US Regulators End Climate Oversight Framework for Big Banks
Federal regulators will no longer require banks to spell out how they manage climate-related financial risk, following objections from officials in the Trump administration...
Nuclear fusion: could China be first to harness the energy that powers the sun?
At a laboratory in northern China, less than an hour away from Beijing, a team of scientists is working on a new technology with...
Ex-Trump aide John Bolton charged amid crackdown on US president’s critics
Published: 5:30am, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 7:46am, 17 Oct 2025 John Bolton, US President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, was charged on Thursday in...
3 signs China’s patience with Trump is at an end
In August, when US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the American and Chinese trade teams would meet in two to three months, a...
4 dead after Kenyan forces fire shots to disperse crowd mourning Odinga
Published: 5:11am, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 5:47am, 17 Oct 2025 Four people were killed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday after security forces fired shots...
Carney walks fine line between Washington, Beijing as Ottawa weighs EV tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expects to meet senior Chinese leaders in the “coming month or so” as part of...
China’s Soldier Gear Disaster: Guns Break After 3,000 Shots, Boots Peel, Bulletproof Vests Fail
A Chinese gun enthusiast in North America, holding a Type 97 assault rifle and a Type 92 pistol, spoke for two hours in front...
US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over US$100,000 H-1B visa fee
The largest American business lobbying group filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging US President Donald Trump’s US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly...
Trump Says He Has Authorized Covert CIA Operations in Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 confirmed that he has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela. The decision would expand U.S. assets deployed...