Trump casts doubts on security of US elections ahead of midterms

    10:48 pm ETShare this update Trump-backed GOP Senate candidate thinks Americans should be ‘alarmed’ Terry Collins Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who’s also the state’s Republican Senate candidate, said on social media Thursday that Americans should be “alarmed” by their enemies’ attempts to prevent secure elections, echoing sentiments in a speech made by President Donald Trump….

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      China’s Xi vows support for North Korea’s Kim in rare Pyongyang visit

      June 8, 2026, 8:47 a.m. ET China will not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un, President Xi Jinping told Pyongyang’s leader on Monday, June 8 during a rare summit. The neighbours should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed,…

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        Inside Trump’s China visit with12 of America’s biggest CEOs

        Updated May 13, 2026, 11:55 a.m. ET President Donald Trump has landed in China for a discussion with the country’s president, bringing with him over 10 U.S. business leaders and plans to discuss China-U.S. relations, world peace, and development. According to Trump, he is in China for an “incredible gathering of the world’s greatest businessmen/women”…

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          Makers of US flags urge Trump to impose tariffs on Chinese imports

          May 5, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – U.S. flagmakers say that half the star-spangled banners sold in this country are made in China, so the manufacturers are urging the Trump administration to impose huge new tariffs on imports rather than wave a white flag after the Supreme Courtoverturned his emergency tariffs. “The American flag,…

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            China and Russia veto UN resolution on protecting Hormuz shipping

            Updated April 8, 2026, 8:32 a.m. ET China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, while Washington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway….

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              Pakistan and China brokered a fragile Iran ceasefire

              Updated April 8, 2026, 12:44 p.m. ET A knot of defiant nations − three of them talked off a geopolitical cliff’s edge at the eleventh hour.   As Israel, Iran and the United States stood on the precipice of escalating a volatile war,  China and Pakistan − with sharply different motives − emerged from the…

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                Danhao Wang’s death prompted China’s demand for UM probe. What we know

                April 7, 2026, 6:04 a.m. ET Danhao Wang has been identified by University of Michigan officials as the Chinese postdoctoral research fellow who died two weeks ago, prompting Chinese officials to demand an investigation after claiming the researcher underwent what they called “hostile questioning” by federal law enforcement. While Chinese officials did not name the…

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                  China cracks down on fentanyl networks after U.S. pressure

                  March 19, 2026, 8:53 a.m. ET Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States. China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests…

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