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For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be Ford F-150 truck
TOKYO -- President Donald Trump opened his visit to Japan on Monday with greetings from the emperor a day before he meets new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi , who is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the US leader to ease trade tensions . One key to this strategy might lie in an idea floated by Japan’s government to buy a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks, a meaningful gesture that may also be impractical given the narrow streets in Tokyo and other Japanese cities. It's an early
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Canadian PM 'ready' to resume US talks, set to meet Xi
KUALA LUMPUR -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he was ready to talk with US President Donald Trump after Washington hiked tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent. "We stand ready to sit down with the United States, myself with the president, my colleagues with their colleagues, when the US is ready to sit down," Carney told reporters, after Trump said he had terminated all trade talks with Canada over what he called a "fake" advertisement campaign. Carney was speak
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum
PARIS (AP) — Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt. The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two su
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Milei wins big in crucial Argentina midterms
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's budget-slashing leader Javier Milei pulled off a stunning win in Sunday's midterm elections, boosting the flagging reform agenda of the US-backed right-winger. Milei's La Libertad Avanza party rebounded from a series of setbacks to win 40.84 percent of the votes cast for members of Congress, official results based on over 90 percent of votes counted showed. The center-left Peronist movement, which had been riding high after winning last month's Buenos
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Netanyahu says Israel will decide which foreign troops acceptable to secure Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow as part of a planned international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire under US President Donald Trump's plan. It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops, in part given the refusal of Palestinian Hamas militants to disarm as called for by the plan, while Israel has voiced concerns about the makeup of the force. While
Oct. 27, 2025 -
India and China resume direct flights as ties improve
Passengers of the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down on Monday, after Asia's giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously rebuild relations. IndiGo flight 6E1703 from Kolkata touched down in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shortly before 4 a.m., officially resuming nonstop air links that had been suspended since 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent geopolitical tensions. The neighbors and world's two most populous nations remain
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Russia tests Burevestnik cruise missile
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday. The announcement, which followed years of tests of the Burevestnik missile, comes as part of nuclear messaging from the Kremlin, which has resisted Western pressure for a ceasefire in Ukraine and strongly warned the US and other NATO allies against sanctioning strikes deep insid
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Protest as judge quizzes Istanbul mayor in spy probe
ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Istanbul's jailed mayor appeared before a judge Sunday in a new investigation into alleged espionage as around a thousand supporters gathered outside the court to protest, an Agence France-Presse correspondent said. The probe is the latest targeting Ekrem Imamoglu, the city's popular opposition mayor arrested in March as part of a corruption probe and kept behind bars ever since. Government critics say Imamoglu's arrest was a political move. He is the main opposition CHP's cand
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Romanians flock to a new cathedral that is one of world’s largest Orthodox churches
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Thousands of pilgrims turned out Sunday in Romania's capital for the consecration of religious paintings inside the world's largest Christian Orthodox church that was being opened after 15 years of construction. Worshippers and officials arrived in droves at the People's Salvation Cathedral, known as the National Cathedral, which at its highest point stands more than 125 meters and has an inner capacity for 5,000 worshippers in the deeply Orthodox country. The cathedra
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US Fed will likely cut again despite economic murkiness
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The Federal Reserve is expected to announce its second rate cut of the year on Wednesday, despite a lack of clarity over the health of the US economy due to the ongoing government shutdown. The US central bank's second-to-last rate meeting of the year is taking place against the backdrop of a weeks-long standoff between Republicans and Democrats over health care subsidies, resulting in a suspension of publication of almost all official data. Without these key insights into th
Oct. 27, 2025 -
Hegseth to visit Asia to call for allies to increase defense spending, contribute to 'collective defense': Pentagon
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will embark on a trip to the Indo-Pacific, including a stop in South Korea, this week to underline the importance of allies increasing their defense spending and contributing to "collective defense," the Pentagon said Sunday. Hegseth plans to visit Hawaii, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and South Korea to strengthen defense relationships and reaffirm America's commitment to "peace through strength and a balance of power in the region," it said, as Washington seeks to
Oct. 27, 2025 -
US sanctions Colombia's president, accuses him of allowing expansion of drug trade
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as President Donald Trump sharply escalated a feud with Washington's longtime Latin American ally over accusations that Petro has refused to stop the flow of cocaine into the US. Tensions between Washington and many countries in the region have been mounting for weeks. The US military has ratcheted up activity in the southern Caribbean, striking vessels in international waters that it has alleged without evidence are carryi
Oct. 26, 2025 -
Trump sets 10% tariff hike on Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was increasing tariffs on Canada by an additional 10 percent "above what they're paying now," as he reacted again to an ad by Canada's Ontario province, a day after it was aired during the World Series broadcast. Trump on Thursday ended trade talks with Ottawa over the tariff-related ad, which Trump said was misleading. Trump announced the higher tariffs in a Truth Social post Saturday referencing the ad, which features a video o
Oct. 26, 2025 -
Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit has died at age 93
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93. The Royal Household Bureau said she died in a hospital in Bangkok, adding that she began suffering from a blood infection on Oct. 17 and despite her medical team's efforts, her condition did not improve. She suffered a stroke in 2012 and was afterwards largely absent from public life due to decl
Oct. 26, 2025 -
Tens of thousands protest on anniversay of deadly Spain flood
VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Spain's eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of floods that killed 229 people, and to denounce the handling of the disaster. Demonstrators, many carrying photos of the victims, called on regional leader Carlos Mazon to resign over what they say was the slow response to one of Europe's deadliest natural disasters in decades. "People are still really angry," said Rosa Cerros, a 42-year-old gov
Oct. 26, 2025