Xi holds meeting with business leaders amid slowing economy
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday spoke at a symposium was attended by business leaders including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, state media...
US says website update routine, after removal of reference to Taiwan independence
TAIPEI — The US State Department said it has made a routine update to the Taiwan section of its website, after the removal of...
Donald Trump: Coming to you almost daily direct from the Oval Office
WASHINGTON — Gone are the crowded arenas, the pulsing playlists, the off-the-cuff 90-minute campaign speeches. Now that Donald Trump is back in the White...
German voters demand change as Europe’s biggest economy stalls
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Lars Baumguertel wants Germany’s politicians to get out their cheque books.
The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in...
Thai Q4 GDP grows 3.2% y/y, below forecast
BANGKOK — Thailand’s economy grew 3.2% in the final quarter of 2024 from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, missing the median...
China condemns sailing of Canadian warship in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING - China's military on Monday condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had...
UK PM Starmer offers to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was ready to send British troops to Ukraine as part of any postwar...
Trump shrugs off EU’s reported plans for Trump-style import curbs on food
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday shrugged off the European Union's reported push to block imports of U.S. soybeans...
Netanyahu reiterates support for Trump’s Gaza plan
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Palestinians should be given the choice to leave Gaza.
Speaking to Jewish American organizations...
Trump ends climate work inside agency that responds to disasters
TOP OFFICIALS at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate...
Australia to put two-year ban on foreigners buying existing homes
SYDNEY — Australia will ban foreign investors from buying existing homes in the country for two years, its government said on Sunday, in an...
Trump: If it saves the country, it’s not illegal
WASHINGTON — Echoing France’s Napoleon Bonaparte, US President Donald Trump on Saturday took to social media to signal continued resistance to limits on his...