US labour secretary to leave Trump’s cabinet after abuse of power allegations
Labour Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, the administration announced on Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her...
US firms dash to recover tariffs paid on Chinese imports as refund system launches
For Tim Avanzato and the team at Lanca Sales, Monday marked the start of a high-stakes digital scramble to recover tariffs paid after US...
How China is reinforcing its ‘legal shield’ against foreign pressure
China has released new regulations that aim to counter the “unjustified” extraterritorial use of foreign laws, the latest move to protect its interests from...
Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO, handing reins to firm’s hardware leader
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign that...
How new US-Indonesia defence pact sharpens China’s ‘Malacca dilemma’
Indonesia says it is not choosing sides. That is true in diplomacy. It is less true on the map. The “major defence cooperation partnership”...
China ‘has to be involved’ in new nuclear arms control talks, US senator urges
China “has to be involved” in nuclear arms control talks, while the US must step up its nuclear modernisation, including deploying more bombers, a...
Canadian tourist killed, 6 people injured in shooting at Mexico archaeological site
A Canadian woman was shot dead and four other people were injured by a gunman on Monday at Mexico’s famed Teotihuacan archaeological site, authorities...
Cuba confirms recent ‘respectful’ talks with visiting US delegation
A senior Cuban diplomat on Monday confirmed recent talks in Havana with US officials, as the communist-led island faces a deep crisis over US...
1 dead, 6 hurt as trolleybus crashes into supermarket in Austria
One person died and six were injured on Monday after a trolleybus veered off the road and crashed into a supermarket in Salzburg, Austria’s...