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America agreed to cap tariffs on Taiwanese imports at 15% in exchange for the island chipmakers,

including the world's largest, TSM, investing $500 billion in their

American operations. The Trump administration agreed to cut levies from 20% to the level faced

by South Korea and Japan. America's Commerce Department said that the deal would lead to a, quote, massive reshoring of the country's chipmaking sector.

Maria Karina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, said her meeting with Donald Trump was, quote, great.

America's president has repeatedly undermined Ms. Machado, who won a noble

prize last year. Previously, he claimed that she lacked the respect to rule Venezuela.

Earlier, American armed forces boarded a tanker near Venezuela, the sixth seizure since it began

intercepting ships carrying sanctioned oil last month.

Mr. Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy troops

to suppress armed rebellions to quell unrest in Minnesota. The city of Minneapolis has been gripped by almost continuous protests

since an immigration and customs enforcement agent

killed René Nicole Good on January 7th.

Jacob Frye, the mayor, has said that the situation is, quote,

not sustainable.

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