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US president says tariffs on automobiles, lumber and pharmaceuticals will rise to 25%, accusing Seoul of not living up to a trade deal struck last yearDonald Trump has said he is raising tariffs on South Korean goods including automobiles, lumber and p…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to sharply increase tariffs on South Korean exports, accusing Seoul of failing to honour a trade agreement and raising the prospect of renewed tensions with one of Washington’s key Asian allies.
Experts suggest Xi Jinping is asserting his authority by sidelining an officer who has significantly betrayed his trustStanding inches from Xi Jinping at a military ceremony in late December, China’s highest ranking general, Zhang Youxia, may have had …
The European Union and India will announce a vast trade pact on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would represent about one-third of global trade. EU and Indian leaders hope the pact will shore up their economies against challenges from t…
A senior French Defence Ministry official on Monday laid a wreath at a monument in Paris dedicated to the 90 French soldiers who died in Afghanistan while serving in a NATO mission that began after the September 11, 2001, attacks. It came days after P…
A ferry carrying more than 350 people capsized off the southern Philippine province of Basilan, killing at least 15, officials said on Monday. The accident occurred after midnight as the passenger vessel MV Trisha Kerstin 3 was en route to Jolo Island…
Rescuers save at least 316 after inter-island ferry sank en route from city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandA ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, offic…
Zhang Youxia, second-in command under president Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission, has long been seen as Xi’s closest military allyChina’s most senior general is under investigation, China’s defence ministry has confirmed, in th…
US climber takes an hour and half to scale one of Asia’s tallest buildings without ropes or a harnessThe US rock climber Alex Honnold climbed one of Asia’s tallest skyscrapers without ropes or a harness on Sunday, fulfilling an ambition that began more…
Voting finished in Myanmar’s three-stage general election on Sunday with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide victory in a junta-run vote that critics say was neither free nor democratic, and designed to legitimize the military’s …