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Have money, will travel: Chinese investors join overseas assets in US visa bids
A new cohort of Chinese migrants to the US is on the rise – investors looking to permanently relocate to conduct their business smoothly.
15 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM
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Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine: McConnell
15 Dec 2024 - 2:55PM
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Trump picks Richard Grenell as envoy for special missions
15 Dec 2024 - 3:59PM
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Donald Trump
ABC to pay US$15 million to Trump library to settle defamation suit
The network must apologise for anchor George Stephanopoulos’ misstatement that Trump was found ‘liable for rape’ in the E. Jean Carroll case.
15 Dec 2024 - 6:22AM
US president-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo: AP
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Recent ‘drone’ sightings are manned aircraft and not a threat: US officials
No evidence to date of any foreign-based involvement in incidents over New Jersey and other states.
15 Dec 2024 - 8:44AM
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Donald Trump
Argentina’s Milei says he expects to attend Trump’s inauguration
China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders have been invited, but no foreign head of state has attended such an event in at least a century.
15 Dec 2024 - 4:10AM
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Ex-US House speaker Pelosi has hip replacement surgery in Germany after fall
The senior lawmaker is ‘well on the mend’ after tripping at an event in Luxembourg and fracturing her hip.
15 Dec 2024 - 3:48AM
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi waves to the crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. Photo: AFP
China
US-China relations
How to gain entrée into Trump’s White House? Beijing is looking for ways
The old ways of making connections and gaining influence aren’t likely to be as reliable in the coming, unpredictable administration.
15 Dec 2024 - 7:56AM
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Global Economy
Chinese overseas
Reporter’s note: How a mall in Mexico became a flashpoint in US-China rivalry
The fierce economic competition between the US and China has had many casualties - even a shopping centre in the heart of Mexico City.
14 Dec 2024 - 10:00PM
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ChatGPT whistle-blower found dead in San Francisco flat
Former researcher Suchir Balaji, 26, had accused the company of violating copyright law.
14 Dec 2024 - 1:40PM
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Canada
‘Think twice before invading Canada’: Trump’s annexation taunt irks ally
The US president-elect’s jibes spark debates on national identity, patriotism and Ottawa’s relationship with its neighbour.
14 Dec 2024 - 10:15AM
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An AI-generated image of Donald Trump standing atop a mountain next to a Canadian flag. Photo: Truth Social via AP
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Donald Trump
Trump vows to eliminate Daylight Saving Time
The US president-elect says the practice of moving clocks forward an hour in the spring ‘inconvenient’ and ‘costly’.
14 Dec 2024 - 6:56AM
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United States
Ex-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, hospitalised after injury in Luxembourg
Earlier this week, Republican leader Mitch McConnell, 82, was hurt after falling in the Capitol.
14 Dec 2024 - 2:15AM
Science
US-China relations
US-China science pact renewed, sparking backlash from some in Trump’s party
Substantial revisions include enhanced inter-agency review, but backlash from some Republicans was swift.
14 Dec 2024 - 9:25AM
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Boeing
Trump unlikely to get new Air Force One in his presidency given Boeing delays
The project to build two new jets is so late that Boeing has told the US Air Force it expects to deliver the planes in 2029 or later.
13 Dec 2024 - 6:42PM
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Donald and Melania Trump exit Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport in 2020. Photo: AFP
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United States
Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX Starbase into a new Texas city
Boca Chica site is the primary location where SpaceX builds and launches its huge Starship rocket system.
13 Dec 2024 - 3:04PM
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Big Tech
TikTok
US asks court to reject TikTok’s bid to stave off law that could ban the app
The Justice Department argued that ‘continued Chinese control of the TikTok application poses a continuing threat to national security’.
13 Dec 2024 - 12:45PM
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Rape, drugging allegations cap downfall of US luxury real estate stars
Prosecutors claim a long pattern of rape for three brothers charged in real estate sex-trafficking scheme.
13 Dec 2024 - 11:53AM
Real Estate Brokers Tal Alexander, left, and Oren Alexander at their home on Miami Beach in 2019. File photo: TNS
Big Tech
Apple
Apple nears switch to in-house Bluetooth, Wi-fi chips for iPhone
The chip, code-named Proxima, has been in development for several years and is now slated to go into the first products in 2025.
13 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM
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United States
Mystery drones in New Jersey should be ‘shot down, if necessary’: US senator
Unexplained drone sightings above New Jersey have left locals rattled and sent US officials scrambling for answers.
13 Dec 2024 - 10:19AM
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Donald Trump
Canada weighs export taxes on uranium and oil If Trump starts trade war
Such levies would be a last resort for Trudeau’s government, coming after retaliatory duties on US-made goods.
13 Dec 2024 - 5:28AM
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Open Questions series
Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete
12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PM
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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
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