POLITICS & POLICY

A White House official says President Donald Trump's administration has not agreed to 'special treatment' for EU alcohol under a tariff deal

US Wine Sellers Left In Limbo Despite EU Tariff Deal

At a wine shop in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood, bottles sourced from Europe are becoming costlier to import -- and soon, pricier for customers to buy, the owner says -- thanks to a resident just down the road in the White House.

UN Declares Famine In Gaza, Blames Israel

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said the famine was entirely preventable
The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory's largest city.
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A North Korean soldier stands guard in a watch tower next to a giant loudspeaker near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in June

North Korea Denies Removing Border Loudspeakers

The powerful sister of North Korea's leader on Thursday denied reports by the South Korean military that Pyongyang has started removing loudspeakers used in tit-for-tat propaganda wars along their border.
Visitors are led on a tour of Taiwan POW Memorial and Peace Park

'Nobody Else Knew': Allied Prisoners Of War Held In Taiwan

In a small urban park in Taiwan, more than 4,000 names are etched into a granite wall -- most of them British and American servicemen held by the Japanese during World War II. The sombre memorial sits on the site of Kinkaseki, a brutal prisoner of war camp near Taipei and one of more than a dozen run by Japan on the island it ruled from 1895 until its defeat in 1945.
Gazans face dire shortages of food, water and medicine with UN agencies warning of starvation in the territory

Gazans Mourn Al Jazeera Staff Killed By Israel

Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas.
US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are planning a summit on Friday, but Europe is pushing for Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to join them

Europe Pushes For Ukraine Role In Trump-Putin Talks

A US official said Ukraine could be a part of negotiations between the United States and Russia, as European leaders pushed for Kyiv's inclusion ahead of talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Trump has spent his first seven months in office trying to broker peace in Ukraine

Putin-Trump Summit: What We Know So Far

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Alaska next Friday in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, which was triggered by Russia's February 2022 invasion.

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