Mass Government Layoffs Blocked for Party Bias
Trump's statements that shutdown layoffs would target "Democrat agencies" were cited by California Federal District Judge Susan Illston in granting a temporary restraining order against ...
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Apple's Tim Cook Defies Trump with China Investment Pledge
Even as Apple seeks to diversity production to India, Chinese consumers and production bases remain important enough to motivate efforts to navigate trade tensions.
Chinese Freighter's Arctic Crossing Halves Transit Time to Europe
The Chinese freighter Istanbul Bridge cut transit time to northwestern Europe from 40 days to 20 days by crossing the Arctic Ocean despite a storm ...
China, Iceland to Cooperate on Geothermal Green Energy
The cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create economic growth shows how Trump's Greenland gaffe combined with withdrawal from global warming efforts gives China ...
Currency Traders Bet on Dollar Decline on US Slump
The current dollar rise is seen as being driven by short-term factors including lack of US government economic data and roiling of rival economies.
Vietnamese Warm to China Amid US Tariffs
Despite several military clashes in recent decades Vietnamese find more to like about China amid growing economic, political ties.
Trump Tariffs Mostly Borne by US Business, Consumers
Studies of how the cost of Trump's import tariffs are being handled paints a very different scenario from the one promised by its author.
Coral Reefs Die-Off Now Nearly Irreversible
Climate change has brought earth on the verge of the first tipping point of ecosystem collapse warn the Global Tipping Point reports by researchers worldwide.
China Defends New Rare-Earth Controls on Military Uses
Trump's new 100% tariff is hypocritical escalation in response to China's legitimate interest in controlling military uses of its rare-earth exports, says Beijing.
Taiwan Launches T-Dome Missile Defense System
The system would deploy Chiang-Kong anti-missile missiles that exceed the range of US Patriot missiles currently in use.
100% Increase in China Tariffs Announced
In angry reaction to China's tightening of rare earth and magnet export controls Trump sets Nov 1 for raising tariffs to levels likely to compound ...
Dollar Falls on Trump Threats to Hike Tariffs on Chinese Imports
A worsening trade war with a nation that manufacturer the bulk of consumer goods and buys American exports adds uncertainty to US economic prospects.
China's Tit-for-Tat Export Controls Elicit Grump from White House
Trump explodes with heated threats of "massive" increase in tariffs on Chinese imports and calling off planned meeting with Xi in Seoul.
Komeito Defection from LDP Dents Takaichi PM Prospects
The junior socialist partner cut ties from Japan's ruling LDP due to disagreement over Takaichi's hard anti-immigrant stance and calcified politics.
China Imposes Fees on US Ships As Trade Tit-for-Tat Continues
China remains determined to show that it can win the trade war begun by Trump's bolt-from-the-blue trade hostilities.
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Maria Gorina Machado
The Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding might be seen as the anti-Trump in her role as a citizen fighting her nation's authoritarian ruler.
Gold, Other Metals Surge on Dollar Anxiety
Trump's economic isolationism and domestic abuses of power have made the US economy too volatile to provide the level of stability sought by many global ...
Cracks Widen in Russia's War-Distorted Economy
Major Russian industrial firms furlough workers as the economy groans under strains imposed by Putin's Ukraine invasion.
Air Travel Faces Growing Delays, Cancellations
The government shutdown and the resulting increase in absenteeism among air traffic controllers and TSA workers increase flight delays and travel cancellations.
World Leaders React to Phase 1 of Gaza Peace Deal
The opening to Mideast peace engineered by Trump produces reactions ranging from cautious optimism to veiled skepticism.
Wyoming Coal Lease Auction Fails
Trump's bizarre push to revive the US coal industry hit a wall when an auction for a potential coal mine lease failed to draw significant ...
National Guard Deployment to Illinois Blocked
Federal District Court Judge April Perry granted temporary restraining order blocking deployment of national guard to Illinois as more likely to produce, rather than stop, ...
Another Wacky Anti-Enemies Post from White House
A long series of nonsensical posts on his own social media platform continues with Trump's call to jail Illinois governor JB Pritzker and Chicago mayor ...
Chemistry Nobel Goes to MOF Trio
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi developed highly porous molecular structures capable of absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide or other toxic gases.
Americans Want Troops Deployed Only for External Threats
Trump's aggressive deployment of national guard to liberal cities makes the majority of Americans nervous about politicizing the military.
China Alleged to Have Hacked US Law Firms
The FBI points to Chinese hackers as behind hackings of computer systems of major US law firms.
Renewable Energy Output Passed Coal
Electricity generated by solar, wind and other renewable sources surpassed the output of coal-fired plants for the first time in the first half of 2025.
Physics Nobel Awarded to Quantum Trio
Experiments that helped illuminate the properties of quantum mechanics won the Swedish prize for professors at Cal and UCSB and a Google researcher.
When Can National Guard Be Deployed to US Cities?
Only extreme breakdowns of law and order or outright insurrections can provide legal authority for a president to deploy federal troops to US cities.
New H-1B Fee Dims Indian Hopes for US Marriages
The Indian dream of marrying promising H-1B visa holders for prosperous lives in the US has lost its luster after Trump tightens immigration policies.
Trade-Stricken Farmers Await Bailout
An initial $15 billion bailout is expected later this week to help farmers survive the loss of soy bean sales to retaliating China and a ...
Shutdown Causes Delays at Some Airports
Air traffic controllers and TSA personnel must continue reporting for duty without pay but some airports are seeing an increase in the number of workers ...
Illinois Joins Oregon, California Against Military Invasion
Illinois filed emergency suit to block Trump's push to militarize liberal cities in wake of a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge blocking ...
US Whiskey, Jeans Exports Plunge on Anti-US Sentiment
Trump's gratuitous tariff offensive is turning global consumers away from products associated with the United States.
Americans, Japanese Win Nobel Prize for Medicine
Their work in isolating the FOXP3 gene which prevents the immune system from attacking one's own cells has won the trio $1.2 million and a ...
How China Waged Philippines Infowar vs US
Fake Facebook accounts and China-hired writers were used to mount a campaign to weaken the positions of the Philippine and US governments toward China's vast ...
Judge Blocks National Guard from Portland
Trump ignored facts on the ground to justify deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, Judge Immergut reasoned.
Japan's Ruling LDP Looks to First Woman PM for Salvation
Sanae Takaichi is set to take over leadership of the long-ruling LDP which has been driving Japan into the kind of permanent stagflation to which ...
Portland Protests Provoke Threats of Aid Cuts
Persistent protests against spurious militarization of Portland has angered Trump into grasping for ways to inflict pain on the city with cuts to federal funding.
Birthright Citizenship Held Inviolable by Appellate Court
Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship to children of at least one legal resident parent has been blocked again as violating a clear provision of the ...
Suit Filed to Block New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
Trump doesn't have authority to change the H-1B visa law simply to restrict certain nationalities, argues a coalition of unions, employers and religious groups in ...
Supreme Court Likely to Check Power Grab
As the Supreme Court's new term opens Monday, it will have many opportunities to correct the absurd levels of overreach and Constitutional violations embodied in ...
Most Americans Back Dems on Government Shutdown Issue
The GOP bid to end tax credits that help Americans pay for health insurance is behind the Senate deadlock behind the government shutdown.
Nobel Academy Dings Trump's Suppression of Academic Freedom
The Nobel Peace Prize so avidly sought by Trump moves further out of reach as the Royal Swedish Academy publicizes its dim view of his ...
Modi Appeals for Indians to Buy Swadeshi
India seeks to replace US products like Microsoft Office, Google Maps and WhatsApp with Indian alternatives in response to Trump's trade war.
White House Memo Seeks to Control College Values
The Trump administration seeks to coerce colleges into conforming to MAGA values with a memo conditioning federal funds on compliance.
China Now Shuns US Private-Equity Investment
China's state banks are lending billions to a Saudi natural gas project but state funds have begun passing on investments in BlackRock-led consortium.
India and China Resume Direct Flights
Despite being among each other's top trading partners, the two biggest population giants had suspended direct flights after a 2020 border clash.
National Park Visitors Face Shutdown Risks
Some of the 63 national parks remain accessible to visitors as the US federal government shutdown is causing 9,000 of 14,500 Park Service workers to ...
US Air Traffic Control System Overhaul Struggling
Cost overruns and long delays have allowed the $15 billion overhaul launched in 2003 to deliver only about 16% of envisioned benefits.
Mass Government Layoffs Blocked for Party Bias
Trump's statements that shutdown layoffs would target "Democrat agencies" were cited by California Federal District Judge Susan Illston in granting a temporary restraining order against ...
Apple's Tim Cook Defies Trump with China Investment Pledge
Even as Apple seeks to diversity production to India, Chinese consumers and production bases remain important enough to motivate efforts to navigate trade tensions.
Chinese Freighter's Arctic Crossing Halves Transit Time to Europe
The Chinese freighter Istanbul Bridge cut transit time to northwestern Europe from 40 days to 20 days by crossing the Arctic Ocean despite a storm ...
China, Iceland to Cooperate on Geothermal Green Energy
The cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create economic growth shows how Trump's Greenland gaffe combined with withdrawal from global warming efforts gives China ...
Currency Traders Bet on Dollar Decline on US Slump
The current dollar rise is seen as being driven by short-term factors including lack of US government economic data and roiling of rival economies.
Vietnamese Warm to China Amid US Tariffs
Despite several military clashes in recent decades Vietnamese find more to like about China amid growing economic, political ties.
Trump Tariffs Mostly Borne by US Business, Consumers
Studies of how the cost of Trump's import tariffs are being handled paints a very different scenario from the one promised by its author.
Coral Reefs Die-Off Now Nearly Irreversible
Climate change has brought earth on the verge of the first tipping point of ecosystem collapse warn the Global Tipping Point reports by researchers worldwide.
China Defends New Rare-Earth Controls on Military Uses
Trump's new 100% tariff is hypocritical escalation in response to China's legitimate interest in controlling military uses of its rare-earth exports, says Beijing.
Taiwan Launches T-Dome Missile Defense System
The system would deploy Chiang-Kong anti-missile missiles that exceed the range of US Patriot missiles currently in use.
100% Increase in China Tariffs Announced
In angry reaction to China's tightening of rare earth and magnet export controls Trump sets Nov 1 for raising tariffs to levels likely to compound ...
Dollar Falls on Trump Threats to Hike Tariffs on Chinese Imports
A worsening trade war with a nation that manufacturer the bulk of consumer goods and buys American exports adds uncertainty to US economic prospects.
China's Tit-for-Tat Export Controls Elicit Grump from White House
Trump explodes with heated threats of "massive" increase in tariffs on Chinese imports and calling off planned meeting with Xi in Seoul.
Komeito Defection from LDP Dents Takaichi PM Prospects
The junior socialist partner cut ties from Japan's ruling LDP due to disagreement over Takaichi's hard anti-immigrant stance and calcified politics.
China Imposes Fees on US Ships As Trade Tit-for-Tat Continues
China remains determined to show that it can win the trade war begun by Trump's bolt-from-the-blue trade hostilities.
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Maria Gorina Machado
The Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding might be seen as the anti-Trump in her role as a citizen fighting her nation's authoritarian ruler.
Gold, Other Metals Surge on Dollar Anxiety
Trump's economic isolationism and domestic abuses of power have made the US economy too volatile to provide the level of stability sought by many global ...
Cracks Widen in Russia's War-Distorted Economy
Major Russian industrial firms furlough workers as the economy groans under strains imposed by Putin's Ukraine invasion.
Air Travel Faces Growing Delays, Cancellations
The government shutdown and the resulting increase in absenteeism among air traffic controllers and TSA workers increase flight delays and travel cancellations.
World Leaders React to Phase 1 of Gaza Peace Deal
The opening to Mideast peace engineered by Trump produces reactions ranging from cautious optimism to veiled skepticism.
Wyoming Coal Lease Auction Fails
Trump's bizarre push to revive the US coal industry hit a wall when an auction for a potential coal mine lease failed to draw significant ...
National Guard Deployment to Illinois Blocked
Federal District Court Judge April Perry granted temporary restraining order blocking deployment of national guard to Illinois as more likely to produce, rather than stop, ...
Another Wacky Anti-Enemies Post from White House
A long series of nonsensical posts on his own social media platform continues with Trump's call to jail Illinois governor JB Pritzker and Chicago mayor ...
Chemistry Nobel Goes to MOF Trio
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi developed highly porous molecular structures capable of absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide or other toxic gases.
Americans Want Troops Deployed Only for External Threats
Trump's aggressive deployment of national guard to liberal cities makes the majority of Americans nervous about politicizing the military.
China Alleged to Have Hacked US Law Firms
The FBI points to Chinese hackers as behind hackings of computer systems of major US law firms.
Renewable Energy Output Passed Coal
Electricity generated by solar, wind and other renewable sources surpassed the output of coal-fired plants for the first time in the first half of 2025.
Physics Nobel Awarded to Quantum Trio
Experiments that helped illuminate the properties of quantum mechanics won the Swedish prize for professors at Cal and UCSB and a Google researcher.
When Can National Guard Be Deployed to US Cities?
Only extreme breakdowns of law and order or outright insurrections can provide legal authority for a president to deploy federal troops to US cities.
New H-1B Fee Dims Indian Hopes for US Marriages
The Indian dream of marrying promising H-1B visa holders for prosperous lives in the US has lost its luster after Trump tightens immigration policies.
Trade-Stricken Farmers Await Bailout
An initial $15 billion bailout is expected later this week to help farmers survive the loss of soy bean sales to retaliating China and a ...
Shutdown Causes Delays at Some Airports
Air traffic controllers and TSA personnel must continue reporting for duty without pay but some airports are seeing an increase in the number of workers ...
Illinois Joins Oregon, California Against Military Invasion
Illinois filed emergency suit to block Trump's push to militarize liberal cities in wake of a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge blocking ...
US Whiskey, Jeans Exports Plunge on Anti-US Sentiment
Trump's gratuitous tariff offensive is turning global consumers away from products associated with the United States.
Americans, Japanese Win Nobel Prize for Medicine
Their work in isolating the FOXP3 gene which prevents the immune system from attacking one's own cells has won the trio $1.2 million and a ...
How China Waged Philippines Infowar vs US
Fake Facebook accounts and China-hired writers were used to mount a campaign to weaken the positions of the Philippine and US governments toward China's vast ...
Judge Blocks National Guard from Portland
Trump ignored facts on the ground to justify deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, Judge Immergut reasoned.
Japan's Ruling LDP Looks to First Woman PM for Salvation
Sanae Takaichi is set to take over leadership of the long-ruling LDP which has been driving Japan into the kind of permanent stagflation to which ...
Portland Protests Provoke Threats of Aid Cuts
Persistent protests against spurious militarization of Portland has angered Trump into grasping for ways to inflict pain on the city with cuts to federal funding.
Birthright Citizenship Held Inviolable by Appellate Court
Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship to children of at least one legal resident parent has been blocked again as violating a clear provision of the ...
Suit Filed to Block New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
Trump doesn't have authority to change the H-1B visa law simply to restrict certain nationalities, argues a coalition of unions, employers and religious groups in ...
Supreme Court Likely to Check Power Grab
As the Supreme Court's new term opens Monday, it will have many opportunities to correct the absurd levels of overreach and Constitutional violations embodied in ...
Most Americans Back Dems on Government Shutdown Issue
The GOP bid to end tax credits that help Americans pay for health insurance is behind the Senate deadlock behind the government shutdown.
Nobel Academy Dings Trump's Suppression of Academic Freedom
The Nobel Peace Prize so avidly sought by Trump moves further out of reach as the Royal Swedish Academy publicizes its dim view of his ...
Modi Appeals for Indians to Buy Swadeshi
India seeks to replace US products like Microsoft Office, Google Maps and WhatsApp with Indian alternatives in response to Trump's trade war.
White House Memo Seeks to Control College Values
The Trump administration seeks to coerce colleges into conforming to MAGA values with a memo conditioning federal funds on compliance.
China Now Shuns US Private-Equity Investment
China's state banks are lending billions to a Saudi natural gas project but state funds have begun passing on investments in BlackRock-led consortium.
India and China Resume Direct Flights
Despite being among each other's top trading partners, the two biggest population giants had suspended direct flights after a 2020 border clash.
National Park Visitors Face Shutdown Risks
Some of the 63 national parks remain accessible to visitors as the US federal government shutdown is causing 9,000 of 14,500 Park Service workers to ...
US Air Traffic Control System Overhaul Struggling
Cost overruns and long delays have allowed the $15 billion overhaul launched in 2003 to deliver only about 16% of envisioned benefits.
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