More than 5,000 United States Marines and sailors are deployed with three warships in the waters near China, forming a “ready now” combat power, the U.S. military said Monday. Newsweek contacted the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment. Why It Matters The U.S. military has viewed China as its “pacing challenge,” which poses a long-term risk…
Chinese e-commerce platforms Pinduoduo (PDD), JD.com (JD), and Alibaba (BABA) are paring back stock losses, while remaining in the red, after the United States Postal Service (USPS) reversed its decision and will continue to accept inbound packages from China. Yahoo Finance reporter Jordan Weissmann covers the latest developments. To watch more expert insights and analysis…
Tesla has implemented a new discount on Model 3 vehicles in China, the world’s biggest EV market, amid a worldwide demand slump for the automaker. We reported that Tesla’s sales in Europe were cut in half in January compared to last year, despite last year already being down. With sales stagnating in the US and…
The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund has stopped funding the Science Based Targets (SBTi) initiative, a key organization that sets net zero standards for business. This happened amid growing attention to the fund’s influence on the organization and Bezos’ attempts to avoid conflict with Donald Trump. This was reported by the Financial Times and UNN….
U.S. stocks opened weaker as investors pushed aside tariff worries and refocused on earnings and artificial intelligence. The tech-heavy Nasdaq and S&P 500 were weighed by big tech. Google parent Alphabet beat quarterly earnings estimates after Tuesday’s close, but its overall sales and Google Cloud revenue both were weaker than analysts’ forecasts. However, it said…
NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday. In 2021 and 2022, the maternal death rate for Black…
USPS lifts temporary suspension on parcels from China, Hong Kong The United States Postal Service had temporarily suspended “inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice,” as it works to implement the new tariffs in effect. February 5, 2025 Source link
For decades, the question of whether and how Palestinians might build a state in their homeland has been at the center of Middle East politics — not only for the Palestinians themselves, but also for Arabs around the region, many of whom regard the Palestinian cause almost as their own. Forcing Palestinians out of their…
The ashes of Taiwanese actress Barbie “Big S” Hsu Shi-yuan have been sent back to the self-ruled island after she died of pneumonia during a trip in Japan, with her family saying there will not be a memorial ceremony for the star. Taiwanese media reported on Wednesday that Hsu’s husband, Koo Jun-yup, was seen outside…
A newly discovered malware campaign is stealing cryptocurrency from iOS by exploiting vulnerabilities in apps available on the App Store. Kaspersky researchers have discovered a malicious software development kit (SDK) called SparkCat hidden inside multiple apps on both iOS and Android. SparkCat is designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases using optical character recognition (OCR),…