How U.S. fentanyl policy is shifting Drug policy expert on fentanyl crisis and tariffs 05:30 Three people, including an American citizen and a dual national, were arrested and 110,000 fentanyl pills were seized, Mexican authorities said Saturday. The arrests were conducted by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection and the Attorney General’s Office, in…
With the July 9 deadline for finalizing trade deals approaching, the Trump administration is advancing its global tariff strategy. This report outlines the latest developments in tariff implementations and ongoing negotiations with key trading partners. Details of U.S.-China Trade Deal High-level negotiations in London, concluded on June 10, 2025, have produced a framework agreement with…
Sixteen people have been arrested and three million pills laced with fentanyl were seized in what federal prosecutors said Tuesday was the “largest fentanyl bust in DEA history.” The operation, which spanned several states along in the West, “marks the most significant victory in our nation’s fight against fentanyl and drug trafficking to date,” Attorney…
The US Senate confirmed long-time China critic David Perdue as the new US ambassador to China on Tuesday, a key role amid escalated bilateral tensions and a high-stakes tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, 75, a former US senator for the state of Georgia and a veteran business executive, was confirmed in…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington and Beijing were talking and expressed confidence that a deal on tariffs would be reached soon but declined to say if he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a brewing trade war threatens to roil the global economy. “We are confident that we will…
In November 2021, Detectives Jonathan Vander Lee and Calvin You had to figure out why a lifeless woman was left at a Los Angeles emergency room. Det. Jonathan Vander Lee: For a fresh case … it’s all on you. No one else is gonna solve this thing for you. It’s you and your partner, that’s…
This story originally aired on April 15, 2023. Hilda Marcela Arzola-Plascencia, a doctor in Durango, Mexico, was used to handling medical emergencies. But nothing prepared her for the call she got about her eldest daughter and namesake Hilda Marcela Cabrales. Dr. Hilda Marcela Arzola-Plascencia: I received the phone call in the middle of the night…
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: A US intelligence report has named India and China as “sources of precursors and equipment for drug traffickers” and the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill pressing equipment.” The ‘2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA)’, released on Tuesday, is the Intelligence Community’s (IC) official, coordinated evaluation of an array of…
Economic and trade connections were fundamental to China-US ties, Li emphasised. According to state news agency Xinhua, Li told the Republican lawmaker that China-US relations had reached a “new and significant juncture”, as he urged the US to abide by the “principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence” and cooperation. Li, China’s No 2 official, also…
China firmly opposes the “weaponisation” of economic and trade issues, and is open to “candid dialogue” with the United States as equals, according to Vice-Premier He Lifeng, who met pro-Trump US Senator Steve Daines in Beijing on Saturday. He also informed Daines that Chinese Premier Li Qiang would meet him on Sunday, according to a…