• Maldives bans Israeli passport holders in protest against Gaza war
    2025-04-17

    The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president’s office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel has repeatedly denied.

  • Los Angeles County quality of life survey shows majority of residents are dissatisfied
    2025-04-17

    When it comes to quality of life in Los Angeles County, a majority of people who responded to the 10th Annual UCLA/Luskin School Quality of Life Index (QLI) survey said they are dissatisfied.

  • UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling
    2025-04-17

    The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are applied.

  • Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says US autism cases are climbing at an ‘alarming rate’
    2025-04-17

    Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming rate,” promising on Wednesday to conduct exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors that may cause the developmental disorder.

  • Chinese internet giants Meituan, JD.com help tariff-hit exporters pivot to domestic market
    2025-04-17

    Meituan said it would actively heed the central government’s call to bolster domestic demand and consumption

  • Taiwan Affairs Office’s reporting column receives over 3,000 tip-offs on ‘Taiwan independence’ accomplices: spokesperson
    2025-04-17

    Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council The launch of an online column on the official website of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council for reporting malicious acts of "Taiwan independence" henchmen and accomplices persecuting Taiwan compatriots is gro...

  • Fed official warns against recession risk
    2025-04-16

    Owner Tony Tomelden wipes down a table at his restaurant, Brookland's Finest, in Washington on Saturday — one day before closing the decade-old eatery. He cited rising costs as one of the reasons for the shutdown. DEB LINDSEY VIA GETTY IMAGES The United States' latest tariff policy is a major sho...

  • Notorious internet messageboard 4chan has been hacked, posts claim
    2025-04-16

    A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERSKacper PempelIllustrationFile WASHINGTON, April 15 Reuters - The notorious internet messageboard 4chan has been hacked, according to posts circulating online, some of ...

  • US autism rate continues to rise, CDC says, pointing to greater awareness and better screening
    2025-04-16

    In 2022, about 1 in every 31 children was diagnosed with autism by age 8, according to the CDC. mrsMoment RFGetty Images CNN — A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among US children, continuing a long-term trend that...

  • Rip-off claims hoodwinking of US public: China Daily editorial
    2025-04-16

    An American flag flies outside of the US Capitol dome in Washington, US, Jan 15, 2020. [PhotoAgencies] The US administration has long accused foreign countries of taking advantage of the United States at the expense of domestic jobs and US industries. In US President Donald Trump's view, the US h...

  • How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance
    2025-04-16

    It may be a turning point in the White House’s attempt to gut allegedly liberal universities and punish law firms Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Photograph: Joseph PreziosoAFPGetty Images It might come to be seen as the moment the “woke lib...

  • 145% tariffs on China are clobbering the toy industry
    2025-04-15

    Toys made in China have been exempt from tariffs since President Donald Trump’s first term. That is no longer the case.

  • New wave of Chinese tea culture hits global shores
    2025-04-15

    In a bustling exhibition hall in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Gregory Cattin, a French beverage industry veteran, savored a cup of osmanthus-scented oolong, his expression shifting from curiosity to delight.

  • From $85 tomato leaf soap to $2,300 Hellmann’s mayo handbags, everyday food is now a status symbol
    2025-04-15

    Take a look around your kitchen pantry, and what do you see?

  • Chinese police put 3 U.S. operatives on wanted list over cyberattacks
    2025-04-15

    Police authorities in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, said on Tuesday that they are pursuing three operatives affiliated with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) over suspected cyberattacks against China.