Beijing pours cash into Belt and Road financing in global resources grab
Spending on Xi Jinping’s signature overseas investment project hit a record in 2025, new research shows...
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Spending on Xi Jinping’s signature overseas investment project hit a record in 2025, new research shows...
Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine....
Move is part of an effort to limit entries from foreigners who rely on government welfare...
In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...
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Graffiti reading "ICE out now!" is seen on the exterior wall of a Target store in Minneapolis. Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images Target sent a memo to staff acknowledging the stress workers m...
Many countries, including the UK, have turned their backs on the project after Putin was asked to join...
German cities saw large pro-Kurdish demonstrations on Tuesday as government troops in Syria clash with Kurdish forces....
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China placed its most senior military officer and another top general under investigation for suspected “serious” disciplinary violations, extending a corruption push that has hollowed out the leaders...
Honduras electoral authorities rejected on Monday an order by the outgoing president to recount November’s election won by Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura. Asfura, a conservative businessman, was ...
Washington to invest in USA Rare Earth as bank run by Howard Lutnick’s sons advises group on separate fundraising...
Talks that are due to take place next month take on fresh urgency after the transatlantic rupture in Davos...
Agreement will reduce tariffs on goods from the island to 15% and will ease tensions between the two countries...
Republicans called a digital asset market structure bill a bipartisan effort despite pushback from some Democrats on certain provisions....
A struggling currency sparked the protests and Trump’s new tariffs on Tehran’s trade partners will only increase the pain...
Outrage grows in US after videos cast doubt on official explanation for death of 37-year-old intensive-care nurse...
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to take on the country's presidency after the highly controversial elections....
Israel will join countries including UAE, Morocco and Belarus on body that US president wants to adopt UN-like role...