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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 01: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump answered a range of questions from reporters before leaving and is scheduled to spend the weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s threatened 40% tariff on ‘transshipped’ goods tries to target China and its manufacturing strength

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YOKOSUKA, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 06: The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force stealth frigate JS Mogami (FFM-1) participates in an International Fleet Review commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022 off Yokosuka, Japan. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is commemorating the 70th anniversary of their founding today. (Photo by Issei Kato – Pool/Getty Images)

Japan, in its biggest arms deal since World War II, sells stealth frigates worth $6 billion to Australia

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Italy just hit Shein with a $1.15 million greenwashing fine over misleading claims

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An Iranian street money changer is sitting on a sidewalk next to Iranian banknotes in Tehran’s business district, Iran, on April 13, 2024. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is threatening Iran with a counterattack if it directly attacks Israel. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial

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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Greer testified on President Trump’s 2025 trade policy agenda. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

US trade advisor says Trump tariff rates are ‘pretty much set’ after deadline was pushed back

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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 01: Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Trump was indicted on four felony counts for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Former prosecutor Jack Smith, who led criminal probes on Trump, is reportedly under investigation by Office of Special Counsel

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Photo illustration of Ozempic and Wegovy with weight scale. Both are injectable prescription weight loss medicines. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Novo Nordisk selects insider Maziar Mike Doustdar as new CEO, to tackle ‘recent market challenges’

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Online giant Temu is under fire in Europe as millions of users face high risk of encountering illegal products on platform

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Passenger jets operated by Nordwind Airlines taxi at Sheremetyevo International Airport OAO in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, June 1, 2018. The 2018 FIFA World Cup is taking place in Russia for the first time and matches will take place in 11 cities including Kaliningrad in the west, Volgograd in the south and Yekaterinburg in the Urals. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Russia starts direct flights to North Korea with initial service just once a month and tickets priced at $570

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TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND – JULY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry golf course during his visit to the UK on July 27, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting his Trump Turnberry golf course, as well as Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, during a brief visit to Scotland from July 25 to 29. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

US-EU trade deal with 15% tariff is on the table but needs sign-off from Trump, diplomat says

By Aurélia End, Emma Charlton, and others

SISAKET, THAILAND – JULY 24: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘ROYAL THAI ARMY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Smoke rises from PTT gas station area at Ban Phue, Nong Ya Lat sub-district as at least five people were killed after Cambodian artillery struck a convenience store located at a petrol station in Thailand’s Sisaket border province, Thailand’s public broadcaster reported on Thursday, in Sisaket, Thailand on July 24. The attack marked one of several new flareups as Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in disputed border areas. Both sides accused one another of initiating fire, with crossborder artillery and rocket attacks reported earlier. (Photo by The Royal Thai Army/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Thailand and Cambodia clash with jets and rockets in deadly border dispute over Emerald Triangle

By Montira Rungjirajittranon, Suy Se, and others

Eva Lighthiser, 19, of Montana, the lead plaintiff in Lighthiser v. Trump, a climate lawsuit, poses for a portrait at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2025. A group of young Americans is suing the Trump administration, arguing its aggressive fossil fuel agenda is not only accelerating climate change but violating their constitutional rights. In 2023, a Montana judge sided with youth plaintiffs who argued the state’s failure to consider climate impacts when issuing oil and gas permits violated their right to a clean environment. A year later in Hawaii, young activists reached a settlement to accelerate decarbonization of the transport sector. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Young Americans sue Trump over fossil fuel agenda, claiming climate harms violate their constitutional right to due process

By Issam Ahmed and AFP

UniCredit withdraws offer to buy rival Banco BPM, blaming Italy’s government

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Pascal Soriot, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca Plc, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug pricing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Top executives from seven of the world’s biggest drug companies are testifying before Congress to talk about drug costs, a long-awaited session that could kickstart legislation to rein in prices. Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

AstraZeneca begins European exit—will invest $50 billion in the U.S. amid tariff threats

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An employee works on the new Citroen C5 Aircross’ production line in the Stellantis car maker plant in Chartres-de-Bretagne, near Rennes, western France, on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP) (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump tariffs help push Jeep owner Stellantis into massive $2.7 billion loss

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