Japan’s first female Prime Minister only stepped into her role last week and she’s already facing a major political test. On Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi met face-to-face with a man who has rattled leaders around the world, including her Japanese predecessors, on both security and economic fronts. But experts say Takaichi, both for her personality and…
It was with a red carpet jig that Donald Trump touched down in the Malaysian capital on Sunday morning to be greeted by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ahead of the 47th ASEAN Summit. But the question remains whether the U.S. President will still be in dancing mood upon the culmination of his six-day Asian tour…
On Wednesday, leaders in business, art, fashion, and technology gathered on the 102nd floor of New York’s One World Trade Center for a TIME100 Impact Dinner. The event orbited around a panel, moderated by TIME’s editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs, that discussed how AI could shape the future of fashion—particularly from a customer’s perspective. The panelists were…
The U.S. and China have raised new tariffs and export controls on each other, but they may just be a negotiating tactic. President Donald Trump reacted with rare reassurance Sunday night after renewed trade tensions last week threatened to unravel progress towards a U.S.-China trade deal. China last week unveiled wide-ranging global export controls on…
India and China’s relationship is thawing as the U.S.’s ties with India chills under President Donald Trump. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is reportedly on a visit to New Delhi this week on his first trip to India in more than three years, to meet with India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs…
“Today is Liberation Day in the State of California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, as he formally launched an ambitious campaign that would redraw maps in the Democratic state to counter Republican gerrymandering efforts in Texas. At the campaign launch in Little Tokyo, Newsom followed through on his warning to President Donald Trump, spearheading a…
Tourism to the United States has been dropping dramatically since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. Turned off by his policies and in some cases turned away at the border, would-be foreign visitors are increasingly turning their sights to other, more welcoming destinations. And it’s hurting the U.S. economy. The U.S. was the…
Donald Trump has often likened efforts to hold him accountable by the media, Democrats, investigators, courts, and others, to a “witch hunt.” But recently he’s begun also using the phrase to defend his foreign buddies. From Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose corruption trial Trump has urged the end of, to most recently former Brazilian…
Musk promised to campaign against Republicans who voted for the bill, and Trump pondered whether to deport the South Africa-born billionaire. Read More: Can Trump Deport U.S. Citizens Like Elon Musk and Zohran Mamdani? But after Musk announced over the weekend the formation of his planned third political party, the “America Party,” Trump seemed to…
Less than 10 days till President Donald Trump’s higher “reciprocal” tariffs kick back in for most of the world, the U.S. looks like it may emerge with just a handful of trade deals. The President shocked the world and roiled markets on April 2, which he dubbed “Liberation Day,” when he imposed tariffs of as…