Chinese leader Xi Jinping met South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Saturday, after taking centre stage at an Asian summit in the wake of US leader Donald Trump’s departure. The talks on the sidelines of the APEC gathering came the final day of Xi’s first trip to South Korea in over a decade, and…
If the stock market were a Halloween movie, we could call it The Bubble that Ate Wall Street. Or perhaps The Bubble that Ate Wall Street 2, because it is a sequel – the second time in the past generation that we have seen technological euphoria cloud minds and drive U.S. stocks to absurdly high…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea. What You Need To Know U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s actions…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea. Speaking at a meeting in Malaysia with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hegseth reiterated U.S. concern…
Gyeongju, South Korea – Asian and Pacific Rim leaders have pledged their support for trade and investment that “benefits all”, concluding a summit dominated by an agreement between the leaders of the United States and China to call a truce in their trade war. The declaration by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders on Saturday…
It’s getting harder to find a job and easier to lose one. Employers are hiring workers at a steadily lower rate while laying them off at a rising one, according to data from the Chicago Federal Reserve. The unemployment rate has been ticking up, and job growth has been slowing. This said, our picture of…
It is six months since Reform UK swept into power at Kent County Council in a landslide victory. In that time, leader Linden Kemkaran has made waves, most recently over her conduct in a leaked video which has made headline news for weeks. Local democracy reporter Simon Finlay looks at her life and times… Reform…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top adviser praised President Trump for courting China to “help” end the Russia-Ukraine war — as some experts and European officials urged caution in taking Beijing at its word. Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office in Ukraine, told The Post he supported Trump’s efforts to bring in Chinese President…
Wisconsin on Friday became the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school when Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill requiring districts to prohibit phone use during class time. The measure passed with bipartisan support, though some Democrats in the Legislature said controlling gun violence should be a higher priority than…
Relations nosedived in 2018 after Canada arrested a senior Huawei executive and have remained rocky ever since. The leaders of China and Canada have taken a step towards mending the long-fractured ties between their countries with a meeting in South Korea during the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark…