President Donald Trump’s latest threat to China on Friday battered the stocks market. Yet, Wall Street is left wondering if his warnings have teeth. Trump said in a Truth Social post that China was holding rare earth resources “captive” and raised the prospect of a “massive” tariff hike after the Asian country expanded export regulations….
“Didn’t know you were famous,” the rapper Juliani, an old friend and musical collaborator, texted me from his studio in Nairobi. I didn’t have a clue what he was referring to, but then he forwarded me the link to a tweet by Elon Musk that included a screenshot of a 2019 Al Jazeera column of…
The US president’s announcement comes after China pledged to impose restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals. United States President Donald Trump has suggested he may scrap a planned meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month over questions of technology and trade. Trump and Xi had been expected to meet on the…
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products imported into the United States to “financially counter” new export controls that China imposed on rare earths from that country. Trump also threatened in a social media post to cancel his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping because…
Mobile applications have become the most underestimated and vulnerable component in corporate IT ecosystems, warns mobile security corporation NowSecure. Although massively integrated into business operations, software development speed outpaces the implementation of adequate security controls, creating an expanding attack surface with significant gaps for active exploitation. “Mobile is where users and data meet and where…
The Norwegian officials in charge of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize are investigating information that online bets on this year’s recipient surged overnight, suggesting a potential leak of information. Bets for Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy, spiked at the Polymarket gambling site…
Another year, another failed attempt. U.S. President Donald Trump’s inability to secure this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was predictable. The odds that he will ever win the prize remain slim. Yet this latest knockback is only likely to redouble Trump’s desire to win in future years, putting renewed energy behind one of the most important…
The meeting was supposed to be the prelude to the purchase of Finnish icebreaker ships. But as United States President Donald Trump welcomed Finland’s President Alexander Stubb to the Oval Office on Thursday, he veered into a discussion of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) — and his ongoing feud with one of its members,…
Stock futures are little changed after both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed lower after retreating from fresh all-time highs in Thursday’s session. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were trading up less than 0.1%, while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40 points, or 0.08%. The federal government…
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we have some exciting personnel news to start with: Rachel Oswald has joined our news team! Rachel comes to FP from CQ Roll Call, where she spent more than a decade covering foreign policy on Capitol Hill, and we’re already geeking out with her on all things…