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President Donald Trump moved on Tuesday to soften tariffs on automakers, sparking cautious optimism in an industry that has been on tenterhooks as it awaits details on the fast-evolving policy.

US forces have struck more than 1 000 targets in Yemen since Washington launched the latest round of its air campaign against the Houthi rebels in mid-March, the Pentagon said.

Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations failed to reach a joint communique on Tuesday after meeting in Rio de Janeiro, but chair Brazil issued a statement speaking out against trade protectionism.

While acting with impunity, Israel subjects anyone who seeks to hold it accountable for its "inhumane and unlawful actions" in Gaza to counter-measures, South Africa argued in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Tuesday.

Retail giant Amazon insisted Tuesday it had never approved a proposal — slammed by the White House — to show consumers how much US tariffs add to each price tag.

European Union countries are split over the bloc's next climate target, as they prepare for tough negotiations to set an EU goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire in disputed Kashmir for a fifth straight night, New Delhi's army said, one week since an attack targeting tourists sent relations into a tailspin.

Hungary on Tuesday passed a law exempting women with two or three children from paying income tax as part of a costly drive to try to reverse population decline.

German sportswear giant Adidas on Tuesday warned that US President Donald Trump's tariffs will increase prices for its products in the United States, and the hardline trade policies could dent its ongoing recovery.

Stock markets advanced on Tuesday following news that Donald Trump plans to spare automakers from some of his wide-ranging tariffs, boosting hopes of a less combative approach to his trade war.

A mass die-off of salmon in farming pens in Tasmania has resulted in stinky remains washing ashore at Verona Sands.

Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said.