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Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea

President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans. The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. would lower tariffs ...

11:23 Et October 30, 2025

Turkey signs multibillion-dollar deal with Britain for 20 Eurofighter jets

Turkey and Britain on Monday signed a deal worth 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion) for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets. The agreement to enhance Turkey’s air capabilities was signed in Ankara ...

12:10 Et October 28, 2025

EU joins US in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks

The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. It is ...

11:08 Et October 23, 2025

Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister

Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to ...

11:22 Et October 21, 2025

Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, set to start a five-year prison sentence on Tuesday after being convicted of attempting to raise campaign funds from Libya in 2007, said ...

12:02 Et October 19, 2025

Madagascar’s coup leader is sworn in as president after a military takeover condemned by UN

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him ...

11:31 Et October 17, 2025

NATO defence ministers seek more arms for Ukraine as Western military support fades

NATO defence ministers seek more arms for Ukraine as Western military support fades A recent series of mysterious drone incursions and airspace violations by Russian war planes has ...

11:59 Et October 15, 2025

Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed

Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries overnight in which Kabul claimed to have killed ...

13:02 Et October 12, 2025

Donald Trump nears decision on sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

The US president said on Monday he has "sort of made a decision" on sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine as the impatience grows at the White House over Russia’s refusal to participate in direct talks with Kyiv aimed at putting an end to Moscow’s ongoing all-out war. US President Donald Trump said on Monday he ...

11:42 Et October 7, 2025

French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos

Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the ...

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