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Thursday, July 23rd 2026 - 22:33 UTC
US rebuilds its tariff wall with forced-labor levies on 60 economies

The United States imposed tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% on 60 trading partners, which together account for about 99% of its imports, over what the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) described as their failure to adopt and effectively enforce bans on the import of goods produced with forced labor. The measures, announced on Thursday, took effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, at the same moment the 10% universal tariff in place since February expired.
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Thursday, July 23rd 2026 - 07:34 UTC
New York judge sets June 2027 for the start of Maduro and Cilia Flores's trial

Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein set June 1, 2027, as the preliminary start date for the trial of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the narcoterrorism case they face in the United States. The decision came on Wednesday during the case's third hearing before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, which lasted only a few minutes.
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Thursday, July 23rd 2026 - 01:57 UTC
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, no friend of “Trumpism”, White House

Reports from the United States indicate the White House has raised concerns about UK Premier Andy Burnham’s decision to appoint Ed Miliband as foreign secretary, amid warnings from the Donald Trump administration that he could create tensions in the UK-US relationship, according to reports Tuesday.
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Wednesday, July 22nd 2026 - 22:26 UTC
Report says Trump is pushing Infantino to lead the UN

US President Donald Trump is promoting FIFA President Gianni Infantino as a candidate to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, according to the New York Post, which cited anonymous sources close to the White House. The information has not been officially confirmed by the US government or FIFA, and Infantino himself has not commented publicly.
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Wednesday, July 22nd 2026 - 22:13 UTC
US court upholds $390 million judgment against Argentina over Aerolíneas

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by Argentina and left standing the ruling that recognizes an arbitral award of $390,907,115 in favor of the fund Titan Consortium, over the 2008 expropriation of Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas Cielos del Sur. The amount was calculated as of December 10, 2024, with subsequent interest to be added.
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Wednesday, July 22nd 2026 - 07:18 UTC
US readies tariffs on some 60 economies over forced labor, with Argentina among them

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said his government will announce new tariffs on some 60 economies in the coming days for failing to enforce bans on the import of goods produced with forced labor. “The US has laws to prohibit trading goods with forced labor. Other countries, most of them, don't have a law, and those that do really don't enforce it,” he said on Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.
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Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 21:23 UTC
US reacts to Ortega's announcement that Nicaragua will hold no more elections

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned on Tuesday that his country “will not stand idly by” after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced that the country will no longer hold elections. In a State Department statement, Rubio called on the international community to “join forces” to respond to what he described as the Nicaraguan government's attacks on the democratic principles of the hemisphere.
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Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 07:16 UTC
PM Andy Burnham’s first conversation was with President Trump, whom he invited to visit Manchester

Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shortly after taking office Monday afternoon, 20th July 2026. According to 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister began by congratulating the President on a successful World Cup and agreed that England had an excellent tournament.
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Monday, July 20th 2026 - 19:51 UTC
Rubio says talks on Venezuela's democratic transition will begin in early August

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that talks to begin a democratic transition in Venezuela will start in early August. Rubio, who leads Washington's relationship with Caracas, said a group representing the National Assembly elected in 2015 —the last one the United States recognizes as legitimate— met with the interim government and agreed to establish a forum for reconciliation talks and to begin the transition process.
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Monday, July 20th 2026 - 00:47 UTC
Spain crowned world champions with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in the final

Spain were crowned world champions for the second time in their history by beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final played on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The winning goal came in the 106th minute, after a cross from Pedro Porro that Nico Williams headed on and that, according to the match report, Ferran Torres finished to settle a game clearly dominated by the Spanish side.
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