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4 Republicans back US Senate's resolution to undo Trump's global tariffs

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday that would undo many of President Donald Trump's tariffs around the globe, the latest note of displeasure at his trade tactics in Washington that came just as the president celebrated his negotiations with China as a success. After a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump said he would cut tariffs on the Asian economic giant and China would, in turn, purchase 25 million metric tons of US soybeans annually for the next three years. The Republican president claimed his trade negotiations would secure prosperity and security to millions of Americans. But back in Washington, senators several from Trump's Republican Party have demonstrated their dissent with Trump's tariff tactics by passing a series of resolutions this week that would nullify the national emergencies that Trump has declared to justify the import taxes. Already this week, the Senate approved resolutions to end tariffs imposed on Brazil and Canada. While the .

Xi refutes Trump's claim that China had no role in Thai-Cambodia peace deal

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday refuted his US counterpart Donald Trump's claims at their summit meeting in Busan that China was not involved in establishing peace between Cambodia and Thailand. At the much-publicised summit, Xi said that he appreciated Trump's "great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement". However, Xi rebutted Trump's assertion that China was not involved in establishing peace between Cambodia and Thailand. Xi told Trump that Beijing had been helping the two Southeast Asian neighbours to settle their border dispute in our own way, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported. Xi's assertion outlines Beijing's redlines as China too seeks to play a dominant role in Southeast Asia, where it has established strong security and trade links with countries of the region, including Thailand and Cambodia. During the height of the Thailand-Cambodia confrontation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held closed consultations to

Trump's pardon of Binance founder sparks concern over links to family biz

Trump's pardon opened the door for Binance, the world's largest crypto-trading platform, to return to the US market

Trump drops China tariffs from 57% to 47% after meeting Xi in South Korea

The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, was the first between the two leaders in six years

Trump meets Xi Jinping for first time in 6 years, calls him 'great leader'

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit

China gains edge in trade war without fighting ahead of Trump-Xi talks

US is expected to take Trump's threat of 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods off the table while China is expected to delay export controls on critical minerals, and revive soyabean purchase

Trump asks Pentagon to speed up nuclear weapons' trials after Russia tests

The development came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow had successfully tested a nuclear-powered submersible drone with unlimited range

US to share tech for South Korea's nuclear-powered submarine programme

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media on Thursday after meeting with the country's president. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday meeting that the goal was to modernize the alliance with the US, noting plans to increase military spending to reduce the financial burden on America. The South Korean leader said there might have been a misunderstanding when they last spoke in August about nuclear-powered submarines, saying that his government was looking for nuclear fuel rather than weapons. Lee said that if South Korea was equipped with nuclear-powered submarines, that it could help US activities in the region. US nuclear submarine technology is widely regarded as some of the most sensitive and highly guarded technology the military possesses. The US has been incredibly protective of that knowledge, and even a recently announced deal with close

Trial begins over Trump's plan to deploy National Guard in Portland

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, began Wednesday, with a police commander describing on the witness stand how federal agents at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building repeatedly fired tear gas at nonviolent protesters. Attorneys for the city and state are attempting to block Trump from deploying troops by arguing that they aren't needed to enforce the laws and that the president should not be allowed to use the military to remedy a situation worsened by federal agents. Portland Police Bureau Cmdr. Franz Schoening called federal agents' actions at the building, which has been the site of mostly small protests since June, startling. State and federal law prohibit police agencies from using munitions, including tear gas, the way the federal officers have, Schoening said. City police officers themselves had been tear-gassed and forced to pull away from the scene, Schoening said. At one point during a large

US strikes another suspected drug boat in Pacific, killing all 4 onboard

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the US military carried out another strike on a boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing all four people aboard the vessel, as the Trump administration pursues its divisive campaign against drug cartels in the waters off South America. Hegseth said in a social media post that intelligence determined the craft was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics. He said the strike was conducted in international waters and no US forces were harmed. A video posted by Hegseth shows a boat exploding into flames and smoke. The Trump administration has been conducting a nearly two-month campaign in the waters off of South America, while building up US military forces in the region. This has fueled speculation that the moves are aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, whom the US has accused of narcoterrorism. The Trump administration has shown no evidence to suppor

Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea on Asia trip

Trump and Lee agreed that Seoul can split its promised $350 billion investment fund into $200 billion in cash to be paid in instalments and capped at $20 billion per year, Lee's aides said

Trump, Xi to meet in South Korea to discuss long-term strategic ties

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet on Thursday in South Korea and exchange views on strategic and long-term bilateral issues, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan. As agreed between China and the US, President Xi will meet with President Trump to exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Gou Jiakun told a media briefing here. We are willing to work with the US side to promote this meeting to yield positive results, provide new guidance and to inject new momentum for the stable development of ChinaUS relations," Gou said. He added that head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in China-US relations, which are currently bogged down over Trump's massive trade tariffs against Chinese exports and Beijing's retaliatory actions. At th

Pakistan plans to send peace troops to Gaza: 'We will be proud to do it'

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the government will take a decision after consulting parliament and other relevant institutions

Trump calls PM Modi a 'nicest looking guy, tough as hell' amid trade talks

Donald Trump said the US is doing a trade deal with India and that the two countries have a 'great relationship'

Trump likely to discuss fentanyl tariffs, Nvidia's Blackwell chips with Xi

Trump's proposed meeting with Xi will take place on the sidelines of the Apec summit, making it the first between the two leaders since the US President returned to office in January this year

North Korea test-fires cruise missiles while Trump visits South Korea

North Korea said Wednesday its recent test-firings of sea-to-surface cruise missiles were successful, in another display of its growing military capabilities as US President Donald Trump visits South Korea. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said the missiles fired Tuesday flew for more than two hours before accurately striking targets in its western waters. It said the weapons would contribute to expanding the operational sphere of the country's nuclear-armed military. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military had detected the North Korean launch preparations and that the cruise missiles were fired in the North's northwestern waters at around 3 pm on Tuesday. The joint chiefs said South Korea and the United States were analysing the weapons and maintaining a combined defense readiness capable of a dominant response against any North Korean provocation. The North Korean report came hours before an expected summit between Trump and South Korean President Le

Canada rebuilds trade ties with Asia to counter Trump's tariff plan

In the past three months, Carney has signed a trade deal with Indonesia, moved to boost Canada's gas exports to Asia, and shortlisted a Korean firm for a submarine contract worth tens of billions

Pretty clear I am not allowed to run for a third term, says Donald Trump

Trump's remarks came after House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said that he did not "see the path" for Trump to seek a third term

South Korea trade deal appears elusive as Trump seeks $350 bn investment

After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in USD 490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea's leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive. Top officials in Washington and and Seoul say the sticking point for an agreement continues to be the logistics behind Trump's demand that South Korea invest USD 350 billion in the United States. Korean officials say a direct cash injection could destabilise their economy, and they'd rather do loans and loan guarantees instead. The country would also need a swap line to manage the flow of its currency into the US. The disparity between what Trump is asking for and what South Korea can deliver threatens to overshadow the meeting between Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, a historical city playing host to the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Oh Hyunjoo, a deputy national security director, told reporters that the ...

US troops to be paid despite shutdown, says Vance, seeks Democrats' backing

Vice President JD Vance said he believes US military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide. The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans. We do think that we can continue paying the troops, at least for now, Vance told reporters after lunch with Senate Republicans at the Capitol. We've got food stamp benefits that are set to run out in a week. We're trying to keep as much open as possible. We just need the Democrats to actually help us out. The vice president reaffirmed Republicans' strategy of trying to pick off a handful of Senate Democrats to vote for stopgap funding to reopen the government. But nearly a month into the shutdown, it hasn't worked. .