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US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a "massive" trade deal with Japan, cutting a threatened 25-percent tariff to 15 percent ahead of an August 1 deadline.Trump has vowed to hit dozens of countries with punitive tariffs if they don't strike a deal with the United States by next ...
Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment, despite "severe" damage to its facilities after US strikes last month, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday.For now, enrichment "is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe," Araghc...
Sports,Tennis
Seven-time Grand Slam single champion Venus Williams returned to competitive tennis after a 16-month hiatus on Monday with a doubles victory at the WTA and ATP DC Open.The 45-year-old American joined compatriot Hailey Baptiste to defeat Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and US teen Clervie Ngounoue 6-3,...
Business & Commerce
Butter prices have soared in dairy export giant New Zealand, latest figures showed Thursday, with local supplies cut short as the industry chases fatter profits overseas.The dairy price shock spreads as far as cheese and milk, leading one economist to suggest locals face the grim prospect of cereal ...
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine should not target Moscow, after the Kremlin charged that a new US plan to supply weapons to Kyiv along with sanctions threats against Russia would delay peace efforts.Trump on Monday gave Russia 50 days to strike a peace deal with Ukraine, voicing ...
The US Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the southern state.A federal district judge had put the law on hold in April on the grounds it constituted state interference with federal immigration policy.An appeal...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for the second time in 24 hours Tuesday as the US president intensified the pressure on the Israeli prime minister to reach a deal to end the "tragedy" of the war in Gaza.Netanyahu's return to the White House for fresh talks came after Qatari med...
US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to send Tokyo a letter with a new tariff rate, days before a deadline where higher levies will restart for dozens of trading partners including Japan.Trump's comments on social media -- over what he called Japan's reluctance to accept US rice expor...
The United States on Monday announced the approval of a $510 million sale to Israel of bomb guidance kits and related support, after Israel expended significant munitions in its recent conflict with Iran."The proposed sale will enhance Israel's capability to meet current and future threats ...
The US State Department issued a "worldwide caution" for Americans on Sunday, saying the conflict in the Middle East could put those traveling or living abroad at an increased security risk."The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closur...
World,Politics
AFP, Washington: A series of unprecedented US strikes against Iran "devastated" its nuclear programme, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, as he asserted Washington was not seeking regime change in Tehran.The Pentagon chief urged Iran's leaders to find an off-ramp to the confli...
AFP, Washington: President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran to not respond after US strikes targeted its main nuclear enrichment facilities in attacks he called a "spectacular military success.""Any retaliation by Iran against the United States of America will be met with force fa...
Foreigners seeking to study in the United States will be required to make public their social media profiles to allow screening for anti-American content under new State Department guidelines released Wednesday.The State Department had temporarily paused issuing visas for foreign students at the end...
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.”Trump urged, in a social media posting, Iran's “UNCONDITIONAL SURR...
World,Back Page
The United States is considering extending its travel ban to 36 more countries, a person who has seen the memo said Monday, marking a dramatic potential expansion of entry restrictions to nearly 1.5 billion people.The State Department early this month announced it was barring entry to citizens of 12...
AFP, Washington: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was aiming for a "real end" to the conflict between arch-rivals Israel and Iran, and not just a ceasefire, after five days of back-and-forth strikes."I'm not looking for a ceasefire, we're looking at better than a ceas...
US President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive after major protests in Los Angeles."We must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's larges...
Donald Trump's dream of hosting a grand military parade in Washington will come true on Saturday when tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops rumble through the capital on the US president's 79th birthday.Long fascinated with military pomp, Trump has openly envied the military spectacular...
Shifts in US trade policy could hold back further progress in lowering inflation, a senior US central bank official said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs ripple through the economy.The US economy is "still on a firm footing, but uncertainty has notably increased since t...
Several people were injured Sunday in what the FBI called a "targeted terror attack" in the US state of Colorado, where a group was protesting for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza."We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,"...
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