WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to impose 25-percent auto tariffs, with the measures set to take effect on April 2.

"What we're going to be doing is a 25-percent tariff for all cars that are not made in the United States," Trump said in the White House Oval Office. "We start off with a 2.5-percent base, which is what we're at, and go to 25 percent." (U.S.-Trump-Auto Tariffs)

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OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday announced a fund to bolster the country's auto industry against the tariff imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, local media reported.

The liberal leader on his election campaign tour called a "strategic response fund" which is valued at 2 billion Canadian dollars (1.4 billion U.S. dollars), reported CBC News. (Canada-U.S.-Tariff)

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SANTIAGO -- Four people, including two minors, died early Wednesday after a fire broke out at a camp in Chile's capital Santiago, local media reported, citing information from the Carabineros militarized police force.

According to Lt. Col. Christian Bichett, the blaze began past midnight Tuesday at a house in the Cerrillos district, in southwest Santiago. (Chile-Fire)

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SANAA -- The U.S. military conducted multiple airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday evening, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV and residents said.

According to the Houthi television, three airstrikes targeted the Jarban area in the Sanhan district, in the southern part of Sanaa, two airstrikes hit the al-Jumaymah area in the Bani Hushaysh district, northeast of Sanaa, as well as two other airstrikes hit the al-Daylami air base in the northern part of Sanaa. (Yemen-U.S. Airstrikes-Houthis Sites) Enditem

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