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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s trade negotiating team has left for the United States to hold their final meeting on a trade and tariff deal struck last month, the island’s government said on Tuesday (Feb 10).Under the terms of the agreement, tariffs on Taiwan’s exports to the US will be cut to 15 per cent from 20 per cent.Taiwan companies will also invest US$250 billion to boost the production of semiconductors, energy and artificial intelligence in the US, while Taiwan will also guarantee an additional US$250 billion in credit to facilitate further investment.Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun and chief trade negotiator Yang Jen-ni…

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPakistan’s decision to reverse its boycott of the match against India at the T20 World Cup has been welcomed by fans, players and coaches in both countries.The highly anticipated confrontation between the archrivals was thrown into doubt for more than a week after Pakistan’s government ordered its team against taking the field for Sunday’s clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe reversal late on Monday brought relief to millions of fans on both sides of the countries’ shared border as well as tournament organisers and coaches.The Indian camp said it would…

Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the committee, lambasted the second Trump administration, saying it’s “out of control” and has been “running roughshod over Americans’ rights, killing U.S. citizens and threatening our very democracy.””The disease rotting the Trump administration from the inside out started at the top and has infected every part of the executive branch,” he said. “Nowhere is that more evident than at the Department of Homeland Security.”Thompson, of Mississippi, accused the Trump administration of deliberately thwarting an investigation into the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota last month. He said the blocking of a probe into…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Ohio father of two was found dead inside a CVS trash compactor after his wife tracked his cell phone to the store when he failed to return home from work, according to reports.Andrew “Andy” Strand, 34, of Brunswick, Ohio, was working as a contractor at the Shaker Heights CVS when he was found dead inside the trash compactor at the rear of the store on Wednesday, Cleveland 19 News reported, citing police.According to the outlet, a search for Strand was prompted after he failed to return home from work and his…

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he “explained” to U.S. President Donald Trump that while Canada paid for the Gordie Howe International Bridge that Trump is threatening to bar from opening, its ownership is shared and construction involved U.S. steel and workers. “We discussed the bridge. I explained that Canada paid for the construction of the bridge — $4 billion — that the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the Government of Canada,” Carney told reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting Tuesday.Carney said he had a “positive conversation” with Trump.Carney’s comments came after Trump said Monday he will block the…

Struggling brand Gucci has dragged down luxury goods company Kering, with a decline in revenue in the final quarter of 10 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year, the company says.The result came even though the brand’s revenue fell less on a comparable basis at the end of the year than in the third quarter.Kering’s chief executive Luca de Meo, who has been in the job for only a few months, now wants to lead a turnaround in the business.”The performance in 2025 does not reflect the Group’s true potential,” the former Renault chief executive said…

NEW DELHI: India’s government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening on Tuesday (Feb 10) an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.The changes amend India’s 2021 IT rules, which have already been a flashpoint between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and global technology companies.The new regulations will take effect from Feb 20.The move reinforces India’s position as one of the world’s most aggressive regulators of online content, requiring platforms to balance compliance in a market of one billion internet…

new video loaded: How Ukrainians Are Coping Without HeatOur Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew E. Kramer, describes how Kyiv residents are coping with Russia’s unrelenting assaults on their country’s heating and electrical systems and finding ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.By Andrew E. Kramer, Lynsey Addario and Rebecca SunerFebruary 10, 2026

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The top two congressional Democrats have, for now, rejected President Donald Trump and Republicans’ offer to avert a shutdown as the deadline rapidly approaches.For several hours Monday night, both Republicans and Democrats were near-radio silent about the nature of the counter-offer from the White House. That was, in part, because some lawmakers had no idea what was in it.But the silence appeared to spell yet another positive step toward averting the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Until Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries,…