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Trump shocks markets by touting US-Steel-Nippon deal
Published on 24/05/2025
» US President Donald Trump has announced a partnership between United States Steel Corp and Nippon Steel Corp of Japan, shocking markets with an agreement the he said would keep the once-iconic American firm in the US but otherwise providing no specifics.
Trump says ‘big progress’ made in Japan talks on tariff deal
Published on 17/04/2025
» President Donald Trump said negotiators made “big progress” in a meeting with Japanese officials seeking a deal to avoid higher levies he has threatened against US trading partners.
Trump claims 'powerful mandate' after Fox News projects victory
Published on 06/11/2024
» PALM BEACH - Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 United States presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
Travel cancellations hit Japan as typhoon nears
Published on 15/08/2024
» Hundreds of flights and some bullet train services will be suspended as Typhoon Ampil makes its way towards the main island of Japan on Friday, complicating travel plans during the country’s annual Bon summer break.
United Airlines jet loses wheel in repeat of March incident
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/07/2024
» United Airlines says another of its Boeing aircraft lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off on Monday, a near repeat of an incident in March that helped trigger a US government safety review of the carrier.
China holds 'biggest' military drills around Taiwan
Published on 23/05/2024
» TAIPEI - China held its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan, just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.
US and China ‘to discuss EV overproduction’
Published on 06/04/2024
» The United States and China have agreed to launch talks on “balanced growth” in their domestic economies as well as globally.
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of South's vote
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/04/2024
» SEOUL - North Korea fired at least one suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile in a show of force that came just days ahead of national elections in South Korea for parliamentary seats.
US to fund port on Philippine island near Taiwan
Published on 09/03/2024
» A plan is under way to construct a US-funded civilian port in Batanes, the northernmost Philippine island province facing the critical channel separating the country from Taiwan, its governor said on Saturday.
Man gets death for Japan animation fire that killed 36
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/01/2024
» KYOTO - A Japanese district court sentenced a man to death for setting a fire that killed 36 people at Kyoto Animation studios in 2019 in one of the country's biggest mass-murder cases in recent history, Kyodo News and local media said.