by Our Correspondent in Fuzhou , China The future of international cooperation is increasingly being shaped not only by what countries build, trade or invest in, but also by how their
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, created to streamline federal agencies and cut government waste, has officially ceased to exist eight months ahead of schedule, U.S. officials told Reuters. DOGE, launched
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The United States is reportedly gearing up to increase pressure on Venezuela through covert operations, sources told Reuters, as Washington considers a range of measures that could include efforts to overthrow President
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC A new U.S. Congress-mandated report, spanning more than 700 pages, has issued its most forceful warning yet that China is constructing a covert maritime empire stretching
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The growing alarm over Chinese intelligence activity in Britain — intensified by recent reports in The Times UK about agents targeting MPs on LinkedIn — mirrors the lived reality of one political
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Sheffield Hallam University’s decision to halt a major body of research into forced labour in China — first revealed in materials obtained by Professor Laura Murphy and originally reported by The Times
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For decades, the small island of Kinmen, just off China’s southeastern coast, witnessed one of the most unusual military stand-offs in history. From the 1950s through the late 1970s, the Chinese Nationalists
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The chairman of Lloyd’s of London confronted the then chief executive, John Neal, nearly two years ago over allegations of a workplace affair, raising renewed concerns about the handling of an executive-level
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In the Lincolnshire countryside of England, Alex Leiserach and his wife Louise experienced a technological shock after moving from West Sussex: internet so slow that web pages seemed to load pixel by
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The Group of 20 is calling for stronger safeguards for critical minerals against unilateral trade actions, in a proposed draft document obtained by Bloomberg News. The measure aims to strengthen the value
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French President Emmanuel Macron has raised fresh alarms about the future of the Group of 20, suggesting the international economic forum may be “reaching the end of a cycle.” Speaking at the
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What began as a local dispute in Nottinghamshire, England, has become a cautionary tale about the creeping restrictions on press freedom worldwide. Council leader Mick Barton of the right-wing Reform UK party
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China-founded TP-Link Systems Inc. is attempting to convince U.S. national security officials that it operates independently from Beijing, but its Vietnam factory highlights the challenges of that claim. The facility, which produces
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Ten of India’s largest trade unions condemned the government’s rollout of new labour codes on Friday, calling the overhaul “a deceptive fraud” against workers. The unions, aligned with parties opposing Prime Minister
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Daily Mail owner DMGT announced on Saturday that it has reached a £500 million ($650 million) agreement to acquire The Telegraph, a transaction that would unite two of Britain’s major right-leaning newspapers
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Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop Rafael Zornoza of Spain, who is under investigation for an alleged sexual abuse case involving a teenage boy in the 1990s. The bishop, who
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