9 h. ago China steps up its war of words after branding US and Japanese destroyers 'enemy vessels'

China has escalated its war of words by branding American and Japanese destroyers as 'enemy vessels.'

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10 h. ago Trump administration opens investigation on UC Berkeley over foreign funding

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government

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13 h. ago Empty store shelves are coming as companies cancel orders from China amid tariff concerns

Number of freight vessels scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles is on track to be down by 31 percent for the week ending May 10

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15 h. ago Trump claims China's President Xi called HIM amid tariffs drama and makes odd comparison regarding their chat

President Donald Trump claimed that China's President Xi Jinping called him amid the countries' tariff drama - as China continued to dispute that trade talks are happening.

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18 h. ago Trump tenderly applies mascara to 'eyeliner man' JD Vance as the pair snuggle in an all

Chinese commentators across the political spectrum have found rare common ground in their meme-led criticism of the U.S. president and his deputy.

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19 h. ago JD Vance is declared 'the eyeliner man' and dressed up in pink while Trump is likened to a North Korean dictator as furious China unleashes meme warfare on US

Chinese commentators across the political spectrum have found rare common ground in their meme-led criticism of the U.S. president and his deputy.

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20 h. ago Satellite images reveal China's mysterious structures being used for territorial land grab

South Korea's Foreign Ministry expressed 'deep concern' over what some experts have referred to as an encroachment on their territorial waters.

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20 h. ago Apple to move production of US iPhones from China to India over tariffs – report

Experts have already warned the price of electronics generally, and not just Apple products, are likely to rise.

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26 h. ago ‘I’ll hook you up to a f***ing polygraph test,’ a furious Hegseth told acting chair of the Joint Chief of Staff in hunt for leak: report

Hegseth threatened top staff with polygraph tests following reports that the Pentagon invited Elon Musk for a briefing on China

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33 h. ago Trump tariffs: President vents at China over Boeing as Beijing denies claims of trade deal talks

Beijing called claims of trade talks ‘groundless as trying to catch the wind’ and having ‘no factual basis’ as Trump insisted they were happening

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38 h. ago US automakers will face easier federal rules in the race with China to develop self

U.S. automakers developing self-driving cars will be allowed more exemptions from certain federal safety rules for testing purposes to help them compete against Chinese rivals

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38 h. ago Trump tariffs live: President vents at China over Boeing as Beijing denies claims of trade deal talks

Lawsuit comes as president warned he could re-impose higher tariffs in as little as two weeks

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39 h. ago Airlines, rattled by trade war and spending pullback, continue to cut flights, pull outlooks

Major U.S. airlines are reducing their flight schedules and revising or withdrawing their profit outlooks for the year due to less domestic travel demand as sentiment about the national and global economies sours

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39 h. ago China jails most writers in the world for sixth year in a row

Iran named as one of the worst offenders for jailing mostly women writers protesting against suppression

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41 h. ago Trump keeps claiming he’s working on a deal with China. Beijing says that it is all in his mind

‘Any claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis,’ a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said

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43 h. ago China confirms bombshell plan to build nuclear base on MOON – and Vladimir Putin’s involved too

China's ambitious Chang'e-8 mission will aim to build a lunar base, and explore the use of a robotic arm and potentially a humanoid robot sent up to the moon to explore its surface

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45 h. ago China rocket launch fires three astronauts to satellite amid fears of new space race

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45 h. ago Trump tariffs live: Dozen US states sue to stop ‘insane’ policy as president threatens more global levies

The lawsuit comes as the president warned he could re-impose the higher tariffs in as little as two weeks

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45 h. ago The key reasons China holds the edge over the US in Trump’s trade war

Despite the slight change in tone from the White House, China says it will not be bullied into a deal

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48 h. ago Kenyan president vows closer ties to China during visit amid Trump's trade war

Kenyan President William Ruto pledged to build closer ties with China on Thursday, a day after saying a global trade war triggered by Washington could deal a “death blow” to the current world order

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