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Beyond tariffs, Trump’s playbook pushes US solutions for ASEAN needs

The US is ASEAN’s second-largest trading partner, and remains the largest single source of foreign direct investment for the bloc.

Trump says he won’t proceed with nuclear deal unless Saudis join Abraham Accords

The US President has been working on a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia since his first term.

US says Saudi nuclear deal off without Israel recognition

US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the deal would take effect only if Saudi Arabia joined the US-brokered Abraham Accords under which several Arab states established ties with Israel.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 23, 2026

A nuclear power deal between the US and Saudi Arabia will allow the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium.

US announces nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia

Several Democratic US lawmakers have raised concerns that the deal could spark an arms race in the Middle East.

Germany approves controversial French-Russian nuclear project

The joint venture will involve French company Framatome and Russia’s state-owned nuclear power agency Rosatom.

Fukushima mushroom farmer affected by nuclear accident hopes to sell products nationwide

Yoshiyuki Kudo, 81, a farmer in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, expects to harvest about 20kg of shiitake mushrooms in the autumn.

Russia says Ukrainian drone kills chief engineer at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Alexei Likhachev said in a statement that a Ukrainian drone had struck a service car between the plant’s site and the town of Enerhodar, killing the engineer, Alexander Yakovlev, and the driver.

Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant Kudankulam exposed in data breach

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India’s seven nuclear plants.

France powers down nuclear reactors over heatwave

The Golfech nuclear power plant in south-western France is one of three nuclear reactors that have gone offline in the country due to the ongoing heatwave.

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