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Japan May Rescue US Soybeans
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Taiwan Offers Economic Haven for Filipino Migrants
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University of Arizona Rejects White House Memo
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S. Korea to Build World's No. 4 Defense Sector
New President Lee Jae Myung sees outsize investments putting S. Korea's defense industry behind only the US, China and Russia.
Zelensky Suffers Another White House Letdown
In his lunch meeting with Trump Ukraine's leader had hoped to secure Tomahawks but was instead pressured to accept territorial losses.
Quiet Backpedaling Seen on Some US Export Controls
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No Kings March Rocks Washington DC Among 2,600 Other Cities
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2,600 No Kings Protests Drew Huge Crowds
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Musk's Boring Company Tied to Bering Strait Tunnel Proposal
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100% China Tariffs Unsustainable Says Trump
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US Businesses Sue to Block $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
A suit representing 300,000 US businesses attacks Trump's new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas as exceeding his presidential powers.
China Could Cripple Hanwha's US Shipbuilding Venture
Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean may not get access to equipment and parts needed for its US shipbuilding joint venture if China blocks their export.
India to Ease Chinese Import Curbs
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China's Fiscal Revenue Growth Rose in September
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Laos to Pull Plug on Crypto Miners by 2026
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TikTok Deal Held Up by Concerns on Licensing Algorithm
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China Accuses US of Stoking Panic by Distorting Rare-Earth Controls
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Brown Joins MIT in Rejecting Trump Compact
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Mass Government Layoffs Blocked for Party Bias
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Apple's Tim Cook Defies Trump with China Investment Pledge
Even as Apple seeks to diversity production to India, Chinese consumers and production bases remain important enough to motivate efforts to navigate trade tensions.
Chinese Freighter's Arctic Crossing Halves Transit Time to Europe
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Currency Traders Bet on Dollar Decline on US Slump
The current dollar rise is seen as being driven by short-term factors including lack of US government economic data and roiling of rival economies.
China, Iceland to Cooperate on Geothermal Green Energy
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Trump Tariffs Mostly Borne by US Business, Consumers
Studies of how the cost of Trump's import tariffs are being handled paints a very different scenario from the one promised by its author.
Vietnamese Warm to China Amid US Tariffs
Despite several military clashes in recent decades Vietnamese find more to like about China amid growing economic, political ties.
Coral Reefs Die-Off Now Nearly Irreversible
Climate change has brought earth on the verge of the first tipping point of ecosystem collapse warn the Global Tipping Point reports by researchers worldwide.
China Defends New Rare-Earth Controls on Military Uses
Trump's new 100% tariff is hypocritical escalation in response to China's legitimate interest in controlling military uses of its rare-earth exports, says Beijing.
China's Tit-for-Tat Export Controls Elicit Grump from White House
Trump explodes with heated threats of "massive" increase in tariffs on Chinese imports and calling off planned meeting with Xi in Seoul.
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Maria Gorina Machado
The Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding might be seen as the anti-Trump in her role as a citizen fighting her nation's authoritarian ruler.
China Imposes Fees on US Ships As Trade Tit-for-Tat Continues
China remains determined to show that it can win the trade war begun by Trump's bolt-from-the-blue trade hostilities.
Komeito Defection from LDP Dents Takaichi PM Prospects
The junior socialist partner cut ties from Japan's ruling LDP due to disagreement over Takaichi's hard anti-immigrant stance and calcified politics.
Taiwan Launches T-Dome Missile Defense System
The system would deploy Chiang-Kong anti-missile missiles that exceed the range of US Patriot missiles currently in use.
Dollar Falls on Trump Threats to Hike Tariffs on Chinese Imports
A worsening trade war with a nation that manufacturer the bulk of consumer goods and buys American exports adds uncertainty to US economic prospects.
100% Increase in China Tariffs Announced
In angry reaction to China's tightening of rare earth and magnet export controls Trump sets Nov 1 for raising tariffs to levels likely to compound ...
Cracks Widen in Russia's War-Distorted Economy
Major Russian industrial firms furlough workers as the economy groans under strains imposed by Putin's Ukraine invasion.
Gold, Other Metals Surge on Dollar Anxiety
Trump's economic isolationism and domestic abuses of power have made the US economy too volatile to provide the level of stability sought by many global ...
Air Travel Faces Growing Delays, Cancellations
The government shutdown and the resulting increase in absenteeism among air traffic controllers and TSA workers increase flight delays and travel cancellations.
Wyoming Coal Lease Auction Fails
Trump's bizarre push to revive the US coal industry hit a wall when an auction for a potential coal mine lease failed to draw significant ...
War Cost Hits Russia Small Businesses Hard
The revenue threshold for Russia's value-added tax (VAT) has been dramatically lowered, putting many small business at risk of being forced to shut down.
Japan May Rescue US Soybeans
US soybeans, pickup trucks and gas will be key to new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's tariff negotiating strategy with Trump.
Musk Ascribes 2-Digit IQ to Acting NASA Head
Sean Duffy's decision to open bidding for the Artemis lunar lander program to SpaceX competitors provokes Elon Musk into another high-profile social media spat.
Top Chatbots Found to Misrepresent News
A study by BBC and EBU showed chatbot misstatements of news in response to about 81% of prompts, with overall accuracy rates ranging between 28% ...
AWS Back to Normal After Monday's Disruptive Global Outage
Major internet platforms and apps were down much of Monday before Amazon Web Services managed to restore normal operations by Tuesday morning.
At Least 2 More Fed Rate Cuts Expected for 2025
Most economists expect a 25-basis point cut in October and December to help a weakening job market without adding to tariff-driven inflation.
Japan Reacts to First Female Prime Minister
The election of Sanae Takaichi represents an odd dichotomy between social progress and a coalition shaped to keep Japan an insular agrarian society in the ...
NASA Opens Lunar Lander Bidding As SpaceX Struggles
Getting the Artemis 3 manned lunar landing mission back on schedule is crucial to the US bid to return humans to the moon ahead of ...
"Massive" Tariffs on India Vowed Until Russian Oil Imports End
Trump vows to keep 50% tariffs on imports from India until it makes good on Modi's promise to stop importing Russian oil.
Zelensky Puts Good Face on Meeting, Citing Patriots
Leaks about an obscenity-laced meeting with Trump were contradicted by Zelensky's portrayal as "positive."
Shutdown to End This Week Hints White House
Moderate Democrats are merely waiting until after the No Kings Protests to vote with the GOP to pass the budget, claims White House economic adviser ...
AWS Outage Cripples Major Platforms
Ten hours since the outage began last night at Amazon Web Services (AWS) thousands of websites and apps continue to struggle to restore normal service.
Taiwan Offers Economic Haven for Filipino Migrants
The high poverty rate in the Philippines forces millions to leave to work overseas and brave the anguish of leaving loved ones behind.
University of Arizona Rejects White House Memo
The University of Arizona joined Brown, MIT, USC, Penn, UVA and Dartmouth in rejecting Trump's offer to give preferential federal funding to colleges willing to ...
S. Korea to Build World's No. 4 Defense Sector
New President Lee Jae Myung sees outsize investments putting S. Korea's defense industry behind only the US, China and Russia.
Zelensky Suffers Another White House Letdown
In his lunch meeting with Trump Ukraine's leader had hoped to secure Tomahawks but was instead pressured to accept territorial losses.
Quiet Backpedaling Seen on Some US Export Controls
Arrow (China) Electronics Trading Co was added to a list of companies restricted from exporting to China for supplying components found in drones used by ...
No Kings March Rocks Washington DC Among 2,600 Other Cities
October 18, 2025 may be remembered as the day a majority of Americans began to sense the urgency of the "No Kings, No Clowns" movement.
2,600 No Kings Protests Drew Huge Crowds
Trump's increasingly erratic dictates on immigration, tariffs, education, the federal workforce and prosecution of political enemies have angered millions of Americans expected to turn out ...
Koreans Among 200,000 Foreigners in Cambodia Scam Farms
About 1,000 Koreans are believed to have been working in Cambodia scam farms either voluntarily or through coercion as many are returning home to face ...
Musk's Boring Company Tied to Bering Strait Tunnel Proposal
A Russian proposal for a "Putin-Trump" rail tunnel under the Bering Strait appears calculated to appeal to Trump's vanity.
100% China Tariffs Unsustainable Says Trump
Admitting that 100% tariffs on Chinese imports would be unsustainable, Trump nevertheless insisted that was his number forced on him by China's tightening of controls ...
US Businesses Sue to Block $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
A suit representing 300,000 US businesses attacks Trump's new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas as exceeding his presidential powers.
China Could Cripple Hanwha's US Shipbuilding Venture
Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean may not get access to equipment and parts needed for its US shipbuilding joint venture if China blocks their export.
India to Ease Chinese Import Curbs
Thawing ties and growing reliance on Chinese supplies to feed its industrial and export growth is prompting India to ease tariffs and other restrictions on ...
China's Fiscal Revenue Growth Rose in September
Accelerating revenue growth in recent months opens door for China to frontload bond issuance in 2026 to help stimulate the economy.
Laos to Pull Plug on Crypto Miners by 2026
The electricity supply will be shifted from low-value uses like crypto toward growth sectors like AI data centers, metals refining and EV production.
TikTok Deal Held Up by Concerns on Licensing Algorithm
Serious security concerns by the House Select Committee on China may delay or even block the deal confirmed by a Sept 25 Trump executive order ...
China Accuses US of Stoking Panic by Distorting Rare-Earth Controls
The war of words over Trump threats of an additional 100% tariffs in response to new Chinese rare-earth controls are raising global investor anxiety and ...
Brown Joins MIT in Rejecting Trump Compact
Brown University is the second elite university to reject a Trump memo that would give federal funds priority in exchange for committing to abide by ...
Mass Government Layoffs Blocked for Party Bias
Trump's statements that shutdown layoffs would target "Democrat agencies" were cited by California Federal District Judge Susan Illston in granting a temporary restraining order against ...
Apple's Tim Cook Defies Trump with China Investment Pledge
Even as Apple seeks to diversity production to India, Chinese consumers and production bases remain important enough to motivate efforts to navigate trade tensions.
Chinese Freighter's Arctic Crossing Halves Transit Time to Europe
The Chinese freighter Istanbul Bridge cut transit time to northwestern Europe from 40 days to 20 days by crossing the Arctic Ocean despite a storm ...
Currency Traders Bet on Dollar Decline on US Slump
The current dollar rise is seen as being driven by short-term factors including lack of US government economic data and roiling of rival economies.
China, Iceland to Cooperate on Geothermal Green Energy
The cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create economic growth shows how Trump's Greenland gaffe combined with withdrawal from global warming efforts gives China ...
Trump Tariffs Mostly Borne by US Business, Consumers
Studies of how the cost of Trump's import tariffs are being handled paints a very different scenario from the one promised by its author.
Vietnamese Warm to China Amid US Tariffs
Despite several military clashes in recent decades Vietnamese find more to like about China amid growing economic, political ties.
Coral Reefs Die-Off Now Nearly Irreversible
Climate change has brought earth on the verge of the first tipping point of ecosystem collapse warn the Global Tipping Point reports by researchers worldwide.
China Defends New Rare-Earth Controls on Military Uses
Trump's new 100% tariff is hypocritical escalation in response to China's legitimate interest in controlling military uses of its rare-earth exports, says Beijing.
China's Tit-for-Tat Export Controls Elicit Grump from White House
Trump explodes with heated threats of "massive" increase in tariffs on Chinese imports and calling off planned meeting with Xi in Seoul.
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Maria Gorina Machado
The Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding might be seen as the anti-Trump in her role as a citizen fighting her nation's authoritarian ruler.
China Imposes Fees on US Ships As Trade Tit-for-Tat Continues
China remains determined to show that it can win the trade war begun by Trump's bolt-from-the-blue trade hostilities.
Komeito Defection from LDP Dents Takaichi PM Prospects
The junior socialist partner cut ties from Japan's ruling LDP due to disagreement over Takaichi's hard anti-immigrant stance and calcified politics.
Taiwan Launches T-Dome Missile Defense System
The system would deploy Chiang-Kong anti-missile missiles that exceed the range of US Patriot missiles currently in use.
Dollar Falls on Trump Threats to Hike Tariffs on Chinese Imports
A worsening trade war with a nation that manufacturer the bulk of consumer goods and buys American exports adds uncertainty to US economic prospects.
100% Increase in China Tariffs Announced
In angry reaction to China's tightening of rare earth and magnet export controls Trump sets Nov 1 for raising tariffs to levels likely to compound ...
Cracks Widen in Russia's War-Distorted Economy
Major Russian industrial firms furlough workers as the economy groans under strains imposed by Putin's Ukraine invasion.
Gold, Other Metals Surge on Dollar Anxiety
Trump's economic isolationism and domestic abuses of power have made the US economy too volatile to provide the level of stability sought by many global ...
Air Travel Faces Growing Delays, Cancellations
The government shutdown and the resulting increase in absenteeism among air traffic controllers and TSA workers increase flight delays and travel cancellations.
Wyoming Coal Lease Auction Fails
Trump's bizarre push to revive the US coal industry hit a wall when an auction for a potential coal mine lease failed to draw significant ...
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