Demonstrators take part in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian products, in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 10, 2025. A full moon, known as the Buck Moon, rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, July 10, 2025. Footprints lead away from an abandoned inflatable migrant boat near Gravelines,…
KEMI Badenoch yesterday refused to rule out town hall coalition deals with Reform UK. Ahead of Thursday’s local elections, the Tory chief suggested in areas where no party wins overall control, the Conservatives could form a pact with Nigel Farage. 2 Kemi Badenoch refused to rule out town hall coalition deals with Reform UKCredit: Dan…
The droves of Americans turning to Chinese-made social apps as an alternative to TikTok are helping boost some mainland consumer stocks as they represent a potentially new customer base. More than 2 million users flooded to Xiaohongshu — now known in the US as RedNote — in just two days after the US Supreme Court…
Hi, this is Colum Murphy in Beijing, where like many others I was surprised this week that one of my favorite Chinese social media apps was invaded by … Americans? Xiaohongshu, which Americans are calling RedNote, took off in popularity because the US’s top court indicated it was likely to uphold a law that would…
President Xi Jinping has touted people exchanges as the foundation of healthy US ties. A flood of TikTok “refugees” to Chinese app Xiaohongshu may test his limit for such unscripted interactions. After the US Supreme Court signaled it was likely to uphold a law banning the popular TikTok social media app, a reported 700,000 new…