Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Amazing’ Xi-Trump summit, as it happened – deals struck as trade war thaws Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump, their first in-person…
JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, has urged the Trump administration to suspend its immigration crackdown in his state from Friday to Sunday, to allow children to “spend Halloween weekend without fear”. In a letter addressed to the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and…
What to Know President Donald Trump said he has made deals with China after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping this morning, the final day of a trip to Asia that was an opportunity for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to stabilize relations after months of turmoil over trade issues. Trump said he would reduce fentanyl tariffs on China…
US stock futures slumped on Thursday as Wall Street eyed the US-China trade truce struck by Presidents Trump and Xi, cooling odds of another interest-rate cut, and the next tranche of Big Tech earnings. Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) futures slipped 0.3%. Contracts on the broad benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) also fell 0.3%, while those…
WASHINGTON — A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators wrote in a letter Thursday to top immigration officials. What You Need To Know A group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators has raised concerns about the use…
British nationals should use commercial flights as their first port of call to leave the country, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said. This comes after the Government on Wednesday announced it would support Jamaica with £2.5 million in emergency humanitarian funding, as Sir Keir Starmer described scenes from the country as “truly shocking”….
Abercrombie & Fitch has been actively pursuing new partnerships, most recently with the NFL as its new official apparel partner. But until now, Abercrombie has never pursued a full-on collaboration with another apparel brand. On October 30, Abercrombie is releasing a collection of western-themed apparel in collaboration with the western luxury brand Kemo Sabe. Kemo…
When Donald Trump launched his trade war against China in April, threatening tariffs as high as 145%, the Chinese government said it would never bow to blackmail and vowed to “fight to the end”. The question now is whether the consensus reached between Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday means that…
Even though Trump says “all of the rare earth has been settled,” analysts say the U.S. remains overly reliant on China for strategically crucial rare earth materials and that it will take years to address that. “Building new mines and, especially, expanding processing capacity — which is the real bottleneck — requires years of sustained…
Microsoft 365 companion apps will be getting more Copilot features in the coming weeks. Right now, Copilot works only inside two companion apps, People and Files. In the coming weeks, Microsoft plans to add Copilot to the Calendar companion as well. For those unaware, Microsoft 365 companions are only available for enterprises or businesses. Microsoft 365 Personal users won’t get…