News Minute - Video of Major World Affairs - July 17

News Minute - Video of Major World Affairs – July 17

Trump races the clock to rebuild US tariff wall knocked down by Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth.

UK intelligence watchdog raps MI5 for lying to courts about a neo-Nazi informer

LONDON (AP) – The British government said Thursday it will keep the country’s spies on a tighter rein after a report found MI5 misled courts about its ties to a neo-Nazi informer accused of attacking his partner.

Top Asia Pacific Breaking News: Latest Updates

TOKYO (AP) – A law set to pass Friday by Japan’s parliament could doom its 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only men can be emperor, sparking worry about the shrinking, fast-aging imperial family.

U.S. Navy fighter jet flies low over beach

U.S. Navy fighter jet flies low over beach

Brazil calls Trump's 25% tariff unjustifiable, vows to impose reciprocal tariffs

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The Brazilian government has decried the latest U.S. tariff on certain Brazilian imports and threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs against U.S. products. The United States on Wednesday said it would impose a new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil, citing unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th-biggest economy.

Ukraine's parliament approves Serhii Koretskyi as the country's new prime minister

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday approved Serhii Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new prime minister, as part of a major government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

UK urges FIFA to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner at World Cup

UK urges FIFA to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner at World Cup

TV networks struggle to find the right balance for Trump speech

As President Donald Trump threatened sanctions for those who didn’t cover his address live Thursday night, the nation’s broadcast and cable news operations wrestled with the thorniest of questions: To air or not to air?