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English News worldwide SEOUL — President Trump announced on Wednesday that the U.S. had struck a trade deal with South Korea, which will now face a 15% tariff on its exports. Under the deal, South Korea will invest $350 billion in key U.S. industries and purchase $100 billion worth of its liquified natural gas, Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday. He added that further investments would be…

English News worldwide U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that Russia has until Aug. 8 to make peace with Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions. “Ten days from today,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked to clarify his new deadline for ending the war in Ukraine. Trump, who was flying back from the United Kingdom to Washington, had accused President Vladimir Putin on…

English News worldwide Unconditional support for Israel has long been an entry requirement in American Republican politics, but that orthodoxy is being challenged by influencers in US President Donald Trump’s populist base — where invocations of the “special relationship” are falling on deaf ears. Images of starvation and suffering in Gaza have given new impetus to a debate that has been…

English News worldwide TOKYO, Japan (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s far east early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New Zealand. Several locations advised evacuations, but no major injuries have been reported. Cars jammed streets and…

English News worldwide Queensland’s LNP government has released figures claiming a substantial drop in the state’s victims of crime rate, as the Labor opposition accuses it of cherrypicking data. During last year’s state election campaign, the premier, David Crisafulli, staked his leadership on reducing the crime victim rates each year of his first term in government. He initially vowed to…

English News worldwide Vasco de Gama goalkeeper Leo Jardim’s late sending off for time-wasting against Internacional cost his side dear as they conceded in added time to draw 1-1 in Brazil’s Serie A. Jardim, booked earlier in the second half also for delaying the game, sat in front of goal after the ball went out for a goal kick and was shown a second yellow, the referee ignoring his gestures…