Just how stable is the Islamic Republic? A potential decision by its main client may give us a preview of what will come for the Ali Khamenei regime: Now that the 12-day war is over — for now — one might expect business to return to normal for Iran and China. Instead, the Wall Street...
Local authorities said the driver was rescued with no injuries after heavy rainfall caused landslides in the region. Read full article at source...
Have the Iranians already begun to ‘close’ the Strait of Hormuz? New reports from China — and an apparent sotto voce warning from Beijing to Tehran — suggest that the IRGC may have already deployed their opening salvo to render the strait impassable. According to the Wall Street Journal, several commercial ships had to turn...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came after Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that their parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but added that the final decision lies with...
Annabelle Liang & Nick Marsh Business reporter & Transport correspondent Getty Images Almost half of all cars sold in China last year were electric “I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor,” says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou in the south of...
Before we get to the answer, the question looks less academic by the hour. Donald Trump has already declared that he wants a couple of weeks to decide whether a US strike on Fordow using GBU-57 bunker busters would be required to end the Iranian nuclear-weapons development threat. Trump insists he prefers Iran to surrender...
China’s military has called a British warship’s recent passage through the Taiwan Strait a disruptive act of “intentional provocation” that “undermines peace and stability”. The British Royal Navy says the HMS Spey’s patrol on Wednesday was part of a long-planned deployment and was in accordance with international law. The patrol – the first by a...
New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over wide-ranging deals that its smaller Pacific neighbour had made with China. Wellington, the Cook Islands’ biggest funder, said it was blindsided by the deals that were struck in February, covering infrastructure, tourism, technology and perhaps crucially, deep-sea mineral exploration. Fresh funding...
China interfered in the 2020 election, and the FBI knew that they were doing so. That word comes from documents that Kash Patel has turned over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa in response to requests from the Senator on the issue. https://t.co/HMKxURaBIT — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 17, 2025 Allegations...
A large fire broke out at a motorcycle parking lot in Chongqing, southwest China on Wednesday. Footage shows flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky, as bystanders watch the blaze erupt. The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes and no casualties were reported, according to the local fire department. Read full article at source...
Has the trade war with China come to an end? Has the media’s war on Donald Trump’s trade policies come to a similar anti-climactic conclusion? Trump declared victory on one of these fronts earlier this morning: OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY...
A new round of talks aimed at resolving the trade war between the US and China is set take place in London on Monday. A senior US delegation including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will meet with Chinese representatives such as Vice Premier He Lifeng to resolve tensions between the world’s two largest economies, which is...
Donald Trump has said he will visit China after speaking to its leader Xi Jinping over the phone. The US president said he had reciprocated with an invite to the White House during the “very good talk” – though such a trip has not been confirmed by either side. Thursday’s call is the first time...
Gee … what might the two leaders of the world’s largest economies have to discuss? The Knicks firing a coach that got them into the finals? The latest episode of The Last of Us? For the moment, we don’t know — and in fact, we only know about the call because China’s state media got...
A toddler was saved when her 11-year-old sister pulled her out of the path of a runaway electric cabin scooter in central China’s Henan town. CCTV footage obtained by Chinese state-run national broadcaster China Central Television shows the cabin scooter smashing through the glass doors of a restaurant, narrowly missing the toddler and smashing into...