- The leaders of the U.S. and Russia have signaled that they will work to mend ties that deteriorated amid allegations of Russian election interference.
- Beijing has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the U.S. plan to impose tariffs on 200 billion dollars of Chinese products.
- People in western Japan are battling soaring temperatures as they still reel from devastating floods and landslides triggered by record rainfalls.
July 17, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe