US Again Halts Cattle Imports From Mexico Over Flesh-Eating Screwworms
July 11 By Tom Polansek The flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm has advanced closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, prompting Washington to block imports of Mexican cattle just days after it allowed them to resume at a…
Car Import Quotas, Export Credits on Table for EU-US Trade Talks, Sources Say
July 10 By Christoph Steitz Brussels is discussing with U.S. counterparts a range of measures aimed at protecting the European Union’s auto industry from steep U.S. import duties, including tariff cuts, import quotas and credits against the value of EU automakers’ U.S. exports, industry sources…
More Than 2,000 Senior Employees Expected to Depart From NASA, Politico Reports
July 9 By Abu Sultan Around 2,145 senior-ranking employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration are set to leave under a push to shed staff, Politico reported on Wednesday citing documents obtained by the news outlet. Most employees leaving are in GS-13 to…
Trump Media Launches TV Streaming Platform With Newsmax Channel Globally
July 7 by Jaspreet Singh Trump Media & Technology Group launched its TV streaming platform, Truth+, globally on Monday, featuring the cable channel Newsmax to support the company’s expansion. The move also allows conservative news outlet Newsmax, which went public in March, to increase its…
BRICS Leaders to Call for Data Protections Against Unauthorized AI Use
July 6 By Reuters Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations will call for protections against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid excessive data collection and allow mechanisms for fair payment, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters. The diplomatic bloc…
Will the United States succeed in taking over Greenland?
July 5 By Hank Folly This is the third attempt in modern history. The prospect of the United States joining an ice island the size of half of Europe is an exciting issue for many countries around the world. In the event of a successful…
Anchorage’s Klaire Rhodes repeats as Mount Marathon women’s champ
July 5 By Chris Bieri SEWARD — In the past few years, Klaire Rhodes has established herself as a world-class trail runner. The USATF Trail Marathon champ in 2022, Rhodes has excelled at distance races 50K and even longer. In the last two years, the…
US Air Force Suspends SpaceX Rocket Project on Pacific Atoll, Report Says
July 4 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the…
Dairy Supply Management Could Sour Canada-US Trade Talks
July 3 By Ed White Canada canceled a digital service tax on U.S. technology companies this week in order to preserve trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, but another irritant, in agriculture, could be a bigger thorn in the ongoing negotiations. Analysts said ditching…
Trump Says He Will Put 20% Tariff on Vietnam’s Exports
July 2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Khanh Vu The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20% tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said on Wednesday, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could raise levies on most imports. Vietnamese…
China’s Huawei Must Face US Criminal Charges, Judge Rules
July 1 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Huawei Technologies’ bid to dismiss most of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals, and misleading banks about its work in Iran. In a…
Russian forces advance and take first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, state media say
June 30 By Guy Faulconbridge Russian forces have taken control of the first village in the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, Russian state media and war bloggers said on Monday, after Russia took 950 square kms of territory in two months. There was no immediate…