A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong’s national security has dismissed calls from foreign groups to pardon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, questioning the need to do so as the former media boss is not “a certain president’s son”. Sun Qingye, deputy director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, also warned on Friday against…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump reached an estimated 36.6 million television viewers for his address to Congress on Tuesday night, the Nielsen company said. That beat the 32.2 million people who watched former President Joe Biden’s final State of the Union address last year, but was smaller than any of Trump’s audiences for…
A general view of the factory headquarters in Cologne, Germany, on October 29, 2024, as the IG Metall labor union calls for a one-day strike starting at midnight for better collective bargaining pay for workers. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump allowed a one-month pause on tariffs for automakers that…
BEIJING – Their words came just an hour apart this week — two major speeches by two of the world’s most powerful leaders, delivered on opposite sides of the planet. Together, they illustrate the very different approaches the world’s 21st-century powers are taking to achieve their respective national ambitions. For China, it was a call…
President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd after his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025. Shawn Thew | Via Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick argued Wednesday that former President Joe Biden — not his boss, President Donald Trump — is…
Technological innovation in fields such as artificial intelligence should not be just for “rich countries and the wealthy” but open to all, the spokesman for China’s top legislature said on Tuesday. Asked by foreign media how AI could help stabilise the economy, Lou pointed to the new Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, saying it showcased the country’s…
“It’s good to see that at least Europe sees the importance of stopping armed aggression,” Petriv said, because, by sitting out, “the current US administration is acting either unknowingly or knowingly as a Russian asset.” Originally Published: March 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM EST Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 28, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump found the tone and body language of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy objectionable during an Oval Office meeting that exploded into a loud argument on Friday, the White…
[Ray Bogan] Members of Congress are introducing a resolution to nullify a new regulation for digital consumer payment applications like Venmo and PayPal. The rule was created by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) during the final weeks of the Biden Administration and requires the payment companies to follow similar rules as banks. Sen. Pete…
Nvidia on Wednesday evening delivered a better-than-expected fiscal 2025 fourth quarter driven by a $2 billion revenue beat on data center sales. Forward guidance also exceeded estimates. Despite the enormous anticipation of the results, shares dropped 1.5% in after-hours trading. But given the volatile nature of the stock, a bigger move — in either direction…