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(2nd LD) Presidential office says to check situation as Trump cites political instability in S. Korea ahead of summit with Lee
Yonhap News Agency
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August 25, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 2, 6-9) By Song Sang-ho and Kim Eun-jung WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office said Monday it will check the situation after U.S. President Donald Trump said there seems to be something...
Flag Burning in U.S. May Lead to Arrest, Trump Announces
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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Ashen Tharaka TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing federal prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against people who burn American flags during protests. The order...
DNC Leaders Are Pretending U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza
Truthdig
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August 25, 2025
This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic Party had a chance to oppose the U.S. government’s arming of Israel. But with the first Democratic National Committee meeting in seven months getting underway on...
“Post of Moldova” Suspends Package Shipments to the United States Starting 25 August
MoldovaLive
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August 25, 2025
The State Enterprise “Post of Moldova” announced that, as of 25 August 2025, it will temporarily cease accepting postal shipments containing goods—including packages, parcels, and EMS—to the United States. The suspension follows the Executive...
Korea Inc. heavyweights head to U.S. with trade deal central to presidential summit
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 25, 2025
Published: 25 Aug. 2025, 17:33 Updated: 25 Aug. 2025, 17:36 Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong departs for the United States from Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Aug. 24. [NEWS1] More...
(LEAD) Presidential office says to check situation as Trump cites political instability in S. Korea ahead of summit with Lee
Yonhap News Agency
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August 25, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with South Korean presidential office's response; CHANGES headline, lead para; AMENDS byline) By Song Sang-ho and Kim Eun-jung WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office said Monday it will check...
From crayons to laptops, tariffs push U.S. school expenses higher
CGTN
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As students across the United States head back to school, families are dealing with widespread price hikes on everything from supplies and clothing to cafeteria meals, electronics, and transportation. U.S. President Donald Trump seems to have...
More postal services pause shipments to U.S. with tax loophole set to expire
NBC News
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August 25, 2025
Postal services in Japan and Switzerland are the latest to pause shipments to the United States this week, days before an exemption for certain import taxes is about to expire. The loophole, known as “de minimis,” has allowed goods worth less than...
Canada to Match U.S. Tariff Exemptions Under Trade Pact
RV Business
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August 25, 2025
TORONTO — Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday (Aug. 23), according to an Associated...
Nevada fourth graders invited to light U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in D.C.
KRNV - Nevada
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Nevada fourth-grade students have a unique opportunity to light the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree this holiday season in Washington, D.C., thanks to an essay contest announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, Nevada Lieutenant...
Rate cuts in U.S. expected to catch up to Canada: Berman
BNN Bloomberg
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August 25, 2025
Following the Jackson Hole conference and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is closer to cutting rates. But the committee is still divided on timing and needs to see more data. A weakening...
Here’s what political candidates had to say at the Iowa State Fair this year
The Daily Nonpareil - Iowa
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The 2026 general election is more than a year away, but candidates nonetheless participated in the time-honored tradition of greeting Iowans at the State Fair. Iowans will elect a new governor in 2026, as Republican incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds,...
Zelensky says Ukrainian, U.S. teams to meet on peace talks with Russia this week
Xinhua News Agency
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KIEV, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday that Ukrainian and U.S. teams will meet this week to explore the possibility of peace negotiations between Kiev and Moscow. Speaking at a press conference here...
Kneecap Cancels All U.S. Tour Dates, but Canadian Shows Will Go on as Scheduled
Variety
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August 25, 2025
The Irish rap group Kneecap, which set off controversy at the Coachella festival in April with strong statements against the Israeli government’s war in Gaza, has canceled all of its upcoming U.S. tour dates in October. In a statement on social...
European Post suspend shipments to United States
AzerNews
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August 25, 2025
By Alimat Aliyeva European postal services have started suspending or halting parcel shipments to the United States due to growing uncertainty surrounding the expiration of the preferential minimum import duties regime, Azernews reports. Former...
State Capitalism: Is the U.S. imitating China?
The Times Gazette - Ohio
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August 25, 2025
Bill Sims Contributing columnist A good place to start is to define “State Capitalism.” Definitions of this political-economic concept are somewhat elastic, but the gamut goes something like this. On one extreme, it’s defined as “an economic...
WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with South Korea’s president as he claims country undergoing ‘revolution’
PBS Frontline
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August 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting that a “Purge or Revolution” was taking place there and threatening to not do business with Seoul as he prepared to host the new leader...
Angie Craig and Peggy Flanagan flex their political muscles in race for U.S. Senate seat
MinnPost - Minnesota
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August 25, 2025
D.C. Memo | A recap of a week’s worth of Washington political news, journalism, and opinion, delivered with an eye toward what matters for Minnesota. WASHINGTON – The State Fair is the unofficial start of campaign season, so Rep. Angie Craig and...
The U.S. confirms its 1st human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
KIYU - Alaska
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August 25, 2025
New World screwworm larva, like the one pictured, will hatch and feed on the flesh of living animals, typically cattle. Cases in humans are rare but can be fatal. AP/USDA Agricultural Research Service hide caption toggle caption AP/USDA...
Switzerland to pause all U.S.-bound shipments from August 26 over tariffs
Cryptopolitan
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August 25, 2025
Switzerland will stop shipping parcels to the United States starting August 26, after new U.S. tariff rules stripped a key exemption that had allowed small foreign packages to enter the country duty-free after President Donald Trump’s decision to...