Trump suspends tariffs on Mexico for a month after talks with Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum announced that her government will deploy 10,000 National Guard troops immediately to curb drug trafficking, particularly that of fentanyl, while Washington has committed to combating illegal firearms trafficking. “Our teams will start working today on two aspects: security and trade,” the Mexican president added.
https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-02-03/trump-suspends-tariffs-on-mexico-for-a-month-after-talks-with-claudia-sheinbaum.htmlhttps://archive.ph/BvgfW‘Hope has returned’: tribe hails Lula’s fight against illegal mining in AmazonNow, however, the 38-year-old Yanomami leader believed things were looking up. Two years after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva became president and launched an emergency operation to rescue inhabitants of Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory, hunger and infant mortality rates were falling and many miners had been expelled.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/03/yanomami-tribe-lula-illegal-mining-amazonArgentines protest President Milei’s diatribe against ‘wokeism’ at DavosProtesters were clad in rainbow-colored flags and bore banners that read “rights are not negotiable.” Dubbed the “Federal March of Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist Pride,” the LGBTQ+ community called the protest after the speech on Jan. 23 to combat “the economic violence, political persecution and sexual repression of Javier Milei’s government.” Rights’ groups, unions and political parties also joined the protest.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-milei-davos-protest-lgbtq-32104fd11a76d1cf55817bb2bafdc354Modi government rolls out tax cuts in effort to stimulate growthThe sweeteners for middle-income Indians, as well as small and mid-size businesses, came alongside steps aimed at reinvigorating the world’s fifth-biggest economy and reviving demand among urban consumers, a core political base for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party.
https://www.ft.com/content/1d76cc7f-0f84-4dbb-9c17-0ecd29eb6340https://archive.ph/LB03DTaiwan’s feuding political parties raise the stakes with rival recall bidsDespite Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te’s calls for political harmony, civic groups backed by the DPP and the opposition coalition of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have been gathering signatures for recall petitions during the Lunar New Year holiday.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3296981/taiwans-feuding-political-parties-raise-stakes-rival-recall-bids?module=top_story&pgtype=subsectionTrump says 'no guarantees' Gaza truce will hold ahead of Netanyahu visitTrump, who has claimed credit for sealing the ceasefire deal after 15 months of war, said Sunday negotiations with Israel and other countries in the Middle East were "progressing". The president later told reporters that he has "no guarantees that the peace is going to hold".
https://www.newarab.com/news/trump-says-no-guarantees-gaza-truce-will-holdTunisian state involved in sale of migrant people to Libya, report findsRR[X], the network of anonymous researchers who worked on the report, found that migrating people would first be arrested in Tunisia, then taken to the border with Libya where they are put in a detention camp run by Tunisian authorities, before being sold off to armed Libyan groups and the Libyan army.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisian-state-directly-implicated-sale-migrants-libya-report-findsNeoliberalism responsible for devastating Johannesburg fires, says union“For the working class, these policies have made ownership of housing” next to impossible “as every cruel cycle of interest rate hikes brutally strips them of houses, cars and other assets they are forced to sell.” In the absence of an emergency public housing program, masses of the working class are crammed into slums, sheltering in shacks built of easily inflammable materials. Lacking electricity supply, candle lamps are often used for lighting in these settlements.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/02/01/neoliberalism-responsible-for-devastating-johannesburg-fires-says-union/Italy PM named in complaint over freed Libya police head"The Italian government has made me a victim twice, nullifying the possibility of obtaining justice… for all the people, like me, who survived his violence," said Magok in the statement. Meloni's government did not immediately reply to a request for comment or confirmation.
https://www.newarab.com/news/italy-pm-named-complaint-over-freed-libya-police-headNigel Farage’s right-wing Reform Party leads in UK poll for first timeReform’s one-point lead over Labour in the poll – which surveyed 2,465 people on February 2 and 3 – is within the margin of error, YouGov said. Labour, which won the national election in July last year by a landslide, dropped three points compared with the last survey conducted on January 26-27, while Reform gained two points.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/nigel-farages-right-wing-reform-party-leads-in-uk-poll-for-first-timeTory bid to derail worker rights bill ‘ignoring the evidence’, new TUC analysis showsTory leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed the landmark workers’ rights Bill is “destroying growth” and will cost businesses £5 billion a year. But new TUC analysis reveals that hundreds of thousands of workers are stuck on zero-hours contracts for years on end, with warnings that this is “holding workers and the economy back.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tory-bid-derail-worker-rights-bill-ignoring-evidence-new-tuc-analysis-showsBelgium’s Arizona coalition threatens more austerity and attacks on civil rightsTrade unions and left movements are also raising concerns over proposed changes to labor laws, including liberalizing regulation on weekly mandatory rest and night work. Wages will be frozen until at least 2027. Beyond economic and social rights, Hedebouw warned that the new government, anticipating backlash against its austerity policies, is also preparing to clamp down on civil rights. “Leaks about the government agreement reveal numerous attacks on our democratic rights, particularly against trade unions and movements,” he stated.
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