U.S. Steel Pledges up to $2.5 Billion in Upgrades to Mon Valley Works

U.S. Steel plans to invest up to $2.5 billion into upgrades to its Mon Valley Works, which it forecasts will generate $1.7 billion for the state, according to a Monday report from the steelmaking giant. The economic impact is expected to include the combined dollars spent on things such as wages and construction costs associated …

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North Korea, China Agree to Expand Cooperation in Various Sectors, North Korea’s State Media Says

SEOUL, June ⁠9 (Reuters) – ⁠North ⁠Korean leader ​Kim Jong ‌Un and China’s ‌Xi ⁠Jinping ⁠had a summit on ​Monday in Pyongyang ​and agreed to ⁠expand ⁠cooperation between ⁠the two ​countries in various ​sectors, ⁠North Korea’s ⁠state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The ⁠two leaders agreed to develop bilateral relations into a new ⁠chapter, KCNA …

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ICC Prosecutor Suspended Pending Wider Vote on Misconduct Allegations

By Stephanie van ⁠den ⁠Berg THE HAGUE, June ⁠8 (Reuters) – The International Criminal ​Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan ‌has been suspended pending ‌a vote by ⁠member ⁠states on his fate, the court’s governing ​body said on Monday following a probe into accusations ​of sexual harassment made against him. A ⁠diplomatic source ⁠briefed on ⁠the …

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US Leads Record Rise in Spending on Nuclear Arsenals, Campaign Group Says

GENEVA, ⁠June ⁠8 (Reuters) – Spending ⁠on nuclear weapons by the ​world’s nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost ‌a fifth in ‌2025 to $119 billion, a report ⁠by ⁠the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ​said on Tuesday. The 19% increase from 2024 produced the highest expenditure on nuclear ​weapons since the campaign group began …

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: The Washington Post on the conditions for immigrant detainees The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit this week against the operator of a privately run immigration detention center in Newark, claiming that health inspectors were denied full access to the facility. It’s the latest …

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Dozens Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria After Bandits Invite Them to Talks

ABUJA, June 8 (Reuters) – Armed bandits in ⁠northwest ⁠Nigeria abducted dozens of ⁠villagers whom they invited to a meeting about ​potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the ‌region’s worsening security. Police said 39 ‌people were seized on Sunday when they went to ⁠a ⁠meeting in the forest near Magamin Diddi …

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s $100,000 Fee on New H-1B Visas

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston …

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