Colombia’s new President Abelardo de la Espriella calls US President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs Colombia’s new President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South American nation, which is reeling after a deadly earthquake. US tariffs on Colombian products rose from 10…
A top Iranian commander boasted Saturday that Tehran’s battlefield performance in the ongoing war with the United States proved that Islam leads the world. Iran’s war efforts over the last six months, which included lobbing missiles at US bases and allied infrastructure in the Gulf region, showed that “Islam can be made to rule the…
Aug. 14 (UPI) — The White House said the United States has lost out on up to $26 billion in tax revenue each year after Chinese exporters routed goods through other countries to avoid President Donald Trump‘s tariffs. The administration made the allegations Thursday in a report titled “The Great Transshipment Scam.” It said Chinese…
White House report claims tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue lost to transshipments. Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 US President Donald Trump’s administration has accused dozens of countries of helping China to illegally dodge United States tariffs, depriving government coffers of tens of billions of dollars in annual revenues. In a…
For generations, China’s brightest science and technology minds followed a well-worn path: board a Westbound flight and claim a seat at a globally renowned university. That once-reliable trajectory has fractured. Escalating US-China tech competition and tightening immigration policies across the “big four” study destinations – Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States –…
Remarks were made by head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit head, Hossein Taeb Washington: The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump wrote on…
When it comes to bad prognostication, no one can beat Fortune, which came up with the mother of all “Hong Kong is doomed” narratives. In June 1995, the magazine ran its infamous “The Death of Hong Kong” cover story, predicting its demise following the 1997 handover to China. Stephen Roach, veteran China watcher and former…
Hong Kong authorities have defended the city’s childhood vaccination programme after the United States scaled back its immunisation recommendations, stressing that public health policies should not be “arbitrarily altered”. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday that all public health policies and medical recommendations had to be based on scientific evidence. “Vaccination schedules…
US President Donald Trump, who faced an alleged assassination threat during his trip to Turkey last month, secretly flew out on a smaller C-32A aircraft after ditching the Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8, which he had used to fly into the country. As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth watches at left, President Donald Trump gestures as he switches…
Kevin O’Leary Kevin O’Leary has a theory about why Canada, the US and Mexico will stay economically united no matter how ugly the trade fights get: fear of China. He shared his theory in a video post the same week Canadians got an immediate reminder of how fractured North American trade already is. On July…