Hong Kong — Hong Kong will set up an independent committee headed by a judge to determine the cause of a deadly apartment block fire that shocked the city, and to make recommendations to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, its leader said Tuesday. John Lee, the chief executive of the Chinese region, pledged to overcome…
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days on the Tiangong space station. Their original return vehicle, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, was damaged by space debris, rendering it unsafe. The crew used the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, which had brought their replacements, to land safely in northern China. Three Chinese astronauts have returned to…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping on soybean purchases, fentanyl precursors, and rare earth exports, paving the way for a finalized trade deal to be signed “pretty soon” that he said would last for at least a year and result in an immediate reduction in tariffs….
The Starlink service, which begins at $80 per month for residential plans, will be free in Jamaica and the Bahamas through the end of November 2025. Starlink has also enabled direct-to-cell service in Jamaica for customers of communications provider Liberty Caribbean, bypassing the need for cell towers. Elon Musk and SpaceX have routinely made Starlink…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears to have picked up another Nobel Peace Prize nomination — this time from the new Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. She told him during a meeting in Tokyo that she plans to put his name forward for the distinguished award. Takaichi is the latest in a string of foreign…
Buenos Aires, Argentina — Markets in Argentina rallied, the peso surged and the country’s sovereign bonds jumped on Monday as libertarian President Javier Milei hailed his party’s resounding victory in midterm congressional elections as a mandate to press forward with radical free-market reforms. Investors recovered confidence in the chronically depreciating Argentine peso that they were…