BRASILIA -- Brazil and the United States have agreed to form a working group to discuss U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods and other bilateral trade issues, Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services said Wednesday.
The agreement followed talks between Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Development, Industry, Trade and Services Minister Marcio Elias Rosa and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Milwaukee in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. (Brazil-US-Tariffs)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the department is creating the "Autonomous Warfare Command," a new four-star combatant command with service-like authorities built to "scale autonomous and robotic capabilities across the joint force."
Hegseth made the announcement in a speech at U.S. Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia. (US-Defense-Auto)
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CAIRO -- The 2026 Global South Modernization Forum was held in Cairo on Wednesday under the theme "The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for Modernization in the Global South."
More than 100 experts and scholars from nearly 30 countries and regions attended the forum. (Egypt-Artificial Intelligence-China)
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DAMASCUS -- Seven people were killed and four others wounded on Wednesday when unidentified assailants attacked a vehicle in Syria's central Homs province, state news agency SANA reported.
The attack targeted the vehicle while it was crossing the Masyaf Bridge in the Homs countryside, SANA said, without immediately providing details about the attackers' identities or motives. (Syria-Attack) ■
