Trump administration mulling $10 billion aid package for U.S. farmers, sources say

[ad_1] Washington — The Trump administration is considering a significant financial aid package for farmers, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The package could include more than $10 billion in relief. The White House is focusing on soybean farmers, since they’ve been hard hit by the Chinese boycott on American soybeans. Discussions about…

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Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan’s first-ever female prime minister, and face immediate challenges

[ad_1] Tokyo — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative who is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, immediately needs to seek ways to get her long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party to stay in power and regain public support by…

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