World Business
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Japanese court upholds conviction of American who helped fugitive former Nissan chief hide pay
The conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income was upheld by a Japanese appeals court Tuesday, which also rejected prosecutors' bid to overturn his acquittals on other counts.
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US Postal Service flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier
The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound packages from China and Hong Kong.
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Trump’s tariff tactics carry higher economic risks than during his first term
When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama — and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade.
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Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
President Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
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Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here’s how the drug reaches the US
President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually.
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China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google
China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect.
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Rubio says he now runs aid agency, as staff are blocked from systems
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that he had taken over as acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, assuming control of an agency that had functioned largely independently for more than 60 years and stoking fears about U.S. assistance around the world.
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Trump’s tariff threat sends crypto prices falling, including his own meme coin
Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets and President Donald Trump's own meme coin taking big hits.
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Canada’s most populous province to pause retaliatory measures as US puts tariffs on hold
The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, said Monday he will pause all retaliatory measures against the United States after news broke that the threat of tariffs has been put on hold for a month.
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Investors are betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump even as threats mount
For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half a trillion-dollar bet.
