LIVE NOW: Senate Homeland Security Holds Hearing on Second Amendment
The Senate Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing to examine the Second Amendment at 10 a.m. ET on April 15. Witnesses include: Panel 1:...
Yellen says ‘no alternative’ to dollar, urges US-China cooperation for sake of the world
A decoupling between China and the United States is something “that you don’t want to see”, says former US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, adding...
UK PM Starmer says ‘not going to yield’ to Trump’s Mideast war threats
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said he would not “yield” to pressure to join the Iran war after US President Donald Trump...
Trump Says He Exchanged Letters With China’s Xi Over Iran
President Donald Trump said on April 15 that he had received a letter from Chinese leader Xi Jinping after he told Beijing not to...
Trump says the Iran war is ‘close to over’. Is he just out of options?
Donald Trump’s claim that the US war with Iran is nearing an end reflects a desire to break the conflict’s deadlock to ease political...
Chinese tanker retreats twice from US’ Hormuz blockade in 48 hours
A fully laden Chinese tanker has twice turned back from the US blockade of traffic leaving Iranian ports, despite setting off from the United...
China’s CATL to invest US$4.4 billion in mining arm to secure EV battery supply chain
Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), China’s electric vehicle (EV) battery king, plans to earmark 30 billion yuan (US$4.4 billion) to establish a subsidiary to...
Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn’t step down ‘in time’
US President Donald Trump has said he will fire Jerome Powell if the Federal Reserve chair does not step down “in time”, adding that...
Bessent Calls China an Unreliable Partner for Its Hoarding Oil Amid Iran War
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China had been an “unreliable global partner” during the war in Iran, citing the communist regime’s hoarding of...