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(2nd LD) S. Korea says trade deal with U.S. ensures no further market opening to rice, beef
Yonhap News Agency
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July 31, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments, details in paras 5, 15-16) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has fended off the United States' demand for further market opening to rice and beef in its latest trade deal with Washington and...
Korea and U.S. finalize $150 billion shipbuilding cooperation package ahead of August deadline
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 31, 2025
Published: 31 Jul. 2025, 17:31 A vessel is under construction at Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on July 16. [HANWHA OCEAN] The shipbuilding project was the biggest contributor to Korea’s latest tariff agreement with the United States, said...
Nearly Half of Brazilian Exports Avoid U.S. Tariff Hike—but Key Goods Face Pain
The Rio Times
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July 31, 2025
Almost 43.4% of Brazil’s exports to the United States—worth $18.4 billion out of $42.3 billion this year—will not be hit by a new 50% import tax, according to official figures from the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil. After the U.S....
Purple Heart Day is coming to honor America’s wounded veterans
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Purple Heart Day arrives to honor America’s wounded veterans, recognizing the more than 1 million service members who have been injured or who sacrificed their lives for the United States. The observance reflects a national tradition that dates...
The Latest: US inflation ticked higher last month, as Trump's latest tariff deadline nears
KNSS - Kentucky
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July 31, 2025
A key U.S. inflation gauge rose last month, in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods. Prices rose 2.6% in June compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, up...
South Korea's chip push and dark days for Japan Display
Nikkei Asia
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Hello. This is Kenji from Tokyo, your host for this week's #techAsia newsletter. Much of Japan has been hit by blistering heat waves for days and weeks, and the debate over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff, trade and investment policy remains...
No zoning code? That’s a problem, one Virginia city discovered.
Smart Cities Dive
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July 31, 2025
Dive Brief: Charlottesville, Virginia, paused all zoning application approvals last month after a state judge voided the zoning ordinance that took effect in 2024. The ordinance, which the City Council unanimously adopted in December 2023,...
Sheehy’s VA Bill Advances
Hi Line Today - Montana
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July 31, 2025
(Washington D.C) – From Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 29th, Republican United States Senator Tim Sheehy’s office stated that the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted to advance Senator Sheehy’s bipartisan VA Home...
Sempra, Japan's JERA enter into 20-year LNG supply deal
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -Sempra Infrastructure, a unit of U.S. energy company Sempra, will supply 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year to Japan's biggest power generator JERA in a 20-year deal, it said on Thursday. The LNG would be...
Critics Push Back on Trump’s New Homelessness Directive – Here’s the Truth
TFPP Wire
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July 31, 2025
President Trump signed an executive order to combat rising homelessness and public disorder in U.S. cities. The plan focuses on moving homeless individuals with mental illness or addiction into long-term treatment facilities, redirecting funds to...
(News Focus) Korean firms likely to announce new U.S. investment plans as follow-up to U.S. tariff deal
Yonhap News Agency
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July 31, 2025
By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies could announce new investment plans in the United States as a follow-up to the tariff deal between Seoul and Washington, experts said Thursday, with the anticipation for such new...
(LEAD) (News Focus) Korean firms likely to announce new U.S. investment plans as follow-up to U.S. tariff deal
Yonhap News Agency
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July 31, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES with comments from presidential official, business community's response in paras 18-19, 29-30) By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies could announce new investment plans in the United States as a...
Trump’s mass deportations are hurting local economies
Salon
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July 31, 2025
One of the desired effects of Donald Trump’s “flood the zone” strategy is to make it impossible for the news media to focus on anything long enough to fully capture the public’s attention before the next atrocity is revealed. The administration’s...
How Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest ICE Deportation Hub
The New York Times
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July 31, 2025
Alexandria International Airport has the feel of a small commercial airfield, with a shop selling coffee and snacks and panoramic windows overlooking the runaways where a dozen American and Delta flights take off and land on a typical day. A few...
‘Very Alarming.’ Ohio Housing Advocates Decry Trump’s Executive Order on Homelessness
Cleveland Scene - Ohio
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July 31, 2025
click to enlarge Mark Oprea Checking in on someone experiencing homelessness in Cleveland Ohio housing advocates spoke out against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that would force those experiencing homelessness off the streets by...
Virginia Giuffre’s family pleads with Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell
The Independent
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July 31, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Criminal referrals issued over Federal Reserve's $2.5 billion renovation
DeKalb GA News - Georgia
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July 31, 2025
Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bill Pulte, announced on Tuesday evening that two additional criminal referrals have been issued concerning the Federal Reserve's building renovations. The cost of renovating the Fed’s...
Your morning catch-up: A wide open governor’s race, the economic toll of ICE raids and more big stories
Los Angeles Times
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July 31, 2025
When former Vice President Kamala Harris declared Wednesday that she wouldn’t run for governor, she cleared the way for what many Californians wanted — a wide open race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ten significant candidates already have declared...
Posthaste: Why Canada's job market might be too good to be true
Daily Herald Tribune
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Bank of Canada may be getting the wrong reading on the labour market, says CIBC CIBC argues that the job market is likely weaker than suggested in Statistics Canada's Labour Market Survey and the Bank of Canada is...
Washington, D.C. Housing Market Showing Mark Left By DOGE Cuts
Newsweek
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July 31, 2025
Months after thousands of federal workers were fired following investigations by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk, the Washington, D.C. housing market is starting to show the impact of the mass layoffs. According to a...