President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said that he would impose new tariffs on imported goods from Canada, China, and Mexico during the first day of his new administration. The former president, who won re-election earlier this month, said that the tariffs would be one of his first executive actions as the new commander-in-chief. He also […]
China issued a warning to the United States after President Joe Biden authorized long-range targeting inside Russia with ATACMS rockets capable of hitting positions up to 190 miles away. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., told Newsweek: “Realizing an early ceasefire and striving for political settlement serves the interests of all […]
Donald Trump has promised to impose tariffs on imported goods as part of his economic agenda in his second term. While China stands to be punished the hardest, other countries, including U.S. allies, are also set to be impacted. The president-elect ran on a pledge to use tariffs to boost American businesses, with up to […]
A Russian-Chinese flotilla sailed toward the Northern Pacific Ocean on Monday while the United States deployed two warships for homeland defense operations to protect Alaska. According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, a total of nine Russian and Chinese warships transited the La Perouse Strait, a designated international waterway known as the Soya Strait, eastward from […]
An overgrown airfield on a small island in the Pacific, once instrumental in America’s role in ending World War II, is being reclaimed by the U.S. Air Force as it prepares for a possible future fight with China. The remote island of Tinian, which is less than 40 square miles, is one of three principal […]
Canada says it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EV) after similar announcements by the US and European Union.The country also plans to impose a 25% duty on Chinese steel and aluminium.Canada and its Western allies accuse China of subsidising its EV industry, giving its car makers an unfair advantage.China […]
China clearly holds a special place in Tim Walz’s heart: The Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate speaks some Chinese. He’s traveled there some 30 times, including for his honeymoon. And he’s often spoken about the country and worked on legislation related to it. But since he was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate […]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in what a US defense official said was the first time the two countries have been intercepted while operating together. The bombers remained in international airspace in Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and were “not seen as […]
Despite years of warnings that China operates an illicit biological weapons program, the U.S. military remains unable to determine whether it sends American tax dollars to Beijing for research that could make pathogens more dangerous or deadly, the Pentagon’s chief watchdog declared in a stunning new warning to policymakers. “The DoD did not track funding […]
China’s rapid accumulation of commodities has drawn global attention and led some analysts to speculate President Xi Jinping’s country is girding itself for war over Taiwan. “Xi seems to have studied the sanctions playbook the West used against Russia over Ukraine and subsequently initiated long-lead protective measures to batten down the hatches of China’s economy […]
In the minds of many Japanese people, Yonaguni is a sleepy paradise of crystal-clear sea and pristine beaches, where miniature horses graze on clifftops and empty roads dissect fields of sugar cane; where tourists dive with hammerhead sharks and marvel at the Ayamihabiru – the world’s largest Atlas moth. But this tiny island, located far […]
More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China. An international investigation by the Guardian, Die Zeit and Le Monde gives a rare inside look at the mechanics […]
