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HANOI, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Vietnam's leader To Lam agreed on Friday to discuss a deal to remove tariffs, both leaders said after a phone call that Trump said was "very productive", as Hanoi escalated its campaign to dodge duties of 46%.

Days before Trump's announcement on reciprocal tariffs that hit Vietnam hard, the country had already cut several duties as part of a series of concessions to the U.S., which also included pledges to buy more American goods such as planes and agriculture products.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Lower House of India’s parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.

The bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage waqf land endowments and give the government a larger role in validating their land holdings. The government says the changes will help to fight corruption and mismanagement while promoting diversity, but critics fear that it will further undermine the rights of the country’s Muslim minority and could be used to confiscate historic mosques and other property.

Millions of people die prematurely from air pollution every year. This problem has existedsince humans started burning materials for fuel — first wood and biomass, then fossil fuels.

The Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown dependency off northwest England, approved a bill that would allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives.

The bill would give residents with less than 12 months to live the choice to receive help to end their lives, potentially making the island the first in either Ireland or Britain where terminally ill people would have the legal right to end their lives.

China is pulling ahead in the growing tech war with the US, despite an American ban on exporting tech manufacturing products that have traditionally given them the edge. As competition heats up, the stakes for global technological dominance have never been higher, writes 1News US Correspondent Logan Church.

An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel, officials of the militant group said, as residents reported an escalation in Israel's renewed military campaign

Uzbekistan "has made significant progress in eliminating widespread state-imposed forced labor," according to the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights. The group is urging the Uzbek government to implement its promised reforms and create an enabling environment for freedom of association and civil society, which play a key role in monitoring and reporting violations and abuses.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40810711

The 2 establishment parties in every country always fearmonger against having to share power with the smaller parties/independents because there's... gasps more accountability and productivity.