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July 16, 2025 9:35 AM

Trump sets 19% tariff on Indonesia goods in latest deal, EU readies retaliation

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. would impose a 19% tariff on goods from Indonesia under a new agreement with the Southeast Asian country and more deals were coming, while offering fresh details on planned duties on pharmaceuticals. T...

July 15, 2025 12:16 PM

Texas flood death toll rises to 131 as new storms loom

The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Country flash flood that transformed the Guadalupe River into a killer torrent. A National W...

July 15, 2025 12:08 PM

Trump sued by US states over withholding $6.8 billion for schools

A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a move by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to withhold about $6.8 billion in congressionally approved federal funding for K-12 schools. Attorneys general o...

July 15, 2025 11:13 AM

Shubhanshu Shukla set to return to Earth today with a splashdown off the California coast

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to reach the International Space Station (ISS), is set to return to Earth on Tuesday, marking the end of a historic mission under Axiom Space’s Ax-4 program. After an extraordinary 18-day stay aboa...

July 14, 2025 5:37 PM

Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University - has lost nearly two-thirds of its st...

July 14, 2025 11:50 AM

EU ready to hit US with 21-billion-euro tariff list, Italy foreign minister says

The European Union has already prepared a list of tariffs worth 21 billion euros ($24.52 billion) on U.S. goods if the two countries fail to reach a trade deal, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a newspaper interview on Monday. Preside...

July 14, 2025 3:59 PM

Trump demands more concessions as EU holds off on US tariff countermeasures

The European Union said on Sunday it would extend its suspension of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs until early August and continue to press for a negotiated settlement as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration demanded more concessions from tr...

July 14, 2025 3:59 PM

Kentucky church shooting leaves three dead, including suspect

A gunman killed two women at a church in Kentucky and shot and wounded a state trooper outside an airport on Sunday before police were able to shoot him to death, authorities said. The women were killed at the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexingt...

July 14, 2025 3:56 PM

Trump to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, US envoy visits Kyiv

Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg began talks in Kyiv on Monday on security and sanctions against Russia after the U.S. president said he would send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine. In a sharp departure from his earlier stance, Trum...

July 13, 2025 5:32 PM

SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI startup, WSJ reports

SpaceX has committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his artificial intelligence startup races to compete with rival OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported ...

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