4 h. ago US confirms Chinese boy in federal custody, but his whereabouts remain unknown

More than a week after US immigration authorities separated 6-year-old Yuanxin from his father during a routine check-in with ICE in New York, it has been confirmed that the child has been placed in the custody of the US Office of Refugee Resettlement. However, his location still remains unknown. The ORR, a federal agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services, is almost always the agency that takes custody of immigrant children classified as unaccompanied or separated minors...

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4 h. ago US confirms Chinese boy Yuanxin, 6, is in federal custody. But where is he?

More than a week after US immigration authorities separated 6-year-old Yuanxin from his father during a routine check-in with ICE in New York, it has been confirmed that the child has been placed in the custody of the US Office of Refugee Resettlement. However, his location still remains unknown. The ORR, a federal agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services, is almost always the agency that takes custody of immigrant children classified as unaccompanied or separated minors...

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39 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Trump meets Nvidia's CEO to talk AI chip curbs; Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal

Trump tariffs live updates: Trump meets Nvidia's CEO to talk AI chip curbs; Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal  Yahoo Finance

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56 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal; OECD upgrades US growth forecast

Trump tariffs live updates: Bessent confirms China on track to keep trade deal; OECD upgrades US growth forecast  Yahoo Finance

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7 d. ago Soybeans Bulls Post Black Friday Buying, as USDA confirms Sales to China

Soybeans Bulls Post Black Friday Buying, as USDA confirms Sales to China  Nasdaq

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1 week ago Trump calls Takaichi after Xi, China’s cruise dominance: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump talks to Japanese PM hours after his overnight call with China’s Xi Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed “the close cooperation” between Tokyo and Washington in a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, hours after Trump spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. 2. China sends emergency return vehicle to space...

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1 week ago Trump Confirms Beijing Trip as US and China Forge Stronger Ties

Trump Confirms Beijing Trip as US and China Forge Stronger Ties  kaohoon international

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1 week ago Trump Confirms April Beijing Visit and Xi State Visit: U.S.–China Summit Set Amid Tensions

Trump Confirms April Beijing Visit and Xi State Visit: U.S.–China Summit Set Amid Tensions  Azat TV

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1 week ago Chikungunya strikes two Hong Kong travellers as infection count rises to 70

Hong Kong has recorded two more imported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya involving a man and a woman who had both recently travelled to mainland China. The latest cases pushed the total number of confirmed infections in the city to 70 so far this year, of which four were locally acquired, the Centre for Health Protection said on Sunday. The man, 69, lives in Yuen Long. He visited Yunnan province with three other friends between November 9 and 16. According to preliminary...

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1 week ago Chikungunya strikes 2 Hong Kong travellers as infection count rises to 70

Hong Kong has recorded two more imported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya involving a man and a woman who had both recently travelled to mainland China. The latest cases pushed the total number of confirmed infections in the city to 70 so far this year, of which four were locally acquired, the Centre for Health Protection said on Sunday. The man, 69, lives in Yuen Long. He visited Yunnan province with three other friends between November 9 and 16. According to preliminary...

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2 w. ago USDA Confirms More Soybean Exports to China, First Wheat Sale

USDA Confirms More Soybean Exports to China, First Wheat Sale  Transport Topics

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2 w. ago USDA Confirms More Soybean Exports to China and First Wheat Sale

USDA Confirms More Soybean Exports to China and First Wheat Sale  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago Soybeans Fade Confirmation of Big China Purchases: Corn Tries to Rally Alone

Soybeans Fade Confirmation of Big China Purchases: Corn Tries to Rally Alone  AgWeb

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2 w. ago Soybeans Fade Confirmation of Big China Purchases: Are More in the Works?

Soybeans Fade Confirmation of Big China Purchases: Are More in the Works?  AgWeb

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2 w. ago US races to secure China rare earths deal as worries over chokeholds linger

The administration of US President Donald Trump hopes to confirm a deal to secure rare earth supplies from China by Thanksgiving, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview, framing the agreement as vital to shoring up America’s supply chains. The remarks came as the Council on Foreign Relations, a US-based think tank, warned in a new report that the US’ reliance on Chinese critical minerals remained a major strategic vulnerability that Washington needed to address. A rare earths deal...

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2 w. ago EU recalibrates on China as it seeks rare earths breakthrough

Under pressure from Beijing’s chokehold on rare earths and the simmering feud over chipmaker Nexperia, EU officials have been asked to tone down their public rhetoric on Beijing, even as the bloc moves forward aggressively with its de-risking plans. Brussels is in “de-escalation mode”, several official sources confirmed, as it looks to convince China to issue more licences for the export of the critical minerals vital to hi-tech manufacturing and ensure the supply of chips from beleaguered...

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2 w. ago ‘Don’t mention the war’: EU recalibrates China discourse amid rare earths deal

Under pressure from Beijing’s chokehold on rare earths and the simmering feud over chipmaker Nexperia, EU officials have been asked to tone down their public rhetoric on Beijing, even as the bloc moves forward aggressively with its de-risking plans. Brussels is in “de-escalation mode”, several official sources confirmed, as it looks to convince China to issue more licences for the export of the critical minerals vital to hi-tech manufacturing and ensure the supply of chips from beleaguered...

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2 w. ago China’s LGBTQ community loses key lifeline as Blued, Finka apps vanish

The vulnerability of safe digital spaces for China’s LGBTQ community has been underscored by the abrupt removal of the country’s two most popular gay-dating apps – Blued and Finka – from mainland app stores under government orders. The apps, both owned by Hong Kong-based BlueCity Holdings Ltd, were first noticed missing by Chinese social media users last weekend. Apple confirmed the removals in a statement sent to the South China Morning Post on Thursday, explaining that it follows the laws in...

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4 w. ago Nexperia crisis: China confirms exemptions to export controls

Nexperia crisis: China confirms exemptions to export controls  Automotive Logistics

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4 w. ago Jensen Huang confirms there are no plans to ship Blackwell GPUs to China right now, chipmaker at Beijing's mercy — Nvidia CEO says shipments haven't been approved by Chinese authorities

Jensen Huang confirms there are no plans to ship Blackwell GPUs to China right now, chipmaker at Beijing's mercy — Nvidia CEO says shipments haven't been approved by Chinese authorities  Tom's Hardware

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