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Alibaba has agreed to pay US$600 million to settle a dispute with the US government. Photo: Kyodo
US-China relations

Alibaba to pay US$600 million to settle US probe into illegal product sales

Amount resolves dispute with US government over allegations firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances into US.

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US-China trade war

US won’t renew North American trade pact as Greer targets Canada’s China ties

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US-China relations

Alibaba sues Pentagon, rare earth truce woes: 7 US-China relations reads

China-EU relations

‘World without bearings’: Lorenzi sees economic conflict and unplottable fixes

Prominent French economist warns that Europe must reach strategic pact with Beijing and enact structural reforms as global order enters volatile era.

People cool off near the Trocadero fountain in front of France’s Eiffel Tower last week during a heatwave. Jean-Herve Lorenzi, president of Le Cercle des economistes, contends that major European powers must reach a strategic agreement with China. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump reports earning over US$1.4 billion from crypto ventures

Token sales and meme coin royalties are the new driver of the US president’s personal wealth. He says ‘everybody’s profiting’.

United States

US Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender student athletes

Trump said the ‘ridiculous situation’ of ‘men playing in women’s sports’ was now ‘off the table’ after the hotly contested culture war fight.

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United States

US Supreme Court strikes down Trump birthright citizenship order

Court preserves automatic US citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders.

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Grace Meng (centre), chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and other Democratic House members react to the US Supreme Court’s decision. Photo: AP
US-China relations

Exclusive | US lawmaker defends calling witness ‘racist’ in explosive China committee clash

Californian congressman says ‘denaturalise’ comments by Michael Lucci, founder of State Armor, are ‘absurd’.

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Donald Trump

Author of US ‘torture memos’ to advise team probing alleged anti-Trump conspiracy

John Yoo confirms role advising prosecutors related to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.

United States

US Supreme Court boosts Trump’s power to fire officials, but Fed’s Cook keeps job

Justices let Trump fire agency heads, a dramatic expansion of his presidential power.

A person wears a MAGA (Make America Great Again) visor outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on the day justices have issued orders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 29, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Icons and Influencers

Who is Adrienne Gray, Fox News pundit-turned-Maga make-up artist?

Once a panellist on Fox speaking about issues such as the trad wife trend, she is now the glam girl for figures like Lara Trump and Karoline Leavitt Riccio.

Adrienne Gray with Lara Trump, Donald Trump and Grace Taggart. Photo: @adriennegraytv/Instagram
Donald Trump

Trump targets likely next Washington mayor online, touts golf course project

US president calls Democratic nominee a ‘communist’ while pitching a grand redesign for East Potomac Golf Links.

United States

Dan Sullivan can challenge Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska primary, judge rules

The Republican incumbent has accused the retired teacher – who shares his name – of working with his Democratic opponent to confuse voters.

Americas and the Caribbean

US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement opposed ‘the vilification of immigrants’ in the US under President Donald Trump.

Bishop James Misko, of Tucson, Arizona, blesses a woman’s rosary during Border Mass 250 at Parroquia de la Purisima Concepción in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Bible passages to be required reading in Texas public schools

Critics say such decisions are at odds with the Constitution’s ‘establishment clause’, ‌long understood as separating church and state.

A King James version of the Holy Bible opened up to the Gospel of John. Photo illustration: TNS
United States

US billionaire Leon Black defends US$158 million paid to Epstein

‘I knew Jekyll. I didn’t know Hyde,’ the investor – who features prominently in the Epstein files – told US lawmakers.

US-China relations

Trump thinks he is playing hardball. But China is playing Trump: analysts

Analysts say modest meeting outcomes and shrinking institutional channels leave diplomacy unduly reliant on the leaders’ personal rapport.

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US-China relations

Opinion | How Chinese philosophy influenced US founding fathers

From the Mandate of Heaven to the ‘pursuit of happiness’, the US and China share a rich intellectual tradition of ethical governance.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
United States

US Supreme Court paves way for Trump’s mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Top court rules that the administration can strip protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians in the US.

United States

Controversial US migrant detention facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ has closed

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the facility, which had been denounced as inhumane by civil rights groups, fulfilled its role.

Donald Trump

Washington Reflecting Pool liner was sliced with blade, official says

National Park Service provides the first specific details of intentional damage at the site following Trump claims.

The Washington Monument, reflected in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as seen behind a chain link fence on Thursday Photo: AP
United States

US inflation rises to 3-year high, spending picks up

The numbers are likely to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.

Consumers shop for meat in Chicago, Illinois in May. Photo: via AFP
Celebrity children

Meet Caroline Jones, who performed with the Zac Brown Band at a Trump event

Jones and the Zac Brown Band performed at the UFC Freedom 250 – but why is an insult against Michelle Obama driving a wedge between the billionaire heiress and her family?

United States

Trump opens 250th US birthday party with a campaign-style rally

The US president put himself and his policies at the centre of the opening event on the National Mall in Washington.

United States

General who was last US soldier out of Afghanistan suddenly steps down

Christopher Donahue, commanding general of US Army Europe and Africa, is the latest in nearly two dozen military leaders to depart.

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US Army General Christopher Donahue (left) and Polish General Wojciech Marchwica speak to journalists at Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in Poland in February 2022. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Trump’s name is gone from the Kennedy Centre. Why is the tarp still up?

A US judge has asked the venue’s board, which is stacked with loyalists to the president, to explain why the facade remains covered.

A tarp covers the facade of the Kennedy Centre in Washington on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump cancels signing of key US housing bill until Save America Act is passed

The US president is pushing Republicans to pass a set of controversial voting restrictions, as frustration grows within his own party.

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United States

Mamdani-backed candidates win Democratic congressional primaries in New York

A decisive primary sweep validates the mayor’s political clout and expands the democratic socialist wing’s grip on the city.

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