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US & China Extend Pause On Tariffs For Another 90 Days

The United States and China agreed to extend their tariff pause for another 90 days, preventing steep duty increases that were set to take effect just after the existing truce expired. The White House said the president signed an executive order to keep the current framework in place, and Beijing

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Columbian Presidential Hopeful Dead After 2 Month Gunshot Struggle

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, died on Monday, August 11, 2025, following two months of treatment for gunshot wounds sustained during a June 7 campaign event in Bogotá. His wife, María Claudia Tarazona, announced his death on social media. The Santa Fe Foundation hospital in Bogotá, where he had

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Israel Plans Gaza Seizure, Protests Break Out In Tel Aviv

The Security Cabinet of Israel has authorized an operation to take Gaza City as the beginning of a plan to eliminate Hamas and achieve Israeli security dominance in substantial areas of the Gaza Strip. The government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the operation on August 10, 2025, as

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Peace Deal Between Armenia-Azerbaijan Secured By Trump

President Donald Trump confirmed that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will travel to the White House on August 8 to sign a U.S.-brokered peace agreement formally ending their decades-long confrontation over Nagorno-Karabakh. The ceremony will cap thirteen months of back-channel talks led by

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Appeals Court Stops Contempt Order Proceedings Over U.S. Deportation Case

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Aug. 8, 2025, set aside U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg’s finding of probable cause to pursue criminal-contempt proceedings against senior Trump administration officials. The court held that Judge Boasberg

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Trump Orders New Census, Cites ‘Illegal Immigrants’ As Driving Force For Recount

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday directing the Commerce Department to conduct a new national census, citing an “urgent need” to obtain an updated count of citizens and to “quantify the impact of millions of illegal immigrants who were not properly captured in 2020.” The document instructs Commerce

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Rwanda Becomes Third African Country To Accept Deportations From US

Rwanda has agreed to receive up to 250 individuals subject to final removal from the United States. Acceptance is not automatic. Each case will be reviewed by Kigali under its own screening criteria, including identity verification, security checks, and an assessment of whether Rwanda can lawfully admit the person. The

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Brazilian Supreme Court Orders House Arrest Of Former President

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court placed former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, citing violations of prior judicial restrictions tied to ongoing criminal proceedings. The order, issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, requires Bolsonaro to remain at his registered residence in the Brasília area, wear an electronic monitor, observe a

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Israeli Ceasefire Talks Stall Over Gaza, PM Netanyahu Considers Full Gaza Takeover As A Result

The indirect talks led by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States collapsed in early August after Hamas sent what mediators described as a largely negative response to a draft 60-day cease-fire. Under the proposal, Israel would pause operations, facilitate larger aid deliveries, and release several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange

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US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff To Visit Moscow Ahead of Trump’s Deadline For Russia-Ukraine War

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours before President Donald Trump’s Aug. 8 deadline for the Kremlin to accept a cease-fire in Ukraine or face a new wave of sanctions and tariffs. In late July Trump cut his original 50-day ultimatum to

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Trump Orders Nuclear Submarines Near Russia After Medvedev's Warning

Tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalated dramatically as President Donald Trump declared on August 1, 2025 that he was deploying two U.S. nuclear submarines to positions closer to Russia. The unusual public disclosure of nuclear submarine movements came as a direct response to provocative nuclear threats issued

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Russian & Chinese Navies Carry Out Artillery And Anti-Submarine Drills In Sea Of Japan

During August 3-5, 2025, the Sea of Japan was the host of significant military exercises between Russian and Chinese forces, a key step forward in their military partnership. Naval forces conducted the joint exercises known as "Joint Sea-2025" and "Maritime Interaction-2025" near Vladivostok which brought together

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