lodging taxes as overseas tourists continue to flood into the country, while cities and towns are also devising new taxes that only target visitors while exempting local residents. On April 1, the city of Atami in Shizuoka prefecture began collecting a lodging tax of…
No safe place left in Gaza as Israel’s ‘humanitarian zones’ shrink
After launching its offensive following the Hamas-led terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel created a sweeping buffer zone along the entirety of its western border with Gaza, while cutting off the north from the rest of the enclave with the establishment of the Netzarim Corridor. Sitting to the south of Gaza City it stretches…
Tariff impact data, Singapore bank earnings, major Indian IPO
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. The before-and-after of U.S. President Donald Trump’s seismic tariff announcement in early April will be on full display this week, with the U.S. and China revealing trade data from either side of that policy shift. Elsewhere, Singapore’s top lenders reveal their earnings over the course of three days, while…
Singapore PM Wong’s ‘conservatism’ delivers landslide, jolts rivals
SINGAPORE — The landslide win by Singapore’s ruling party in Saturday’s general election reflected voters’ preference for stability and continuity, analysts said, giving Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a strong mandate to lead the country through growing global uncertainty. The People’s Action Party, which has governed Singapore since its independence in 1965, won 87 out of…
Australia’s Labor vows to protect economy from trade war’s ‘dark shadow’
SYDNEY — The morning after leading his party to a massive election win, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Sunday at a cafe near his home in western Sydney that his next term would be “disciplined and orderly” as he seeks to address daunting economic challenges. Australia’s rising cost of living was the…
Indian Muslims fear new law will uproot their communities
NEW DELHI — India’s sizable Muslim minority remains frantic about a new law it says will take away the land its mosques and schools occupy, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi promising the legal amendment will settle a raft of ownership disputes once and for all. Protests have been rolling across India since the law —…