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Foreign buyers at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou say they have greater bargaining power in deals with Chinese suppliers amid the trade war. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

Desperate for sales, China’s traders chase risky deals in emerging markets

With the US market closed off, Chinese exporters are scouring the globe to find new buyers – with mixed results.

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Trump blocked Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites to avoid military clash

17 Apr 2025 - 11:46AMvideocam

Chinese couple shot dead in Rome in mafia-style execution, Italian police say

17 Apr 2025 - 1:44AM

Europe

Security concerns mount over Chinese drones used at critical sites in UK

National Grid and Thames Water among companies deploying DJI drones to inspect their facilities despite warnings.

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Drone giant DJI said it has never received a request for overseas data from China’s government. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Elon Musk offered influencer US$15 million to keep son a secret: report

The influencer declined the proposal, saying that it would make her child feel ‘illegitimate’.

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United States & Canada

Trump threatens to ban ‘joke’ Harvard from accepting foreign students

The US president said the school ‘can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning’ after it refused to bow to his demands.

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United States & Canada

Trump inserts himself into Japan tariff talks, hails ‘big progress’

According to the Japanese delegation, the US president said getting a deal with Tokyo was a ‘top priority’.

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US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he arrives in Washington in January. Photo: TNS

United States & Canada

Canada election: PM Carney clashes with rival Poilievre in first TV debate

Each of the two leaders is fighting to convince voters he is the top choice to deal with Trump’s tariffs and 51st state threats.

17 Apr 2025 - 10:31AM

World

Trump tariff war: WTO slashes trade growth forecast, warns of deeper slump

Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says her greatest fear is the economies of China and the US decoupling from one another.

17 Apr 2025 - 3:43AMvideocam

United States & Canada

Ex-New York police sergeant sentenced to 1.5 years for acting as Chinese agent

Michael McMahon was convicted of stalking a US resident as part of the Beijing-backed ‘Operation Fox Hunt’.

17 Apr 2025 - 8:08AMvideocam

Michael McMahon, a retired New York police sergeant working as a private investigator, arrives for the start of his trial in New York in May 2023. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Wall Street sinks after US Fed warning, as Nvidia leads decline in tech stocks

Chairman Jerome Powell says the US central bank will not intervene to calm markets roiled by Trump’s tariff war.

17 Apr 2025 - 4:49AMvideocam

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, when the S&P 500 was down 0.9 per cent in early trading that day. Photo: AFP

World

‘So beautiful’: colossal squid caught on camera for first time in the deep sea

The animal, a juvenile, was spotted at a depth of 600 metres; the animals can reach up to 7 metres long when fully grown.

17 Apr 2025 - 3:57AM

Diplomacy

EU’s ‘trade bazooka’ was meant for China. Could the US be hit instead?

Bloc turns some of the weapons it had trained on Beijing towards Washington for potential use in the erstwhile allies’ worsening trade war.

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United States & Canada

Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg died of complications from diabetes

The cause of death was determined through a review of lab test results, after her family objected to an autopsy.

17 Apr 2025 - 7:59AM

Michelle Trachtenberg appears at a film premiere in Los Angeles in November 2008. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Chinese embassy in Chile accuses US of ‘hegemonism’ over Trump nominee’s remarks

Nominee to serve as top American envoy to Santiago would try to ‘restrict’ Beijing’s access to resources, especially in space and technology.

17 Apr 2025 - 6:45AM

A ring of telescopes at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla observation site in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Photo: ESO/Handout

United States & Canada

Judge finds cause to hold Trump admin in contempt for El Salvador deportations

The administration did not turn around planes carrying deportees to a notorious prison despite an order from the court.

17 Apr 2025 - 2:10AM

Middle East

Iran ‘not far’ from having nuclear bomb, UN watchdog chief says

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi is in Tehran ahead of a second round of talks between Iran and the US.

17 Apr 2025 - 3:29AM

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Politics

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Xi and Trump’s key people

Discover the power players in Xi and Trump’s teams; the key people setting the agenda on diplomacy, the military, the economy, security and science.

20 Mar 2025 - 2:37PM

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s inner circles

United States & Canada

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China

Discover who is in Donald Trump’s inner circle, their backgrounds, stances on China and the roles they will play in shaping the future of the US.

14 Jan 2025 - 1:00PM

United States & Canada

No country ‘off the hook’ on US tariffs, Trump warns

Meanwhile, the US president’s trade representative told reporters ‘we don’t have any plans’ for talks with China’s Xi Jinping.

14 Apr 2025 - 10:01AMvideocam

United States & Canada

Trump blames Biden and Zelensky for failing to prevent war in Ukraine

‘President Zelensky and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin,’ Trump wrote on social media.

15 Apr 2025 - 9:32AMvideocam

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28. Photo: CNP via Zuma Press Wire / TNS

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Open Questions series

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM

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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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