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Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes
US President Donald Trump is getting his tariffs. Companies are making it clear how they intend to deal with it — passing them on to American consumers. Throughout the spring, big retailers and consumer product makers warned that levies on imported goods would squeeze their operations, forcing them to choose between lower earnings and passing on higher costs to customers. In the case of Procter & Gamble and others, it is both of those things. On Tuesday, the packaging giant, which makes househol
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US and China agree to work on extending the deadline for new tariffs in trade talks
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm concluded on Tuesday, according to Beijing’s top trade official. The US side says the extension was discussed, but not decided. China’s international trade representative Li Chenggang said the two sides had “in-depth, candid and constructive” discussions and agreed to work on extending a pause in tariffs beyond an Aug. 12 deadline for a
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'Worst-case scenario of famine' is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts warn
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action. The alert, still short of a formal famine declaration, follows an outcry over images of emaciated children in Gaza and reports of dozens of hunger-related deaths after nearly 22 months of war. International pressure led Israel over the weekend to announce meas
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Chile hands luxury watches stolen from Keanu Reeves over to the FBI
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities said Tuesday they turned six valuable watches stolen from Canadian actor Keanu Reeves — including an engraved Rolex worth at least $9,500 — over to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, months after recovering them in a police raid. The FBI will arrange for their return to Reeves, best known for his roles in action franchises like “ The Matrix ” and “ John Wick ." Chilean prosecutors told reporters that Reeves had identified the watches as those stole
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Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics on Tuesday and showed up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony, thrilling the kids and receiving a rock star’s welcome in the first big youth event of his pontificate. Leo emerged in St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile at the end of an evening Mass that kicked off the Jubilee of Youth, a weeklong celebration for young Catholics. The estimated 120,000 young pilgrims who had packed the square erupted in shocked
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Wallis Annenberg, billionaire philanthropist who backed arts, science and other causes, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wallis Annenberg, the billionaire philanthropist who supported the arts, science, education and animal welfare causes over decades in Los Angeles, died Monday, her family said. She was 86. Annenberg died at home from complications related to lung cancer, the family said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. "Wallis transitioned peacefully and comfortable this morning to her new adventure," the statement said. "Cancer may have beaten her body but it never got her spirit. We
July 29, 2025 -
Colombia ex-president Uribe guilty
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a long-running witness tampering case, making him the country's first ex-president to ever be found guilty at trial. Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia read her decision aloud to the court over the course of some ten hours. She found the right-wing politician not guilty of a separate bribery charge. The ruling, which Uribe's legal team said he will a
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At least 5 killed in Manhattan office building shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — A shooting at a midtown Manhattan office building on Monday left at least five people dead, including an off-duty New York City police officer, sources told the The Associated Press. The suspect was identified as Shane Tamura, of Nevada, two people briefed on the investigation told the AP. Sources said he fatally shot himself. Law enforcement officials located identification on Tamura’s body, including a concealed carry permit from Las Vegas, the people said. The people were not
July 29, 2025 -
Cadence to plead guilty, pay $140m to US for China sales
Cadence Design agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $140 million to resolve US charges for selling its chip design products to a Chinese military university believed to be involved in simulating nuclear explosions, the Justice Department said Monday. Cadence is accused of violating export controls by illegally selling chip design software and hardware to front companies representing China's National University of Defense Technology. NUDT's supercomputers are thought to support nuclear explos
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EU car industry sees relief — and pain — in US trade deal
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — The car industry in the EU on Monday viewed the trade deal struck with the United States as a de-escalation — but one that still puts sand in its gearbox. German auto companies in particular were in for a great deal of export pain, as their share prices indicated. Shares in Porsche, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all lost more than three percent in trading Monday. The agreement eases "the intense uncertainty surrounding transatlantic trade relations in recent months
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Lionesses' triumph: England go to Downing Street to celebrate Euro 2025 victory
LONDON (AP) — After being greeted by cheering fans for their arrival on home soil, the Lionesses went to Downing Street for a celebratory reception following their Women's European Championship triumph. England successfully defended its title by beating world champion Spain in a shootout in the final in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday. Having become the first England team to win a major tournament in a foreign country, the Lionesses left their hotel in Zurich on Monday morning with captain Leah Wil
July 29, 2025 -
France calls on EU to pressure Israel to come to table on Palestinian two-state solution
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France on Monday called on the EU to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the latest escalation from the French as they seek an end to the deadly Gaza war days after pledging to recognize Palestine as a state. Jean-Noel Barrot, the French foreign minister, told reporters at the UN that while there is international consensus that the time for a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is now, world powers need to back up their
July 29, 2025 -
Global hunger falls but conflict and climate threaten progress: UN
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -- The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition across much of Africa and western Asia, a UN report said on Monday. Around 673 million people, or 8.2 percent of the world’s population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, jointly prepared by five U
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Heavy rains and flooding kill at least 34 people in and near Beijing
Heavy rains and flooding killed 30 people in Beijing, authorities in the Chinese capital reported on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the storms in the region to at least 34. A city government statement said that 28 people had died in its hard-hit Miyun district and two others in Yanqing district as of midnight. Both are outlying parts of the sprawling city, far from the downtown. More heavy rain fell overnight in the area. More than 80,000 people have been relocated in Beijing, including a
July 29, 2025 -
US and China hold new talks on tariff truce
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- Top US and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday for more than five hours of talks aimed at resolving longstanding economic disputes at the center of a trade war between the world’s top two economies, seeking to extend a truce by three months. US Treasury Chief Scott Bessent was part of a US negotiating team that arrived at Rosenbad, the Swedish prime minister’s office in central Stockholm, in the early afternoon. China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng was also see
July 29, 2025