Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
President Trump’s tough talk on China typically centers on tariffs. But a closer look at the decisions he has made since taking office shows that the president is considering a…
How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right
The Alternative for Germany party came in second in federal elections on Sunday, doubling its vote share from four years ago, in the strongest showing for a German far-right party…
Macron suggests Ukraine truce could be weeks away after talks with Trump
7 hours ago Bernd Debusmann Jr at the White House, BBC News Max Matza and Peter Bowes, North America correspondent BBC News Reporting fromWashington DC French President Emmanuel Macron has…
Macron walks tightrope with Trump as he makes Europe’s case on Ukraine
Relations between Europe and the US are unquestionably in crisis, so merely keeping things together as French President Emmanuel Macron did at the White House on Monday stands as an…
Trump threats dominate Liberal leadership debate in Canada
Candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada faced each other for the first time on Monday in a French-language debate. The…
Taiwan Detains a Chinese-Crewed Ship After Undersea Cable Severed
Taiwanese authorities said they had detained a cargo ship crewed by Chinese nationals, which investigators believe may have severed an undersea communications cable near the island on Tuesday. It was…
Facing Trump’s Hostility, Ukraine Weighs Its Options. But They Are Few.
The antagonistic messaging President Trump has delivered to Ukraine since taking office has presented leaders in Kyiv with a brutal reckoning: that the United States can no longer be counted…
Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Below is the latest offering from OilPrice’s house neocon, Simon Watkins. Alexander Mercouris has remarked at the marked gap between reporting in the US versus across the pond…
Tesla Moves One Step Closer to Self-Driving Cars in China
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, tried for years to convince Chinese regulators to let him offer self-driving capabilities in one of the company’s most important markets. After a…
Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Taiwan’s leaders joined the United States and its allies in declaring solidarity with the victim. Taiwan and Ukraine were fellow democracies, they said, each imperiled…