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China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war ramps up
China announced countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday. The U.S. and China have escalated a new ...Trump disrupts global economic order as sweeping new tariffs go into full effect
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive ...China rejects US ‘blackmail’ as trade war threatens to escalate; markets steadier
By Joe Cash, Steve Holland and Sudip Kar-Gupta Reuters China refused to bow to what it called “blackmail” from the United States as a ...Jubilation and despair as South Korea president removed from office
By Hieun Shin and Claire Lee AFP South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled on Friday to remove impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol ...China raises Taiwan tensions with East China Sea live fire drills
By Joe Cash, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard Reuters China’s military held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea on Wednesday ...Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000
The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments ...Myanmar quake rescues raise hopes three days after deadly tremblor
Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive ...Myanmar earthquake death toll rises as fresh tremors further complicate rescue efforts
A5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was part of ...Earthquake rescue efforts underway as death toll rises in Myanmar and Thailand
By Hla-Hla Htay and Sebastien Berger, with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok AFP The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar ...Scores dead, many missing as strong earthquakes rock Myanmar, Thailand
BY DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. ...
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