
In a move to counter China’s dominance in strategic resources, US President Donald Trump and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed a landmark agreement to secure the supply chain for rare earths, signaling a renewed push for economic and security cooperation. The deal, inked during Trump’s second stop on ...

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s coast has triggered widespread tsunami warnings and advisories across the Pacific, extending from Japan’s northern shores to Alaska and Hawaii. Initial waves, reaching up to 60 centimeters (2 feet), have already been detected along Japan’s Pacific coast and in Russia’s Kuril Islands, prompting nearly ...