Trump announces trade deal with South Korea
South Korea has struck a last-minute trade deal with the U.S. on Wednesday as steep tariffs loomed ahead of a Friday deadline, President Trump announced.
Day: July 31, 2025
12 California department of transport employees held rowdy retirement with stripper and booze during work hours, report
The alleged party resulted in 10 members being served termination notices and another two being given suspension notices
Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI raised a $125M Series C bridge round from Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and others at a $735M valuation (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
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Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI raised a $125M Series C bridge round from Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and others at a $735M valuation — FuriosaAI Inc., the Seoul-based semiconductor s…
Ice entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and pledge of $50,000 signing bonuses
‘Brave and heroic Americans’ campaign seeks investigators, officers and lawyers after agency gets funds from CongressThe agency responsible for carrying out Donald Trump’s mass deportations is launching a recruiting campaign to entice “brave and heroic…
Senate confirms former WA candidate Joe Kent to counterterrorism post
Brushing off concerns over his espousal of conspiracy theories and ‘Signalgate’ involvement, the U.S. Senate confirmed Joe Kent to a key counterterrorism post.
Canada follows France and UK with plan to recognise Palestinian state
Mark Carney says it depends on Palestinian democratic reforms, while Donald Trump says it could stymie a US-Canada trade deal.
Homelessness: Criminalization does not work
Re: “Washington officials rip Trump order on homelessness as ‘unjust, obscene’ ” (July 26, A1) This report highlights a common practice in addressing social problems, that of applying the hardhearted approach of criminalization. I’ve heard many times t…
Canada Plans To Recognise Palestinian State In September
Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a dramatic policy shift he said was necessary to preserve hopes of a two-state solution.
Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds
Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missedMost global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, a…
Met police to more than double use of live facial recognition
Technology will now be used up to 10 times a week across five days, up from four times a week across two daysBritain’s biggest police force is to more than double its use of live facial recognition to up to 10 deployments a week.The move by the Metropo…