• Hainan FTP's independent customs operation set to boost market vitality
    2025-07-24

    The launch of an independent customs operation in the Hainan Free Trade Port by the end of this year will substantially reduce business costs, stimulate market vitality and boost free trade at the port, senior government officials said on Wednesday. They also said the move will introduce comprehens...

  • Tesla reports sales miss as auto revenue drops for second straight quarter
    2025-07-24

    Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla reported a 16% decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ e...

  • Trump news at a glance: White House claims ‘fake news’ as president faces fresh Epstein claims
    2025-07-24

    President’s spokesperson hits out at Democrats and ‘liberal media’ after report claiming Pam Bondi told Trump in May he was named in Epstein files. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 23 July Donald Trump’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein have come under renewed scrutiny since the justice departm...

  • French president and wife sue rightwing US commentator Candace Owens for defamation
    2025-07-24

    Owens has claimed that France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, is a man, and that French president is controlled by CIA Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron visit the British Museum in London on 9 July. Photograph: Blondet EliotAbacaShutterstock The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitt...

  • Saints sign former Colts safety Julian Blackmon after Tyrann Mathieu announces retirement, per report
    2025-07-23

    Getty Images The New Orleans Saints' secondary took a hit on Tuesday when three-time Pro Bowl safety Tyrann Mathieu announced his retirement at 33 years old. However, the Saints worked quickly to bring in a replacement. According to NFL Media, New Orleans is signing former Indianapolis Colts safe...

  • Trump deflects questions about Epstein probe with accusations about Obama
    2025-07-23

    President Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22. During a question-and-answer session with reporters while at the meeting, Trump railed against former President Barack Obama and other Democratic figures. Chip SomodevillaGetty Im...

  • Man charged with 37 counts of attempted murder after allegedly driving through LA crowd
    2025-07-23

    A man accused of intentionally plowing his car through a crowd in Los Angeles over the weekend has been charged with 37 counts of attempted murder, officials announced Tuesday. The suspect -- 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez -- has also been charged with 37 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, "the ...

  • 6 killed, 12 injured in coal mine blast in northern Afghanistan
    2025-07-23

    KABUL, July 23 Xinhua -- Six people died and 12 others were injured due to an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Tuesday, provincial director for coal mine Mawlawi Abdullah said. According to the official, the blast took place in the Karkar coal mine at 3:30 ...

  • Air India completes fuel control switch inspections, reports no faults
    2025-07-23

    NEW DELHI -- Air India announced the completion of precautionary inspections of the Fuel Control Switch locking mechanisms across its Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Boeing 737 aircraft, finding no issues. This follows a directive from India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued on July 14, aft...

  • Trump says he's struck "massive" trade deal with Japan calling for 15% tariffs
    2025-07-23

    President Trump said Tuesday he has struck a "massive" trade deal with Japan that calls for 15% tariffs on goods the U.S. imports from there. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform Tuesday that, as part of the agreement, Japan will invest $550 billion in the U.S. "which will receive 90% o...

  • [Insights] Von der Leyen’s tough rhetoric on China risks isolating EU in multipolar world
    2025-07-22

    As the upcoming 25th China-EU Summit draws near, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s recent remarks have cast a shadow over the prospects for constructive dialogue. In a series of pointed comments ahead of her visit to China, she called for a “rebalancing” of bilateral economic ties...

  • Unitree begins preparation for mainland float
    2025-07-22

    Visitors interact with a Unitree humanoid robot in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, on July 5. SHI BUFAFOR CHINA DAILY Unitree Robotics, a Chinese manufacturer of humanoid robots, has begun preparations for an initial public offering, joining a wave of domestic embodied AI companies in tapping the capi...

  • Trump administration can lift deportation protections for thousands from Afghanistan and Cameroon, court says
    2025-07-22

    An appellate court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that grants temporary deportation protections and work permits to more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote that the plaintiff — an immi...

  • Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
    2025-07-22

    This March 1968 photo shows Martin Luther King Jr. with Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Bishop Julian Smith during a civil rights march in Memphis. Jack ThornellAP Washington AP — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from t...

  • Hunter Biden suggests Ambien might be to blame for father's disastrous debate
    2025-07-22

    Hunter Biden also denied that cocaine found at the White House was his. Hunter Biden, during an interview with YouTube host Andrew Callaghan released on Monday, said his father, former President Joe Biden, was taking the sleep aid Ambien and suggested that could have been to blame for his disastrou...