As Donald Trump’s trade war heats up, China is surprisingly confident
Editor’s note (April 5th 2025): On April 4th China retaliated against Donald Trump’s tariffs, announcing a 34% duty on Americ...
Catch up:Market rout continues; Trump extends TikTok deadline
Markets plunged further after China retaliated against Donald Trump’s tariffs with an additional levy of 34% on all American ...
Detained in The Hague, Duterte Pursues a Political Comeback at Home
Rodrigo Duterte has been kept in a cell in The Hague for more than three weeks on charges of crimes against humanity for the ...
Man Employs A.I. Avatar in Legal Appeal, and Judge Isn’t Amused
Jerome Dewald sat with his legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap in front of an appellate panel of New York State judg...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
A video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a ma...
How Tariffs Are Hitting Digital Commerce Companies
This year was supposed to be a banner moment for digital commerce companies. Klarna, the digital payments giant, was gearing ...
Ted Cruz and Other Senate Republicans Question Trump’s Tariffs
Some Republican senators on Capitol Hill, including one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters, have signaled their unea...
TikTok’s bizarre sale process gets even weirder
ANYONE WANT to buy a used social network? One careful Chinese owner, 170m users in America and revenue there of $12bn last ye...
YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island
An American tourist set off alone last week on an inflatable boat for the remote island of North Sentinel in the Indian Ocean...
Catch up:Trump extends TikTok deadline; market rout continues
Donald Trump extended by 75 days a deadline for the Chinese owners of TikTok to sell its American operations. The video-shari...