Trump or Biden? Either way, US seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports Biden and Trump agree on essentially nothing. Yet on trade policy, the two presumptive presidential nominees have embraced surprisingly similar approaches. 05/21/2024 - 8:59 am | View Link
Election 2024: Trump or Biden? Either way, US seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports WASHINGTON: As president, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on foreign steel, which hurt Clips & Clamps Industries, a Michigan auto supplier, raising its ma ... 05/20/2024 - 7:12 pm | View Link
Japan and ASEAN Plan Joint Strategy on Auto Production, Nikkei Reports (Reuters) - Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to create their first joint strategy on automobile production and sales within the Southeast Asian bloc to counter China's ... 05/19/2024 - 11:48 am | View Link
Japan Looks To Strike A Balance Between Energy Security and Net Zero Resource-poor Japan is launching the most important energy policy discussions in its post-World War Two history, aiming to strike a balance between the need to boost its energy security with conventio ... 05/15/2024 - 4:31 am | View Link
Japan's Diet enacts law to create economic security clearance system Japan's parliament on Friday enacted legislation to establish a "security clearance" system, allowing critical government information to be classified on economic security grounds to prevent leaks to ... 05/9/2024 - 4:55 pm | View Link
When the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan unveiled this week his intention to seek arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over respective violations of international humanitarian law, both parties responded with predictable outrage. But perhaps the most notable reactions came from the U. S. and the U.
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.
The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organizations.
Thai and American officials celebrated the arrival of the so-called Golden Boy—a 4-ft. tall, about 900-year-old bronze statue—to the National Museum in Bangkok on Tuesday, after years of negotiations to repatriate the sculpture along with other artifacts that had been misappropriated abroad.
The return of the Golden Boy and the Kneeling Lady, another statue linked to the same alleged smuggler, was welcomed by Thai Minister of Culture Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol as well as U.
KALAMATA, Greece — A Greek judge dismissed a case Tuesday against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations, after a prosecutor told the court Greece lacked jurisdiction.
The decision by Presiding Judge Eftichia Kontaratou came shortly after the trial opened in the southern Greek city of Kalamata, and was greeted with cheers and applause from supporters of the defendants at the courthouse.
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More than 500 people are believed to have gone down with the overcrowded fishing trawler, which had been traveling from Libya to Italy.
Singapore Airlines Ltd. said one person was killed and several others injured after a flight from the U. K. to Singapore encountered severe turbulence in the skies over Asia and was forced to make an emergency landing in Thailand.
“We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER,” the carrier said in a statement.
Recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine, with Kherson under increasing attack, are powerful reminders that Ukraine needs every penny of support it can get urgently. Yet Western governments still refuse to seize Russia’s $300 billion in frozen assets, even though the idea of making Russia pay for Ukraine’s rebuilding is broadly popular across the U.