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Chinese Diplomat at Center of 'Hands in Pockets' Controversy Appointed as Ambassador to Australia The Chinese Embassy in Australia announced on the 24th that newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Australia Liu Jinsong arrived in Australia on an Air China flight that afternoon to assume his duties. SBS Aug 25, 2026 1:40 PM

Mangoes Grown in Tokyo? Rising Temperatures Bring Unique Agricultural Shift At a farm in Gunma Prefecture, located north of Tokyo, greenhouses are filled with tropical fruit trees such as mangoes, bananas, and papayas. SBS Aug 25, 2026 12:41 PM

US Supreme Court Sides With Trump, Allows Implementation of Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Voting Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order placing certain restrictions on mail-in voting on the 24th local time. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:32 AM

Death Toll Reaches 100 in Strong Earthquake on Indonesia's Flores Island, Displaced Persons Surge to 180,000 According to Reuters and other foreign media outlets on the 25th local time, Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency announced that 100 people have died and 1,603 have been injured so far from the earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Flores Island on the 15th. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:31 AM

Iran Mocks U.S. Sanctions as "Bluff," Weighs Military Force and Strait Blockade President Donald Trump erected in downtown Tehran. In response to the United States declaring a "maximum economic isolation" campaign with severe sanctions against Iran, Tehran has dismissed the move as a "bluff." Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and parliamentary speaker, posted on X on the 24th local time , "Americans know very well that no one believes their bluffs. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:30 AM

US and UK Firm to Push for Nuclear-Powered Merchant Fleet to Curb China's Shipbuilding Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmack of the US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration announced in an interview with FT that a public-private memorandum of understanding would be signed that day with Core Power, a company headquartered in London. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:28 AM

Bloomberg: U.S. Plans to Impose 7.5% Overcapacity Tariff on China government plans to impose a 7.5% "overcapacity" tariff on China, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:14 AM

Tanker Hit in Strait of Hormuz on First Day of U.S. 'Economic War' on Iran According to CNN and other broadcasters, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that an oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile off the coast of Oman, a country bordering the Strait of Hormuz, leaving it immobilized. SBS Aug 25, 2026 11:11 AM

MAGA House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mast Raises Coupang Issue and Pressures U.S. Investment House Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. Representative Brian Mast , Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claimed that the South Korean government is harming American companies, citing the "Coupang issue." In an interview with Fox News on the night of the 23rd , Chairman Mast stated, "They (the South Korean government) are hurting American companies like Coupang." He continued, "They are not fulfilling their promises to provide more semiconductors and ships and to support us in the U.S. SBS Aug 25, 2026 9:47 AM

Trump Posts Photos With Kim Jong-un on Social Media... Omits Collapsed Summit President Donald Trump posted multiple photos of himself with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on social media on the 24th local time, repeatedly sending messages to resume dialogue. SBS Aug 25, 2026 9:39 AM