WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that 25 percent tariffs will be imposed on imports from Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), respectively, beginning Aug. 1.
In his letters addressed to the leaders of the two countries, Trump said the new tariffs will be separate from all other sectoral tariffs. (US-Trump-Tariffs)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said Monday that the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier MAGIC SEAS it attacked on Sunday sank completely in the Red Sea.
"The ship MAGIC SEAS sank completely in the depths of the Red Sea after our armed forces targeted it," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, adding that the attack was a response to the shipowner's "repeated violations" of the Houthi ban on entry to Israeli ports. (Yemen-Bulk Carrier-Attack)
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HOUSTON -- The death toll from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 87, with dozens still missing as search and rescue efforts entered the fourth day on Monday, according to local authorities.
Camp Mystic, a 99-year-old all-girls Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, grieved Monday the loss of at least 27 campers as well as counselors after heavy rains led to multiple flash floods in central Texas on Friday and Saturday. (US-Texas-Flooding)
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TEHRAN -- The death toll from Israeli attacks on Iran between June 13 and 24 has reached 1,060, head of Iran's Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Saeed Ohadi said Monday.
In a televised interview with state-run IRIB TV, Ohadi said the number could further rise given the seriously injured and the unidentified bodies. (Iran-Israeli Attacks-Death Toll) ■
