• Hurricane Fausto Approaches Hawaiian Islands
  • Tropical Storm Bertha Moves Toward Texas
  • Tropical Storm Bertha Crawls Along Gulf Coast
  • Trump Imposes Double-Digit Tariffs on 60 Countries
  • New US Tariffs Anger Trading Partners
Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up.

Tate brothers fight extradition to UK, charged with rape and sex trafficking

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, their lawyer told a U.S. magistrate in Miami on Monday after the brothers were were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges.

Tropical Storm Fausto forms off Mexico's Pacific

MIAMI (AP) – Tropical Storm Fausto formed Sunday well off Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast, while a tropical depression meandering in warm Gulf of Mexico waters south of the Florida Panhandle was threatening to strengthen into a named storm.

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American Express Q2 profit rises driven by higher spending

Credit card giant American Express said its second-quarter profits rose 8% from a year earlier, helped by higher spending by its card members, fewer delinquencies and more customers signing up for its premium products like the Platinum Card and Gold Card.

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China slaps export controls on 14 EU entities in retaliation

BEIJING (AP) – China announced on Friday it was adding 14 European entities to an export control list in retaliation for the European Union penalizing 14 Chinese enterprises as part of its latest round of sanctions against Russia.

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US investigates EU trade practices, claiming unfair fines of tech giants

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, President Donald Trump said on Friday, claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other U.S. tech giants.

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New US tariffs linked to claims of foreign forced labor anger trading partners

BANGKOK (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest set of tariffs drew objections Friday from America’s trading partners including China and Japan, with Australia’s trade minister slamming them as “completely unjustified.”

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The Trump Report: Latest Updates

President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court. Also, a series of explosions sounded near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday.

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US investigates EU trade practices, claiming unfair fines of tech giants

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices, President Donald Trump said on Friday, claiming the bloc has unfairly levied billions of dollars of fines against Google, Apple and other U.S. tech giants.

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Ebola spreading too fast to contain, amid calls for international help
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Drones target Iraqi city where US forces are based as US-Iran fighting escalates
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Russian ballistic strike kills 10 after Ukraine hosts US Patriot manufacturer