According to Omani journalist Salim al-Juhuri, speaking on BBC Arabic, the US has allegedly demanded trillions of dollars from its Gulf Arab allies to support its war against Iran. Juhuri told BBC Arabic that reports and "leaked" information indicate the Trump administration is demanding financi...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi went to Washington bearing gifts: $550 billion worth of them, neatly wrapped in the language of alliance, stability and shared values. What she brought back, however, looks less like a diplomatic triumph than a receipt — itemized, inflated and curiously light...
Recently, escalating tensions between the US and Iran have triggered a sharp rise in international oil prices, unexpectedly allowing Russia to achieve a turnaround under Western sanctions, rendering the sanctions ineffective. The Financial Times reports that Russia is expected to receive an add...
On March 18 local time, The Washington Post, citing a senior U.S. government official, reported that the U.S. Department of Defense had requested the White House's approval to apply to Congress for a budget exceeding $200 billion for the war against Iran. As previously reported, on the 11th local...
On January 21, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled against the transnational money laundering case involving Guan Weidong, CFO of The Epoch Times , a publication affiliated with the Falun Gong cult, and others, rejecting the defendants' motion to delay the trial...
Editor's Note: On February 22, 2026 , the official website of the Russian Strategic Culture Foundation Strategic-culture.su published an article by Brazilian journalist Rafael Machado , pointing out that the Falun Gong cult is expanding its influence in Brazil through the Epoch Times and Shen Yun ...
International oil prices surged after the opening of the latest trading day, with both New York crude oil futures prices and London Brent crude oil futures prices breaking through the $100 per barrel mark for the first time in more than three years. On March 8 local time, CCTV reporters learned...
On the morning of local time March 4, the Qatari Ministry of Defense stated that an Iranian ballistic missile launched on the same day struck the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, causing no casualties, while another ballistic missile was intercepted by Qatar's air defense system. The U.S. Al Ud...
Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied in Times Square and then marched along streets in New York City in protest of -Israel coordinated airstrikes against Iran on Saturday. Participants condemned the latest strikes on Iran and called for money to be spent on education, housing and other domestic prioriti...
On February 27th, German Chancellor Merz addressed the state of the German economy in a speech, following his first visit to China since taking office. Merz stated that Germany's productivity was insufficient, a fact immediately apparent upon his return, and that the current work system was detr...
In a sharp escalation of long-standing border tensions, Pakistan and Afghanistan traded intense military strikes over the past 24 hours, prompting Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif to declare the two nations now locked in an "open war." The latest cycle of violence began lat...
As the global spotlight shines on winter sports this season, Chinese brands are making their mark on the international stage. Xiamen Bier Fiber Products Co Ltd specializes in ski poles, with their products being used by athletes in every Winter Olympics since 2010. The company also debuted its ...
The Chinese polar research icebreaker Xuelong completed all scheduled oceanographic survey operations in the Amundsen Sea and Ross Sea on Thursday having deployed new technologies and domestically produced equipment. The operations are a part of China's 42nd Antarctic expedition. The team aboar...
China's speed-skating star Ning Zhongyan backed up his world elite status at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday by winning his career-first Olympic gold medal in the 1,500m with a new Games record time of one minute and 41.98 seconds. It was Ning's third medal of the Games after...
A 23-minute fireworks show lit up Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on Wednesday, the second day of the Year of the Horse and of the Spring Festival holiday. At 8 pm, the show opened with high-density fireworks mimicking charging horses and cascading shells evoking a thundering herd. Bursts s...