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The latest breaking news and stories on the United States (US), a country in North America known as a federal republic, and the world’s largest economy. Also covering US-China relations, plus commentary and updates on US economy, politics, society, healthcare, military and crime.
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Trevor Ballin (left) has been reading Jonathan Anderson’s tarot cards for several years. Photos: @trevor.ballin/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Trevor Ballin, fashion designer and tarot reader to the stars

Ballin has worked with brands like Gap, Calvin Klein and Proenza Schouler and has done tarot readings for stars like Sarah Paulson and Emma Corrin.

Japan

Bank of Japan’s historic rate increase signals new era for economy

Diplomacy

Outside In | Six years on, are we better prepared for the next pandemic?

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Semiconductors

US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

The inter-agency licensing review involves the US departments of Commerce, State, Energy and Defence.

A high-performance server equipped with Nvidia’s H200 graphics processing units seen at an event in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this year. Photo: Shutterstock
2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict

Russia denies citizens are fighting for Cambodia in border war with Thailand

The Russian embassy in Cambodia says the false assertions could jeopardise Moscow-Bangkok ties and its citizens’ safety in Thailand.

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Science

How China cracked US ‘super code’ that controls most power grids in the world

Breakthrough could shake-up global tech markets with nations able to run their own grids and break away from US dominance.

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US-China relations

China still targeting US-based researchers for ‘malign’ purposes, lawmakers told

Multiple US government agencies told a House committee that security concerns should not stop efforts to retain foreign-born researchers.

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There is growing political pressure for the US to sever scientific ties with China. Photo: Getty Images
Donald Trump

Trump suspends US green card lottery after Brown, MIT shootings

Trump administration targets diversity visa programme after deadly shootings were carried out by a Portuguese national.

Americas and the Caribbean

Trump’s Venezuela ‘blockade’ raises legal questions as US masses forces

With an unusually large US military presence near Venezuela, observers warn of tactics that stretch the bounds of international law.

US-China relations

China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008

The stockpile has now fallen to nearly half its November 2013 peak, financial data shows, as long-term sell-off continues.

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China is now in third place among foreign US Treasury holders, behind Japan and the United Kingdom. Photo: dpa
Myanmar

Are Myanmar hospital air strikes a bid to ‘intimidate’ voters ahead of poll?

The junta has been emboldened to strike as China, Russia and the US are looking the other way to serve their own interests, analysts say.

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People check a hospital that was hit by a military air strike in Mrauk-U in Myanmar earlier this month. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

EU agrees US$106 billion loan for Ukraine, but without Russian assets

EU leaders reach a compromise after plans to use frozen Russian assets failed to gain backing.

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US-China relations

China urged to win ‘hearts and minds’ to fill leadership void as US retreats

Experts pushing Beijing’s vision for a new world order say nation can offer an ‘important alternative’ but it needs to improve its messaging.

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US-China trade war

Trump signs defence bill restricting investment in Chinese tech, military firms

Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China.

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US President Donald Trump signed an extensive defence bill on Thursday that restricts US investment in Chinese technology companies and military firms. Photo: TNS
Made in China 2025

Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a price war?

China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand.

Deegares says it is raising prices of lithium batteries by 15 per cent. Photo: Handout
US-China trade war

TikTok reaches deal on new US venture with American investor group

The deal was signed on Thursday, with the landmark move ending years of legal and political uncertainty.

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Australia

Editorial | Restoring safety and unity key for Australia in Bondi shooting aftermath

Pledges to toughen laws against hate speech and on gun ownership are welcome as Australia reels from the horrifying violence.

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Semiconductors

China to remain biggest buyer of chipmaking equipment through 2027: SEMI

China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says.

China will remain the top consumer of semiconductor manufacturing hardware at least until 2027, a report says. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

US arms deal supports Taiwan’s effort to reassure Trump on defence burden

Weapons package underpins Taipei’s move towards an asymmetric ‘porcupine’ strategy as Washington presses allies to do more.

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US-China trade war

China reportedly sticking to its soybean deal with US, but worries remain

Beijing secures 7 million tonnes of soybeans, passing halfway mark of its US purchase agreement. However, little has been shipped so far.

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Gun violence in the US

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead

Portuguese national suspect took his own life as investigators reveal a years-old academic connection to a slain MIT scientist.

Images of the suspect Claudio Neves Valente displayed at a press conference announcing he had been found dead. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump’s space plan envisages US moon base amid race with China

Trump calls for moon landing in 2028, lunar base thereafter, as China targets the end of the decade for its first crewed landing.

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The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in 2022. Photo: Nasa via AP
US-China relations

Opinion | Mark 2025. It’s the year China became a peer power to America

China not only forced a trade war backdown, it displayed its hi-tech military might from the waters off Australia to the skies near Japan.

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US-China relations

US highlights Panama security ties as China-linked canal ports deal stalls

US envoy’s coastguard visit near Panama comes as Beijing presses for Cosco control and Washington pushes back.

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Donald Trump

World-famous Kennedy Centre renamed to honour Trump

The US president says he was ‘surprised’ by the decision from the board, whose members he hand-picked.

US President Donald Trump poses for a picture in the presidential box at the Kennedy Centre in March. Photo: Reuters
Sexual harassment and assault

New Epstein photos show Lolita quotes written on woman’s foot and body

Another set of images from the disgraced US financier’s estate has been made public, as the deadline for release of the Epstein files looms.

A photo of a foot with a quote from Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” written on it was among the images released by Democratic lawmakers on Thursday. Photo: House Oversight Democrats via AFP
Aviation accidents

Retired Nascar driver and family among 7 killed in US plane crash

Business jet erupted into flames when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, North Carolina.

Crime

US man who googled how to dispose of body gets life sentence for wife’s murder

Ana Walshe – a mother of three – disappeared nearly three years ago, and her body has never been found.

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