In a typical year, China buys 25% to 30% of the U.S. soybean crop, but this is not a typical year. Embroiled in a trade war with the United States, China hasn’t purchased a single bushel of this year’s harvest, according to Kirk Merritt, executive director of the Ohio Soybean Association, and that has farmers…
We’ve interviewed more than 700 people in Gaza over the past two years. Their stories stayed with us. We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Are their homes standing? Did they bury their dead? Were they forced to flee again? Were they even still alive? So we tried to find them again. This…
The world’s oldest orchestra, a jazz diva’s performance and a production of a popular children’s story are just some of the enticing live shows that you can see in Hong Kong’s neighbouring cities across the Greater Bay Area this autumn. Read on for more details. 1. Nine Treasures – Seeking The Absolute Tour 2025 Catch…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Andrew Mills SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Delegations from Israel and Hamas held their first day of indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday on U.S. President Donald Trump‘s plan to halt the war in Gaza, wrestling with contentious issues such as demands that Israel withdraw and Hamas disarm. Israel and Hamas have…
BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN) (the “Fund”) announced today that a Special Meeting of Fund stockholders is scheduled to be held virtually at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on October 21, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”), to approve a plan of liquidation and dissolution (the “Plan”) for the Fund. More…
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — For more than 20 years, the El Paso District Attorney’s Office has brought together the victims of crimes to show them they are not alone. They do this through their annual Crime Victims Walk, also known as “Steps Towards Healing.” This year, the event will be held on Sunday, Oct….
Sima KotechaSenior UK correspondent Watch: BBC News joins police officers on dawn raids targeting gang behind phone smuggling Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the last year. In what the Metropolitan Police says is the UK’s largest ever…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email President Donald Trump on Monday said he’d consider a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker who conspired with the president’s late friend, pedophile…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission will vote this month to tighten restrictions on telecommunications equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national security risks, the latest in a series of U.S. actions targeting Beijing. The U.S. telecom regulator previously named companies including Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Hangzhou Hikvision, China Mobile and China Telecom…
The Durham District School Board (DDSB) has asked three schools to “pause” their decision to cancel prom and take time to consult with the community after students at one school staged a walkout in protest. More than 100 Brooklin High School students flooded the school’s front yard Monday morning, many holding signs and some blaring kazoos. Passing cars…