41 h. ago Japan waves goodbye to its last giant pandas amid China rift

Many spectators wore panda hats and waved flags as the pandas departed

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41 h. ago Why Starmer’s China trip has come at the worst possible time

Keir Starmer is the first PM since Theresa May to visit China, but political editor David Maddox explains why a trip to Beijing now – amid faltering relations with the US and speculation about a leadership challenge at home – leaves the prime minister exposed

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41 h. ago The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears

Now the US is vying regional dominance, experts point to War Plan Red as proof its Canadian allyship has always been flimsyFirst, American forces would strike with poison gas munitions, seizing a strategically valuable port city. Soldiers would sever undersea cables, destroy bridges and rail lines to paralyze infrastructure. Major cities on the shores of lakes and rivers would be captured in order to blunt any civilian resistance.The multipronged invasion would rely on ground forces, amphibious landing and then mass internments. According to the architects of the plan, the attack would be short-lived and the besieged country would fall within days. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago LIVE: Police swarm house with forensic tent erected amid serious incident

A forensic tent can be seen outside a property

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41 h. ago Chinese company on US forced labour watchlist to buy Canadian gold mining firm

Zijin Gold’s parent company has been placed on US administration’s Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act Entity List

Economics

42 h. ago How China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ hackers are waging war on West as Downing Street spying op exposed & Starmer heads to Beijing

SPIES from China are understood to have hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for several years. Aides close to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were targeted for three years, between 2021 and 2024, when all three served as Prime Ministers, before the operation was exposed. One source said the...

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43 h. ago Russian drones injure Ukrainian children and a pregnant woman as Zelenskyy urges swifter diplomacy

A heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has injured 23 people, including children and a pregnant woman

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43 h. ago China’s biggest sportswear brand to buy Puma stake for $1.8 billion

Anta Sports Products will buy a 29.06 per cent stake in Puma, the Chinese sportswear company has announced

Economics

43 h. ago Keir Starmer warned 'do not get naked' and 'change in bed' as Chinese spies will be watching

Keir Starmer is facing a nude threat on his trip to China after Theresa May - the last British Prime Minister to visit the superpower - was advised to get dressed under her bed covers

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43 h. ago Tourist mauled at Chinese ski resort after trying to take selfie with wild snow leopard

Authorities ask visitors to strictly follow safety instructions and avoid approaching wild animals

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44 h. ago Nipah outbreak in India sparks worry in China ahead of Lunar New Year travel season

Public anxiety spreads on social media despite experts saying transmission risk remains low

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44 h. ago China 'hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for years'

State-backed hackers compromised senior officials’ communications, according to The Telegraph

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45 h. ago EU car sales grow 1.8% in 2025 with electric cars surging but Tesla loses market share – business live

Sales at Elon Musk’s carmaker plummet nearly 38% in 2025 as it loses ground to China’s BYD; gold continues to riseGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Sales of new cars in the European Union rose by 1.8% last year, with electric cars making up a bigger share of the market, while Tesla sales plummeted as it lost ground to China’s BYD. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Rare snow leopard attack at China’s Xinjiang ski destination leaves tourist injured

Authorities ask visitors to strictly follow safety instructions and avoid approaching wild animals

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47 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer says he does not have to choose between ties with China and US

The Prime Minister will travel to China on Tuesday as he attempts to continue building bridges with Beijing.

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47 h. ago Starmer's fraught visit to China will tell us what he really thinks of the UK's place in the world | Peter Frankopan

Does Britain have any leverage over human rights or security concerns or is it a decaying nation that cannot risk trade relations?This week, Keir Starmer will reportedly visit China. This will be the first trip of this kind by a British prime minister since Theresa May’s three-day visit to Beijing in 2018. Since then, relations between London and Beijing have become increasingly fraught, caught between growing security concerns and deep economic interdependence. Allegations of espionage and influence operations have sharpened political and public suspicion in the UK, even as deep trade links and supply chains on which the country depends make disengagement unrealistic. As fierce debate about the recent approval for the new Chinese embassy has shown, there are strong opinions about how to best manage relations with Beijing – as well as what, precisely, constitutes a threat and what is an opportunity. The result is an uneasy balancing act in which caution and cooperation coexist, ofte...

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52 h. ago Phones of senior officials in Downing Street 'have been hacked by China for years'

Chinese spies are understood to have targeted the phones of close aides to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak between 2021 and 2024.

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52 h. ago IAN WILLIAMS: China's vampire state is about to sink its fangs into Kowtow Keir. Stand by for a humiliating spectacle

Keir Starmer is stepping up 'Operation Kowtow', his reckless bid to cosy up to China- at the worst possible moment for Britain's national security.

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54 h. ago JASON GROVES: As Starmer visits China, how when Theresa May was in Beijing she was told to get dressed under the bed covers so local spies couldn't film her naked

When he sits down with Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People this week, Sir Keir will be the first British prime minister to visit China since Theresa May exactly eight years ago.

Culture

57 h. ago The signs that Trump and Noem’s ICE swarm in Minnesota is falling apart after the Alex Pretti killing

Even Republicans are getting increasingly queasy about the shooting of the ICU nurse and there are broader consequences for the party, Eric Garcia writes

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