Japan’s top government spokesperson, Minoru Kihara, said there were no reports of casualties or major damage in the immediate aftermath of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the northeastern coast of the country on Monday, according to Reuters.

Japan's Meteorological Agency said aftershocks could follow in the coming days and weeks, per the news agency.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and outgoing deputy chief of staff James Blair are set to convene a meeting with dozens of GOP political consultants in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Politico's West Wing Playbook reported, ahead of November's midterm elections.

The meeting reflects an effort by the White House to work closely with the GOP political apparatus to help the president's party keep the majority in the House and Senate.

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris on Monday, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.

The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino — the former CEO of X — have been summoned for "voluntary interviews," while other employees of the platform are scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

It remains unclear whether Musk and Yaccarino will travel to Paris.

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The governor of the United Arab Emirates' central bank discussed the possibility of setting up a currency swap line with the U.S., which would it give it inexpensive access to dollars to address a potential liquidity crisis if the war in the Middle East continues, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

While the proposal has been framed as precautionary, Emirati officials noted that the U.A.E. has been caught in a war started by the U.S. which is continuing to have far-reaching effects on the oil-rich country and the region at large, some U.S. officials told the Journal.

If the U.A.E.'s central bank were to face a shortage of dollars, it would have to use other currencies, like the Chinese yuan, for oil transactions, Emirati officials told their U.S. counterparts, a development that could be a problem for the U.S., The Journal noted.

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As a new round of peace talks between U.S. and Iran in Islamabad remains uncertain, Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir reportedly told President Donald Trump that the U.S. military's blockade on Iranian ports is impeding negotiations to end the war.

Trump told Munir he would take his advice into consideration, a Pakistani security source told Reuters on Monday.

The U.S. president has threatened to attack Iranian infrastructure if Tehran doesn't make a deal.

"We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, as authorities urged residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 3 meters (9.84 ft) were expected.

The tremor had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean and was 10 km deep, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The biggest waves were expected in Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures, authorities said.

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Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place.

Over the weekend, the U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that it said had tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s joint military command vowed to respond, and its Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told his Pakistani counterpart that American threats to Iranian ships and ports were “clear signs” of Washington’s disingenuousness ahead of the planned talks, Iran state media reported.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada's strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected.

In the 10-minute address, Carney spoke about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries.

"The world is more dangerous and divided," Carney said. "The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression.

"Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses. Weaknesses that we must correct."

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