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U.S. poll monitors go to South Korea for presidential election, amid fraud and China meddling fears
Just the News
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May 31, 2025
As South Korea voters cast final ballots Tuesday, their country – already in political turmoil – is again dealing with election interference, say several American analysts who follow events there closely, including one who will be in the country...
Tariff Negotiations: Time To Deepen Japan-U.S. Cooperation through Industrial Collaboration
The Japan News
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June 1, 2025
Editorial 15:00 JST, June 1, 2025 New forms of industrial collaboration between Japan and the United States are taking shape in connection with the two countries’ tariff negotiations. Tokyo and Washington should deepen cooperation in a wide range...
U.S. raises issue with S. Korea's restrictions on beef imports, LMOs, high-precision map data transfer in trade talks
Yonhap News Agency
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June 1, 2025
SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The United States has called for resolution of South Korea's restrictions on beef imports, living modified organisms (LMOs), overseas transfer of high-precision map data and other non-tariff measures in their latest trade...
Trump tariff shock becomes reality as exports to the U.S. drop 8%
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 1, 2025
Published: 01 Jun. 2025, 14:05 Export cargo is stacked at the Pyengtaek Port in Gyeonggi on June 1. [YONHAP] Korea’s exports fell by 1.3 percent in May compared to the same month last year, marking the first year-over-year decline in four months...
Korea stresses importance of maintaining USFK in talks with U.S. lawmakers
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 1, 2025
Published: 01 Jun. 2025, 12:44 Deputy Defense Minister for Policy Cho Chang-rae, right, and U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, center, and Pete Ricketts pose for a photo during their talks on May 31 on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual...
Trump Reiterates U.S. Steel To ‘Remain American Company’; Pledges No Layoffs, Furnaces at Full Capacity for 10 Years
The Japan News
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June 1, 2025
Hiroyuki Tanaka / The Yomiuri Shimbun Nippon Steel Corp. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori, right, delivers a speech beside U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt, left, at a rally in West Mifflin, Penn., on Friday. By Shunsuke Tanaka and Hiroyuki Tanaka Yomiuri...
Safer to stay home? European firms rethink travel policy over U.S. border control concerns
CNBC
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June 1, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Newark Liberty International Airport. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Some European companies are growing wary about sending their employees to the U.S. It comes amid volatile policymaking by the...
China accuses U.S.'s Hegseth of 'vilifying' remarks at security forum
The Hindu
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June 1, 2025
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, Saturday, May 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP China has protested to the United States over "vilifying" remarks made by Defence Secretary...
Asia’s Top Figures Condemn U.S. Tariff Policies
MENAFN
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June 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Political figures and ex-heads of state from across Asia have voiced serious concerns about U.S. tariff policies, emphasizing the need for stronger regional solidarity to tackle common economic challenges. At the 30th "Future of Asia"...
Florida Senators Urged U.S. Army Corps for Full Consideration of Critical Projects
West Orlando News - Florida
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June 1, 2025
Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody urged U.S. Army Corps for full consideration of critical Florida projects. The post Florida Senators Urged U.S. Army Corps for Full Consideration of Critical Projects appeared first on West Orlando News.
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Confession: New U.S. Ambassador to Greece Shares Her Story
Greek City Times
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May 31, 2025
Known as a former prosecutor, television personality, and staunch supporter of the MAGA movement, Guilfoyle brings a unique blend of political savvy and personal charisma to Vasilissis Sofias Street. Accompanying her is a newly translated book,...
U.S. Supreme Court decision puts over 500,000 immigrants at risk of deportation
Khabarhub
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May 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump (File photo) WASHINGTON DC: A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has jeopardized the legal status of more than 500,000 immigrants residing in the United States under a humanitarian parole program introduced during...
Deputy FM Kyslytsia: U.S. insists on unconditional ceasefire, emphasizing that Russia is obstacle
Ukrinform
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The United States at the UN insists that a ceasefire in Ukraine should be immediate and unconditional. First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Kyslytsia told Ukrinform, commenting on the change in rhetoric of US diplomats toward Russia at...
Trump to withdraw Elon Musk’s ally as nominee to lead NASA
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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May 31, 2025
President Donald Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator. Trump told associates he intended to yank Isaacman’s...
Trump says he's doubling steel tariffs to 50% during visit to U.S. Steel mill near Pittsburgh
News9 - Oklahoma
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President Trump announced that he would be doubling tariffs on steel to 50% as he visited a U.S. Steel mill in the Pittsburgh suburbs Friday, a week after teasing a "planned partnership" between the company and its Japanese competitor Nippon...
Hamas seeks changes to U.S. Gaza plan; Witkoff calls it 'unacceptable'
CGTN
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Hamas on Saturday said it was seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza, but U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff rejected the group's response as "totally unacceptable." The proposal, backed by the U.S., includes a 60-day...
U.S. Estate Tax Follows Expatriates Under Section 2801
Forbes
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T Tina Turner (Photo by Blick/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty Images)ullstein bild via Getty Images ina Turner’s death in May 2023 sparked an interesting consideration for the estates of expatriates. She relinquished her citizenship in late 2013,...
Rosie O’Donnell’s 2 Conditions for Returning to Trump’s U.S.
The Daily Beast
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May 30, 2025
Rosie O’Donnell said she will only return to the United States after moving out of the country to escape Donald Trump’s second term on two conditions. The only way for it to be “safe to come back with my child,” she added, is if “this...
Morning Digest: India engages U.S. in plans to ‘grey list’ Pakistan at FATF session; Thailand’s Opal Suchata Chuangsri crowned Miss World 2025, and more
The Hindu
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June 1, 2025
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI India engages U.S. in plans to ‘grey list’ Pakistan at FATF session Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who was recently on a three-day visit to the U.S., engaged the American officials...
Trump to meet with Germany’s Merz at White House next week
The Gazette - Colorado
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President Donald Trump is set to host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House next week in what will be the first-ever in-person meeting between the two world leaders. Merz's meeting with Trump in Washington, D.C., is set for Thursday,...