Japanese Prime Minister Seeks Summit With Kim Jong Un to Resolve Abduction Dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government wants a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to break the deadlock over the...
New Zealand Forges New Alliance With 5 Nordic Countries, Imposes More Sanctions on Russia
New Zealand and the five Nordic countries have formed a new multilateral grouping, called Nordic 5-New Zealand, in recognition of their “common strategic assessments,...
Trump Says He Won’t Let Nvidia Sell Advanced Chips to China, Other Countries
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said he would not let China purchase Nvidia’s flagship Blackwell chips in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired on...
Trump Says China ‘Knows the Consequences’ If It Invades Taiwan
President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping understands “very well” what would happen if China invades Taiwan, therefore, the topic never came up...
Beijing to Pause Probes Into US Chipmakers: White House
China will halt investigations targeting U.S. companies involved in the semiconductor supply chain and issue licenses to exporters of rare earth and other minerals...
Bessent: US Working at ‘Warp Speed’ to Reduce Reliance on Chinese Critical Minerals
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Nov. 2 that the United States is aiming to achieve supply chain independence from China on critical...
China’s Polar Silk Road Reaches Britain Through Russia’s Arctic Corridor
A Chinese container ship has completed a voyage through the Arctic to a UK port, cutting transit time to Europe in half and signaling...
Hegseth Urges US–ASEAN Collaboration to Counter China in South China Sea
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea in remarks on Nov. 1, calling on Southeast Asian...
Religious Freedom Is US National Security, Former US Ambassador Says
Washington’s most effective weapon against Beijing’s deepest vulnerabilities is elevating religious freedom to a national security priority, according to Sam Brownback, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large...