In a dramatic move Wednesday, Trump authorized a 90-day pause in the higher tariffs for most countries he announced last week while maintaining a 10% universal tariff.

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A 23-year-old man who was born in Japan and raised in the Gaza Strip recently enrolled in a vocational school here to study ...

U.S. stocks ended another tumultuous day lower as markets reel from President Donald Trump’s latest threats to crank his ...

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In his most expansive trade action to date, US president Donald Trump's imposed 10% "baseline" tariff on most import ...

Most municipalities did not have protocol for dealing with how long bodies should be kept before cremation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

For the first time this Formula 1 season, a McLaren will not start on pole position for a Grand Prix. Max Verstappen ...

Approximately 42,000 bodies went unclaimed in Japan in fiscal 2023 and were subsequently cremated or buried by local ...