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Rubio Heads To Europe As Transatlantic Tensions Soar

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has echoed Trump's attacks on Europe over trade
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Wednesday to a NATO meeting in Europe as transatlantic tensions soar, with President Donald Trump slapping tariffs on Europeans and challenging Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland.
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Trump has promised a "Liberation Day" on April 2, when he is set to unveil reciprocal levies to address trade practices that his government deems unfair

Trump Says US Tariffs To Hit 'All Countries'

President Donald Trump said Sunday the tariffs he plans to impose in the coming days would include "all countries", not just those with the largest trade imbalances with the United States.
Rescue teams work to reach people believed trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay

Rescue Hopes Fading Three Days After Deadly Myanmar Quake

Hopes faded Monday of finding more survivors in the rubble of Mandalay, where some residents spent a third night sleeping in the open after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot makes his first visit to China, where he met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi

French FM Says China Can Help Bring Russia To Ukraine Negotiating Table

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Beijing on Thursday to help bring Russia to talks over ending its war in Ukraine as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. France and China have sought to boost ties in recent years, but Paris has also pressed Beijing on its relations with Moscow, which have strengthened since the invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing's "coercive pressure" against Taiwan and "wide-ranging cyber operations against US targets" were indicators of its growing threat to US national security, said the Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community

China Poses Biggest Military Threat To US: Intel Report

China poses the top threat to American interests and security globally and is making "steady" progress towards having the ability to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan, an annual US intelligence report warned Tuesday.
Members of the Gyeongbuk Seobu Cultural Heritage Care Center wrap a Buddha statue with cotton cloth and a fire-retardant blanket after evacuating all other items from the Gounsa Temple in Uiseong

South Korea Says 19 Dead In Raging Wildfires

At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage", the acting president said Wednesday.

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