Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.A high mobility artillery rocket system, or HIMARS, displayed during a military exercise in Taichung, Taiwan, last y
Before this week’s U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.DeepSeek said for the first time that its new model had been optimized to run on chips made by the Chinese tech giant Huawei.
For decades, many Chinese viewed the United States with a mix of admiration, envy and resentment. President Trump’s volatile second term shattered that image.The port at Tianjin, China. In response to President Trump’s tariffs, China has become more assertive on the global stage.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.
A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.
Black residents, who make up 25 percent of Fayette County, Tenn., won a new electoral map last year to change an all-white board of commissioners. They worry the Supreme Court’s ruling could threaten that.“I’m just wondering, how long is it going to take Fayette County to pounce on the ruling?” said
State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.The Virginia Supreme Court ruled last week that Democratic state lawmakers violated Virginia’s Constitution in enacting a voting map aimed at increasing
The G.O.P. has seized an edge on redistricting thanks to two court rulings, and it has more room to maneuver for extra seats before the midterms.Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee and State Senator Raumesh Akbari, both Democrats, discussing their state’s new House map, which is meant to unseat
Dozens of Labour Party leaders called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to leave office, and several government aides announced their resignations.Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Monday. “I get it. I feel it. And I take responsibility,” he said of last week’s results.
President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted.Cameron Hamilton campaigning in 2024 during his unsuccessful run as a Republican for a congressional seat in Virginia.
Critics raised concerns over press freedom after The Journal disclosed receiving subpoenas related to an article on deliberations on the risks of military action in Iran.The Wall Street Journal headquarters in New York. The inquiry into the origins of The Journal’s reporting is one of multiple leak
The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.Atlantic Industrial Coatings was hired to repair leaking joints between the pool’s concrete slabs, waterproof the pool’s bottom and paint it a shade called “American flag blue.”
Ms. Lake tried and failed to fire hundreds of Voice of America journalists and to cut funding for other federally funded news groups like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.Kari Lake speaking at the annual CPAC event in Oxon Hill, Md., last year.
President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on “life support,” and India’s leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel.Tehran last week. Iranian officials are facing domestic pressure to reach a deal as the country’s economic problems have grown only more dire since the war.
Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.Gas prices have risen about 50 percent since the United States and Israel began the war with Iran on Feb. 28.
President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a string of allies who will remain in critical state positions after next year’s presidential election, and who could thwart a far-right successor.President Emmanuel Macron of France speaking in Yerevan, Armenia, last week. He cannot run for re-election in Fra
A book by the world’s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated.
Parliament passed a new law that paves the way for military trials for hundreds of Palestinians suspected of taking part in the 2023 attack that ignited the two-year war in Gaza.Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank in southern Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
Rom Braslavski, who said he had endured starvation, torture and sexual abuse during two-year captivity, demanded that members “take responsibility and get out of our lives.”Rom Braslavski, in glasses, with three other former hostages during a ceremony in Tel Aviv in January marking the return of Isr
Michal Gatchalian dared to speak out against sexual abuse by a priest in the devoutly Catholic Philippines. He’s now a lawyer helping other victims.Michal Gatchalian last year in front of a makeshift altar he had setup at his suburban village’s clubhouse. He no longer goes to the church where he was
The Russian leader is walking a tightrope: acknowledging public discontent while offering no indication that he might give up on his demands.President Vladimir V. Putin during the celebration on Saturday in Moscow of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Yerevan, Armenia, last week. Mr. Zelensky has publicly criticized the United States in ways that would have been unthink
Ukrainian news outlets named the suspect as Andriy Yermak, who resigned last year amid a sweeping scandal.Andriy Yermak resigned in November after law enforcement agencies searched his apartment as part of a corruption investigation, but he was not charged.
Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.The Haitian poet and novelist Thélyson Orélien at a café in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood.
