US and China reach agreement to slash tariffs, and more - Five stories you need to know | Reuters
May 12, 2025
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as posted by the channel1. China and the United States announced a truce in their trade war after talks in Geneva that will roll back the bulk of tariffs and other countermeasures by Wednesday. The United States is dropping the extra tariffs it imposed on China this year to 30% from 145%, while China is cutting them to 10% from 125%.
2. The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a program initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump boarded a plane to leave from the country's main international airport in Johannesburg.
3. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported.
4. India and Pakistan will hold talks between their military operations chiefs to discuss the next steps after a ceasefire, the Indian army said, as New Delhi reopened airports and shares rose in the nuclear-armed rivals.
5. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey after U.S. President Donald Trump told him publicly to immediately accept the Kremlin leader's proposal of direct talks.
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