TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting Washington to meet President Donald Trump before a mid-month summit of the Group of Seven nations as he seeks a trade deal, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday. Japanese officials see signs of progress on easing Trump's tariffs after repeated visits by top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa, and say the...

* White House says it will name new NASA nominee soon * Jared Isaacman's removal 'bad news for the agency,' astronomer says * Retired US Air Force lieutenant general floated as possible replacement (Adds reaction from senator, Harvard astronomer) By Joey Roulette and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday withdrew its nominee for NASA...

* EU prepared to retaliate against planned steel and aluminum tariff increases * Tariffs take effect on June 4 * Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Australia denounce tariff hike (Recasts, adds background and details throughout) BRUSSELS, May 31 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Saturday that Europe was prepared to retaliate against President Donald Trump's plan to double tariffs on...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...