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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - 31 dead after Israeli forces attack near Gaza aid centre - Ukraine drone attack hits more than 40 Russian bomber planes- President Trump dropped Jared Isaacman as his nominee to run NASA - S&P 500 has 6% May gain as investors continue to look past trade policy confusion

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump accuses China of violating preliminary trade deal - Hamas reviews US ceasefire proposal for Gaza - Trump's tariffs will remain in effect after an appeals court ruling - Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - A US trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling that found the president overstepped his authority - Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading DOGE - US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans - $44B Nvidia's record revenue in its fiscal first quarter

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Chaos broke out at a distribution site in southern Gaza - DOGE can access sensitive Treasury Department systems - Putin puts his demands for peace - Trump administration halts scheduling of new student visa appointments

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Russia launched overnight attacks on Ukraine killing at least 29 people -  50 people were hurt after a car plowed into Liverpool fans during a parade - Trump considering taking $3 billion away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Harvard is digging in for a long legal war with the Trump administration - Russia is stepping up its attacks on Ukraine - Iranian director wins Palm d' Or at Cannes

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, and is forcing current students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status - Tax bill is running into some resistance from his own party in the Senate - Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 and 25% tariff on iPhones not made in USA

Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Two Israeli embassy staffers, a couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington - Suspect chanted "Free Palestine" as arrested - Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with explosive claims of white genocide and land seizures - House voted 217 to 212 overnight to clear a key procedural hurdle and bring President Donald Trump's domestic policy bill to the floor for a full vote

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump says Russia and Ukraine will immediately start ceasefire negotiations - World leaders threaten "concrete actions" against Israel - Trump will meet with Republicans to agree over tax cuts

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Last week the globe watched Trump's team doing deals with Gulf States, negotiate with Iran, reduce tariffs with China, start direct talks between Ukraine and Russia, and more - A Mexican navy training ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge last night, killing two crew members

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Russians and Ukrainians are in Turkey for what would be their first direct talks in three years - Trump's new foreign policy dogma, "make money, not war" - Trump announced deals totaling more $1 Trillion between the United States and the Gulf States - NJ Transit workers are on strike

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Nothing will happen on Ukraine until Putin and I get together, Trump says - Trump said that the US was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran - Trump's next stop: the UAE, where leaders hope for US help to make the wealthy Gulf nation a global leader in AI

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria, met with President Ahmed al-Sharaa - Zelenskiy said he would attend peace talks this week only if Putin was also there - Israel launched an airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza late Tuesday in hopes of killing Hamas leader

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Trump starts a Gulf visit focusing on mega economic deals and is skipping Israel on the trip-  A truce with China in tariffs war - Trump has given prescription drugmakers 30 days to lower pharmaceutical prices - A court in Paris found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assault

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Zelenskiy cautious after Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine - Fragile ceasefire holds between India, Pakistan as Trump offers more help - US-China talks to defuse trade war resume in Geneva -

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Pope vows to bring light to the world's "dark nights" - India and Pakistan accused each other of launching new military attacks - Trump reduces China tariffs to 80% - Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazis

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Trump is expected to announce a framework of a trade agreement with the U.K. - Pakistan said it shot down 25 drones from India - Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican - Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for joining celebrations to mark 80 years since the "sacred" victory over Adolf Hitler in World War

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  India attacked Pakistan in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies - China's central bank will cut interest rates - Trump declared a truce with Houthi militants - Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become Germany's chancellor in a major blow - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an expanded offensive against Hamas would be "intensive" - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet Donald Trump in a bid to reset a relationship - Trump puts 100% tariff on foreign made films, and wants to re-open Alcatraz

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Berkshire investors anticipate new era as Buffett hands over baton - Putin says Russia has the strength to finish Ukraine operation - Australia election win may strengthen Albanese's hand with US - Missile fired by Yemen's Houthis lands near Israel's main airport

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine and the US sign a minerals deal - Trump struggles to explain weak economic data - MSFT & META reassure NASDAQ - Chinese businesses are struggling to survive after tariffs

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses - President Donald Trump touted what he called a series of major economic wins and forcefully attacked Democrats during a rally in Michigan - Pakistan said it has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch military action soon - US Ukraine may sign minerals deal even today

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - China raised duties on US goods to 125% - US to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145% - European Union finance ministers will brainstorm today how to use that time to reach a trade deal with Washington - Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump hit pause for 90 days to negotiate with countries but kept 125% tariffs to China- The pause triggered a historic surge in U.S. stocks - Bond market sell off was part of the decision - EU delays tariffs retaliation - The death toll from the nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic has climbed to at least 184

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - China slaps 84% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to Trump's 104% - Global markets drop as Trump's punishing tariffs took effect, with US bonds extending heavy losses - The acting head of the IRS plans to resign - A catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital left at least 79 people dead

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's tariffs rollout turned into stock market mayhem - Trump's latest actions has increased the risk of a recession- ‘Hands Off!' protesters across US rally against President Trump and Musk - EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - China announced additional tariffs of 34% on US goods, the most serious escalation in a trade war - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office - Worst day on Wall Street in five years and the disappearance of $2.5 trillion from the S&P 500 index - Trump administration sends Harvard list of demands to avoid cancellation of $9 Billion in federal funding

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's biggest tariff blitz yet shows that the White House wants goods sold to Americans to be built in American factories - U.S. stock futures and Asian equities fell sharply, reflecting fears that the tariffs will slow growth and boost inflation- new 25% auto tariffs on all cars shipped to the US

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners - Brazil is betting it has an advantage on trade wars - Liberals will maintain majority of Wisconsin Supreme Court, Republicans win in Florida - Israel announced a major expansion of its military operation in Gaza 

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's 20% tariffs on imported goods to bring in $6 trillion in revenue over the next decade - Wisconsin votes in a high-profile judicial race - A French court rules against Marine Le Pen's embezzlement charges, she can not run in elections - Europe is turning a blind eye to Turkey's suppression of democratic opposition because of the country's crucial role in European security.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Myanmar military chief says about 1,700 dead and 300 still missing - Trump says he 'couldn't care less' about higher car prices - Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on table in new negotiations - Ilia Malinin lands six quadruple jumps to win men's free skate at World Figure Skating Championships

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southeast Asia - Israel's military issued an evacuation order to residents of Hadath in Beirut's southern suburbs - Greenlanders are bristling for Vice President JD Vance visit - Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to end collective bargaining for government employees

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump put  new tariffs on imported cars. Automaker stocks around the world slumped - Atlantic published additional text messages on Signal about US military attack on Houthis- EU "coalition of the willing" to support Ukraine meet in Paris - Wildfires raging in South Korea kill 27

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - US says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to maritime and energy ceasefires-Trump administration officials have claimed no classified material was shared in the group chat on Signal - Thousands turn out for Turkey protests after more than 1,400 arrests- 23andMe went from a $6 billion giant to bankruptcy

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Columbia University and Paul Weiss Law Firm agree to Trump demands - Democrats call for Chuck Schumer to step aside - Israel is expanding its ground operations in Gaza - Turkey jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Heathrow Airport was shut after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out its power, disrupting flights around the world - Musk is expected to visit the Pentagon today at the invitation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth - Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa - Netanyahu fired his domestic intelligence chief, giving him a tighter grip on the government and hostage talks

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Trump and Zelenskiy pledged to work to end the war in Ukraine -  Israeli military launched a new ground offensive in the Gaza Strip - Trump is poised to sign an executive order today to begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education - Turkey detained people accused posts over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - The world's happiest country is Finland

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  A 2-hour call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the White House announced that the Russian leader had agreed to pause attacks on Ukraine's energy and infrastructure sites - Hours after the call, Russia attacked Ukraine with roughly 150 drones - Turkish authorities detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called "a coup attempt against our next president."

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 31 killed - Judge temporarily blocks Trump's use of wartime powers to target Venezuelan gang members - Nightclub fire in North Macedonia kills 59, injures over 100 - Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace 'Butch and Suni'

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Schumer declared Thursday night that he would vote for Republicans' stopgap spending bill - US stocks slid Thursday and the S&P 500 closed in correction, down more than 10% from its record high in February - If Russia walks away from a peace deal with Ukraine, Trump will have to decide whether to impose new sanctions on Moscow - Alcohol is now on the front lines of a global trade war, throwing French wines, Irish whiskeys, Kentucky bourbon, Japanese beer and Mexican tequila into the crossfire.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  Kremlin says no to cease fire with Ukraine - Trump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates - Putin made a surprise visit to Russia's occupied Kursk region - Senate Democrats must decide about Government Shutdown - US agencies to submit mass layoff plans

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  US stocks plunged, bitcoin stumbled and Wall Street's fears recession - Ukraine strikes Moscow with drones, as peace talks start with US in Saudi Arabia - Greenland residents vote - Philippines arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte at the request of the International Criminal Court

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -  How long Kyiv can keep going without American assistance? - Johnson released a proposal endorsed by President Trump that would keep the federal government funded through September while cutting spending - Syria hit by deadliest violence in years, leader calls for peace - Hamas says talks with US focused on release of American hostage in Gaza

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump partly pulled back his tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports - EU leaders agree on a surge in defense spending - SpaceX's Starship explodes - again - The Department of Education's future is in question - Syrian forces clashed with rebels

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump granted a one-month exemption on auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada - European leaders are meeting at a special summit today about Ukraine - China is concerned it will wind up isolated like the Soviet Union during the Cold War - US is now negotiating directly with Hamas militants about the hostages and ceasefire in Gaza

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a televised 100-minute-long speech - Ukraine is willing to negotiate - Trade tariff war in full effect - Arab's present alternative plan for Gaza

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump launched new trade conflicts with China, Canada and Mexico - U.S. is pausing all military aid to Ukraine - Trump to deliver an address to Congress tonight - Arabs  present a plan for Gazathat would sideline Hamas

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in cities and towns across Greece to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash - Zelenskiy is set to meet President Donald Trump and seal a deal for US participation in Ukraine's mineral industry

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Report on Greek train accident at Tempoi says were Sequence of omissions, Operational chaos at the scene of the accident, and what the train carried cannot justify the large explosion - Trump tells cabinet Musk will focus on cuts and 25% tariffs on EU - UK PM Starmer will meet Trump

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM -Ukraine is set to sign a mineral-rights deal with the U.S - House Passes Budget Plan, Clearing Path for Trump Agenda - $5M the requirement investment to get a US citizenship

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Macron and Trump display stark differences on Ukraine - Musk presses forward with federal worker threats, and DeepSeek rushes to launch a new AI model - US restaurants are responding to the nationwide egg shortage by adding a temporary surcharge to their egg-based meals