Biden places politics over strategy in US Steel sale
Eight years ago, then-president Barack Obama made a decision that has undermined US standing and influence in the Indo-Pacific to this day.
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Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, expected to enter guilty plea
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case where he will admit to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player.
Nippon Steel postpones U.S. Steel buyout to after presidential race
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday it will postpone arrangements to complete its acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by three months through December, with the deal having become a hot-button topic in the leadup to November's presidential election.
Wednesday Briefing: Clashes Escalate on U.S. Campuses
Clashes between the police, university administrators and protesters over the war in Gaza intensified at U.S. universities.
Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
President Joe Biden is calling on the U.S. Trade Representative to triple the China tariff rate on steel and aluminum imports as he makes the rounds in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
This is the way the West ends
With the United States entangled in conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and the threat of a war with China looming large, Professor Michael Brenner’s insights and views on the state of the US-led liberal order are arguably as timely and important as ever.
Nippon Steel to move U.S. base to Pittsburgh after U.S. Steel deal
TOKYO -- Nippon Steel plans to relocate its U.S. headquarters to Pittsburgh, the city where U.S. Steel is based, in a bid to smooth the intended purchase of the American steelmaker, regulatory filings show.
Russell Hamler, Last of World War II’s Merrill’s Marauders, Dies at 99
The soldiers’ mission was as dangerous as it was audacious: a trek of more than 500 miles through mountainous jungle in northern Burma to seize a Japanese-held airfield in World War II.