Chinese hhipping containers were seen unloaded May 2019 from arriving cargo ships at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. In addition to new tariffs and ship fees imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, China will now reciprocate by slapping the same fee on China-bound U.S. ships. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI |…
1 of 2 | Christopher Berry arrived at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, in London, in May 2024. He and Christpher Cash were charged with spying for China, but their charges have been dropped. File Photo by Andy Rain/EPA Oct. 8 (UPI) — A British spying case against two…
Oct. 7 (UPI) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police said they dismantled an international smuggling gang and seized thousands of stolen cell phones. Police disrupted a major criminal network suspected to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the United Kingdom to China in the past year. This is up to 40% of all phones stolen…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang, seen here at the U.N. General Assembly in September, will travel to North Korea this week to attend events commemorating the founding anniversary of the North’s ruling party, both countries said Tuesday. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo SEOUL, Oct. 7 (UPI) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit…
A bill backed by lawmakers from President Lee Jae Myung’s Democratic Party would amend the Assembly and Demonstration Act to ban chants and banners deemed hostile toward foreign nationals. Photo by Jim Hong-ji/EPA/Pool SEOUL, Oct. 6 (UPI) — South Korea’s ruling party has introduced legislation to curb anti-China slogans at public rallies, presenting it as…
Hundreds of people displaced by violence from armed gangs in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, try to return to their homes on August 26 after gang leader Jimmy Cherisier, alias Barbecue, announced that residents could come back after his order for his “soldiers” to withdraw from certain areas. Photo by David Lorens/EPA Oct. 2 (UPI) —…
A recent Chinese military study reported on Sunday says using three precision-guided warheads is more effective at destroying underground hard targets than a single bunker-buster bomb, such as those dropped on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22 by B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. File Photo by Shane A. Cuomo/USAF/UPI | License Photo Oct. 1 (UPI) —…
Sept. 29 (UPI) — Colombia’s Foreign Ministry accused the United States of violating international law after Washington revoked the visa of President Gustavo Petro. The U.S. government announced the move after Petro urged U.S. troops to disobey orders during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly last week….
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Beijing on Sunday. Both sides agreed to oppose “hegemonism,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a readout released Monday. Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua/EPA SEOUL, Sept. 29 (UPI) — The top diplomats of North Korea and China met in Beijing and…
Sept. 26 (UPI) — Russia will train and equip Chinese paratroopers to invade Taiwan, according to leaked documents. The 800-page cache of documents said that China will buy dozens of military vehicles and parachute systems for its paratroopers, and Russia will provide training to troops on how to operate them. The documents’ details were verified…