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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump speak to the press following their meeting in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 28, 2025

Out-gunned Europe accepts least-worst U.S. trade deal

The agreement on a blanket 15% tariff is a reality check on the aspirations of the bloc to become an economic power able to stand up to the likes of the U.S. or China.
Workers operate at the site of an aircraft that crashed after it went off the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Dec. 30, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2025

Jeju Air jet still had working engine when it crashed, investigation says

Investigators have not yet produced a final report into the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil, but information about the plane's two engines has begun to emerge.
A supporter of Taiwan's main opposition party, Kuomintang (KMT), waves the country's national flag during a rally against the recall election in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Failed bid to oust Taiwan opposition gives China new leverage

All 24 Kuomintang lawmakers survived recall votes over the weekend, dealing a blow to Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party and its hopes of regaining a parliamentary majority.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Israel eases Gaza aid curbs, hoping to defuse hunger outcry

As the aid curbs were rolled back, Israel said it had not abandoned its goals of destroying Hamas.
A video display regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files in Times Square in New York
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Epstein furor undermines public trust and Republican election hopes: lawmakers

The lack of transparency is reinforcing public perceptions that the rich and powerful live beyond the reach of the judicial system, the lawmakers said.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are deliberating on interest rates this week.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2025

Pressure mounts on Fed chief Powell in tee up to GDP, jobs data

Fed officials are meeting this week as the government issues reports on gross domestic product, employment and the central bank’s preferred price metrics.
The dashboard screen of a Toyota RAV4 compact crossover vehicle at a debut event in May
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2025

Toyota’s internal inertia stifles digital transformation effort

Inside Toyota, a group of employees are worried about the company’s future in an era when a car’s software matters just as much as its sheet metal.
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 24, 2025

Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro

Ichiro, who will be inducted into the Hall on Sunday, is so familiar with the storied museum that he could probably lead the tour that new inductees receive.
Ichiro Suzuki speaks during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Jul 28, 2025

Ichiro leads latest class into Baseball Hall of Fame with humor and grace

Ichiro mixed a sharp sense of humor with a serious tone in discussing what made him a Hall of Famer.
The site of a train crash is lit at night after a local train derailed in Riedlingen, near Biberach, Germany, causing the death of several passengers, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 28, 2025

Three dead, several injured after train derails in Germany

A landslide might have caused the accident as severe storms swept through the region, German media reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2017.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2025

U.S., China to resume tariff talks in effort to extend truce

China is facing an Aug. 12 deadline to strike a durable tariff agreement with the Trump administration, after Beijing and Washington reached a preliminary deal in June.
Afghans expelled from Iran arrive at a processing center in the border town of Islam Qala, Afghanistan, on July 10.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Iran forcing out Afghans en masse after Israel spying claims

Iran is rounding up Afghan nationals due to accusations that non-documented migrants from the country spied for Israel and helped it launch missiles.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi in March 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

North Korea rejects South’s olive branch, says it has ‘no interest’ in rapprochement

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said that “no matter what policy ... is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it.”

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear