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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent Peace Plan to US as Russia Eyes Winter Pressure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has formally sent Washington a proposal to end the war with Russia.
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AI race with China is already shaping nuclear command and policing
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned this week that the US could lose the AI race to China.
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Trump administration appeals order to refund all tariff payments
A U.S. trade court ruled that the government must refund tariffs to every company that paid them, not just the business that brought the case. The Trump administration is now appealing to stop those refunds while it fights over whether the tariffs were legal in the first place. Because the U.S. has used tariffs as pressure in trade talks with other countries, the outcome could affect that leverage too. It is still unclear whether the appeal will pause the refunds, or whether the case will reach the Supreme Court.
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Pentagon shifts to smaller nuclear weapons as allies weigh backup plans
The US military has finalized a new plan focused on tactical nuclear weapons, which are smaller and shorter-range than the country's main nuclear arsenal.
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Tanker hears two explosions in Strait of Hormuz as reopening deal nears
An oil tanker near Oman reported hearing two explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea passage Gulf countries use to ship oil to world markets.
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China hits back at US sanctions with blacklist and drone export limits
China announced new measures against the United States, including putting American firms on a trade blacklist and tightening controls on drone exports.
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Trump says Iran will be hit hard if nuclear talks fail again
President Trump told Fox News that Iran will face a heavy military strike if nuclear negotiations break down again, keeping that option open even as Iran, the United States and Oman say they are close to a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about a fifth of the world's oil and gas out of the Gulf.
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Iran, US and Oman say they're nearing a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Iran, the US and Oman say they are making progress on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil shipping.
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Reuters: US Has Fired Nearly All Its Long-Range Precision Missiles in the Iran War
Current and former US officials tell Reuters the Pentagon has used almost its entire stock of long-range precision-guided missiles fighting Iran, raising questions about what would be left for a separate crisis with Russia or China.
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US states sue to block Trump tariffs tied to forced-labor claims
A group of US states has sued to stop tariffs — import taxes — that the Trump administration placed on goods from about 60 countries, saying those countries failed to curb forced labor.
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Iran says no US talks are happening, despite Trump's claim
Iran said Monday it is not negotiating with the United States and expects no talks, contradicting President Trump, who said a deal over the Strait of Hormuz (a key oil shipping route) could start that same afternoon.
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Japan and US reportedly stepped into currency markets together to prop up the yen
Reuters reports, based on unnamed sources, that Japan is preparing to announce it acted jointly with the United States to support the yen, its currency, which has been weakening.