Month: June 2026

Trump administration proposes 25% tariff to punish Brazil over trade practices

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Trump administration proposes 25% tariff to punish Brazil over trade practices

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25% ​on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair on ⁠a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation, top trade official Jamieson Greer said on Monday (June 1, 2026)….

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Fire breaks out at steel plant in Chhattisgarh, no casualties

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Fire breaks out at steel plant in Chhattisgarh, no casualties

A fire broke out at the captive power plant section of a steel manufacturing unit in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district in the early hours of Tuesday (June 2, 2026), police said. No casualties were reported in the blaze that erupted at Mivaan Steel’s plant under the Mandir Hasaud police station area, an official said. The blaze…

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U.S. in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe: report

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U.S. in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe: report

Countries on NATO’s eastern flank including Poland and some Baltic states ‌were interested in potentially hosting ​dual-capable aircraft bases, the report said, adding that discussions were ongoing ⁠in NATO channels. File | Photo Credit: AP ​The United States is discussing whether to deploy ‌nuclear weapons in additional European North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ​states, the…

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Heavy smoke emanate from Chennai Port as sulphur particles react to heat

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Heavy smoke emanate from Chennai Port as sulphur particles react to heat

A staff of the Secretariat in Chennai covers his face as thick smoke emanated from Chennai Port on June 2, 2026 affecting visibility | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Heavy smoke emanated from Chennai Port on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) morning reportedly as a result of the sulphur stored within one of the yards reacting to…

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Tropical storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power

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Tropical storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power

Tropical storm Jangmi’s path, as on June 2, 2026 | Photo Credit: Japan Meteorological Agency A severe tropical storm battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday (June 2, 2026), knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, grounding hundreds of flights and injuring nine people. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of high waves, landslides and flooding…

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Gunman kills six family members, then himself, in eastern Iowa, police say

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Gunman kills six family members, then himself, in eastern Iowa, police say

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A gunman killed six members of his family, then took his own ‌life, during a spate of shootings on Monday (June 1, 2026) in the eastern Iowa city of ⁠Muscatine, a waterfront town situated across the Mississippi River from Illinois, police said. A preliminary investigation…

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Pawan Kalyan seeks permission to hold press meet in Jubilee Hills

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Pawan Kalyan seeks permission to hold press meet in Jubilee Hills

Jana Sena Party president and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan. File | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS After Cyberabad Police denied permission a meeting of Jana Sena Party (JSP) proposed to be held at Sandhya Convention in Gachibowli on Tuesday (June 2, 2026), the party president and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan…

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