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China to remove tariffs on some U.S. products, but not pork or soybeans
A fisherman carries fish near a port in Qingdao, China’s Shandong province, on Sept. 1. Beijing agreed to exempt some animal-feed products, such as fish meal, from retaliatory tariffs. (Str/AFP/Getty Images) BEIJING — China extended an olive twig, rather than a branch, to the United States in their trade war Wednesday, announcing it would exempt 16…
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‘Black terror’ on rise in Hong Kong, official says
Mak Chin-ho, assistant commissioner of police operations in Hong Kong, displays a gasoline bomb confiscated during the weekend’s unauthorized assemblies, at a news conference at police headquarters in Wan Chai on Monday. [Photo/China Daily] After another weekend of destructive unrest, officials and members of the public of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region condemned the…
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China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of US products
China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology that threatens to tip a weakening global economy into recession. China also will increase import duties on U.S.-made autos and auto parts, the Finance Ministry announced. The…
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Japan warns North Korea now has miniaturized nukes small enough to fit on its ballistic missiles and is a ‘serious and imminent threat’
North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads and made them small enough to fit on ballistic missiles, Japan believes. Tokyo defense chiefs warn in a new white paper that North Korea’s military activities pose a ‘serious and imminent threat’. In last year’s report, Japan said it was ‘possible’ that North Korea had achieved miniaturization, but Tokyo now appears…
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India vs. Pakistan: The 1 Thing That Could Spark a Nuclear War (Billions Dead)
Despite steps to increase people-to-people links between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan Army and intelligence service—which exercise a monopoly over the nation’s foreign policy—have ensured that Kashmir remains a boiling issue between the two nations. Recent India–Pakistan border skirmishes have brought the dispute over Kashmir to the world’s attention once again. While the latest crisis has…
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Nearly Two Million Take to Hong Kong’s Streets in Peaceful Anti-Extradition Protest
Protesters stand on Harcourt Road overlooking the Legislative Council during a rally in Hong Kong, in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city, August 18, 2019. More than a million people took to the streets of Hong Kong on…
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South Korea’s Moon Calls for Talks to End Trade Dispute With Japan
People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s speech during a ceremony to celebrate the Korean Liberation Day, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 15, 2019. The signs read: “Korean Liberation…
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23 dead, 13,000 people hospitalized as heatwave continues to scorch Japan
TOKYO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that 23 people died among 12,751 people who were rushed to hospitals due to heat-related illnesses across Japan over the week from Aug. 5. Amid a protracted heatwave that has scorched wide swathes of Japan, the agency’s preliminary data showed that the…
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Hong Kong protests: US lawmakers warn China may be preparing Tiananmen Square-style crackdown
U.S. officials warned Wednesday that China could be preparing for a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown in response to Hong Kong protests, as footage captures the menacing movement of military convoys near the border and Beijing ratchets up its rhetoric toward the demonstrators. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Ranking Member Michael McCaul, R-Texas, issued a…
