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According to Trump, Canada’s economic dependence on the United States is one of the reasons it should become the 51st US state. — AFP pic

From ‘subsidy’ to ‘51st state’: Here’s a fact-check on Trump’s Canada claims and why they don’t add up

A Thai court on Tuesday accepted a class-action lawsuit filed by hundreds of fishermen seeking US$73 million in damages from an agribusiness giant over invasive blackchin tilapia, a representative of the Thai lawyers’ council said. — AFP

Thai court takes on US$73m lawsuit against conglomerate CP, owned by Thailand’s second richest family, over invasive fish crisis

For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope’s health. — Reuters pic

Pope Francis resting after respiratory setback amid double pneumonia battle

China also placed twenty five US firms under export and investment restrictions on national security grounds. — Reuters pic

China retaliates with fresh tariffs on US goods, targets firms selling arms to Taiwan amid trade war escalation

“Should American tariffs come into effect tonight, Canada will, effective 12:01 a.m. EST tomorrow, respond with 25 percent tariffs against $155 billion of American goods,” the Canadian prime minister said in a statement. — AFP pic

Trudeau: Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports after Trump's levy hike        

A Philippine Air Force FA-50 multirole light fighter aircraft flies past at the Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga province on November 18, 2015. The Philippine Air Force said March 4, 2025 that an FA-50 fighter jet and its crew went missing during an overnight operation near the central city of Cebu. — AFP pic

Philippine Air Force fighter jet goes missing during training flight near Cebu

US first lady Melania Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the

Melania Trump pushes for deepfake porn crackdown in first solo engagement

Trump said Zelensky should be “more appreciative” of the billions of dollars of military aid that Washington has contributed to Kyiv’s fight against Russia. — AFP pic

Trump warns US ‘will not put up’ with Zelensky’s stance on Ukraine war

Palestinians queue to receive food aid from an UNRWA distribution center at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025. — AFP pic

Gazans panic over food shortages, soaring prices as Israel halts aid entry

Gender-based violence (GBV) service providers in Sudan recorded some 221 cases of child rape since the beginning of 2024. —File picture from UNHCR/Pedro Costa Gomes

UN says children as young as one raped in Sudan, urges all sides to end sexual violence as a war tactic

The White House also said Trump had inked an order to increase a previously imposed 10 percent tariff on China to 20 percent. — AFP pic

Trump says no room for Canada, Mexico to dodge tariffs, raises China levy as deadline looms

People watch SpaceX Starship Flight 8 as it is stationed near Orbital Launch Pad A ahead of launch at Boca Chica beach on March 03, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. — AFP pic

SpaceX aborts Starship test flight at last minute over technical issue, next launch window unclear

There has been a sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia. — AFP pic

Trump halts Ukraine aid, tells Kyiv to push for peace talks with Russia, says White House official

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India’s Hindu temples. — AFP pic

Model behaviour: India’s anti-cruelty robot elephants

An aerial view of a camp next to the Mexico-US border as part of Operation Frontera Norte to stop drug fentanyl smuggling that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised her US counterpart Donald Trump in exchange for a delay of his tariffs. — AFP pic

Why Trump demands higher tariffs on fentayl from China, Mexico and Canada 

A torn portrait of Maher al-Assad, the brother of the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, lies on the floor at his villa in the town of Yafour, near Damascus. — AFP pic

‘Where’s the gold?’: How the Al-Assads sucked Syria dry, left hidden fortunes and a toxic legacy