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Trump announces deal to impose 15% tariff on South Korea
President Donald Trump says the US will charge a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea, in what he called a “full and...
Tsunami alerts from Japan to the US after powerful earthquake
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake has triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts...
Thailand, Cambodia agree to ‘immediate, unconditional’ ceasefire
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire in an effort to resolve deadly...
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger...
Gaza facing man-made mass starvation, WHO chief says
Twenty-one months into Israel’s war in Gaza, the enclave is gripped by escalating scenes of death and hunger, with some killed while trying...
IMF says Gita Gopinath leaving at end of August to return to Harvard
Gita Gopinath, the number two official at the International Monetary Fund, will leave her post at the end of August to return to...
Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza and the “indiscriminate use of force” as Gaza’s civil defence agency...
Resignation of UN commission on Israel-Palestine not linked to fear of sanctions, say members
The resignation of the United Nations’ commission of inquiry on Palestine is unrelated to fears of sanctions by the US government or any...
