The Rare Earth Metal Driving Tensions Between the US and China
Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the ...
This is FIRST country in world where smoking is BANNED, tourists also prohibited from tobacco use, fines of up to…, not Bhutan or New Zealand, it is…
The ban also includes e-cigarettes and vaping devices. These products cannot be imported, sold, shared, owned, or used by ...
Looming drone ban has farmers and farm-state Republicans anxious
As congressional China-hawks work to limit commercial drone sales from Beijing, a growing number of conservative lawmakers ...
Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq notch fourth day of gains with next week's Fed meeting in focus
The focus is on the delayed September PCE report on consumer inflation, the gauge favored by the Fed, to sanity-check ...
Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters
The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and ...
East Asia Forum
China’s EV dominance sparks EU retaliation
Chinese EV exports have attracted tariffs from the European Union, but these measures are lacklustre in the face of China's distinct market advantage.
In tungsten territory, China celebrates control of mineral the U.S. needs
President Donald Trump claimed victory after China agreed to defer controls on rare earths. But many restrictions remain, including on the critical mineral tungsten.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley ...
Why Did China Take a Hardline Stance on Stablecoins, Declaring Them Illegal, While the U.S. and Europe Opted for Regulation? | Opinion
When it comes to virtual currencies, especially stablecoins, China and Western countries have taken completely different ...
A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test
ARMR Sciences of New York is trialing a vaccine in the Netherlands to protect against fentanyl-related overdose and death.
Opinion
China’s entertainment industry is booming but needs some slack
Artsy film critics are unlikely to be impressed by China’s micro-dramas. Even so, the roughly two-minute episodes, which cram soap-opera plots into a short-video format, are wildly popular. Watched ...
Mutual production: trade between Russia and the EU in the first half of 2025 fell to 30.9 billion euros
— According to the latest data from the statistical service of the European Union (Eurostat), the dynamics of Russia–EU trade ...