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Trade Deficits with China also widen in Southeast Asia’s export-driven nations A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Haiphong, Vietnam, in April 2025. © Reuters KENTARO TAKEDA February 2, 2026 12:58 JST SINGAPORE — Export-oriented economies in Southeast Asia marked a sharp rise in their trade surpluses with the United States … Read more
A five-year-old boy and his father detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held in Texas have been released following a judge’s order. The pair have returned to Minnesota, the office of Texas representative Joaquin Castro has said. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador, were detained in … Read more
In Minneapolis, the people keep turning out and turning up. On Friday, Bruce Springsteen gave a live rendition of his newly minted Streets of Minneapolis at a hastily arranged lunchtime benefit gig organised by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, which pre-empted a long, sprawling march through the downtown thoroughfares. It was one of … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dino Patti Djalal has urged the Indonesian government to reconsider its plan to pay US$1 billion, or the equivalent of Rp17 trillion, for membership fees to the US-backed Board of Peace. Dino warned that Rp17 trillion represents a significant amount for Indonesian diplomacy. “Rp17 trillion is a fantastic … Read more
That morning, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) team appeared on her street. They stopped a car they had been trailing and within seconds removed the driver, bundled him into one of their vehicles and drove away, right outside Katie Cashman’s apartment window. All of this happened on a residential street – flower pots, stoops, … Read more
“I’ve refused scores of requests from some mightily talented people to turn M’bird into everything from a Broadway play to an opera,” Harper Lee wrote to Gregory Peck in the late 1980s. “M’bird” was To Kill a Mockingbird, and Peck’s Academy Award-winning performance as the principled lawyer Atticus Finch in the 1962 adaptation of Lee’s … Read more
Trump expects Iran to seek deal to avoid strikes as US sends arms to Israel and Saudi Arabia The Journal Iran wants to make deal rather than face military action, Trump says BBC Iran wants deal, says Trump as US ships head to region RTE.ie Trump confirms talks with Tehran, is reportedly mulling raids by troops on Iranian … Read more
US government shuts down for second time in Trump’s current presidential term The Journal US government enters shutdown as funding deadline passes RTE.ie US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding The Guardian Trump endorses deal struck with Democrats to avert government shutdown Sky News U.S. government partially shuts down; House vote could reopen it by Monday CNBC Source … Read more
With tensions in Minneapolis still high and a possible US military strike on Iran looming, movers and shakers in the Trump administration took a timeout on Thursday night to attend a lavish event celebrating a big-budget documentary about first lady Melania Trump. The movie, Melania, was financed at an eyebrow-raising $75 million (€63 million) by … Read more