Trade and diplomacy: US President Trump risk isolation as Europe looks to lean towards China
The meeting took place against the backdrop US President Donald Trump’s aggressive territorial expansionist campaign to annex Greenland.
Rebound of Chinese ‘sweet economy’ projected to spur population sprint after years of enforced low fertilities
Yuan Xin, vice president of the China Population Association, predicted that the rebound in marriages is likely to boost the fertility rate, potentially leading to a new wave of births in 2026. However, he also noted that fluctuations in birth rates are common during periods of broader demographic decline, both in China and worldwide.
Chinese doctors restore smile, self-esteem to Zanzibar teen with life-changing surgery
More than a medical achievement, the surgery was a vivid reflection of the Chinese medical team’s spirit of unity, professionalism, and compassion. From precise imaging diagnosis to collective problem-solving in surgical planning, from seamless coordination in the operating room to attentive post-operative care, the team demonstrated the power of collaboration across disciplines.
Through much of his first term, conspiracy theorists wondered and tweeted that US President Trump must be a Russian agent
It’s the international friendships where one can most clearly see the costs mounting in real time. Just look at the statements coming from that mountain redoubt of global capitalism at Davos: Canadian prime minister Mark Carney – the leader of our closest ally and largest trading partner, whose military is now modelling doing battle with the US across what has long been the world’s longest unguarded border – got a standing ovation for a speech in which he proclaimed, “Let me be clear: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
Trump’s relentless push to ‘own’ Greenland may have precipitated self-immolation of US as a superpower
Trump’s interest in Greenland is as inexplicable and personal as ever a presidential side quest was. Seeking control from the Danes of a territory holding just 57,000 people and land mostly covered by mile-thick ice is not some long-held conservative shibboleth; it’s not something long lectured about in international-relations classrooms .
Kenya leads Africa’s scramble for expanding Chinese market as Beijing cuts tariffs on imports
Kenya has reaffirmed its resolve to work with the private sector and development partners to maximise the gains from bilateral and multilateral trade arrangements, positioning Kenya as a regional hub for trade and investment in Africa.
How rare earth metal heats up and cools down tensions in corridors of US, China’s aerospace industry
Although a late-October meeting in South Korea between Chinese president Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump raised hopes for a détente, the Chinese export restrictions introduced last April remain substantially in place.
Longest government shutdown in US history ends and business lumbers back to life but political divisions remain
42 million Americans will no longer have to worry whether the SNAP subsidies that help them pay for groceries will run out. A spokesperson for the Agriculture Department said most states would receive funds for full SNAP benefits within 24 hours of the government reopening.
How Trump tried to convince China’s Xi to free jailed Hong Kong media mogul
Trump’s direct intervention comes as Lai awaits a verdict after a trial widely seen as a symbol of China’s crackdown on rights and freedoms in the Asian financial hub under a national security law imposed after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Trump and China’s Xi Jinping sign deals to trim tariffs on China, Beijing to crack down on illicit fentanyl exports
Chinese state media portrayed the meeting as a triumph of Xi’s policymaking. “We have the confidence and capability to navigate all kinds of risks and challenges,” the official news agency, Xinhua, quoted him as saying.