Coming up this week August 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New U.S. tariffs go into effect August 7 - unless frantic bilateral negotiations resul …

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Trade Tomorrow is Pres. Trump's deadline for new bilateral trade deals to avoid stiff new tariffs that will be imposed on trading partners that haven't yet struck a deal - i.e., all except for the U …

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Ukraine The Kremlin said it "took note" of Pres. Trump's threat to impose new sanctions and penalties if a ceasefire is not agreed with Ukraine by roughly Aug. 7-9. In lieu of a direct response to …

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Southeast Asia Pres. Trump said yesterday that Thailand and Cambodia had reached a ceasefire agreement "through trade" after he intervened over the weekend with a threat to keep both skirmishing cou …

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Coming up this week The U.S. Federal Reserve meets tomorrow and Wednesday. Most analysts expect the Fed to leave its target interest rate unchanged - despite pressure from Pres. Trump to lower rates …

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Gaza After weeks of consideration, Hamas submitted its response to Israel's latest 60-day ceasefire proposal. Hamas's response reportedly sought changes to the proposed clauses on humanitarian aid fl …

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