US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat saysUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s move to gut Washington’s 73-year-old military alliance with Seoul has been called “inane” and “shortsighted” as lawmakers warned it risked strengthening Russia’s hand in Ukraine.The US president abruptly […]
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Trump’s promised tariffs on Canada threaten higher inflation on both sides of the border. – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe Canadian government is racing to negotiate a deal with the Trump administration in order to avoid a fresh wave of U.S. tariffs set to hit many of its exports to the United States starting on Wednesday.However, after weeks of meetings, the prospects for a deal remained […]
US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power – The Guardian
USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioningA US guided-missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and without power in the South China Sea in July, furthering concerns about strain being placed on deployed military members.The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer which had been sailing […]
Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36, found in cardiac arrest – abcnews.com
Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36, found in cardiac arrest abcnews.comsource
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' of US-Iran talks – USA Today
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened military action against Oman, an ally of the United States, if its negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz interfere with U.S. efforts to reach a peace deal with Tehran.“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s— out of them,” Trump told Fox News in an […]