Beijing has dismissed White House threats to impose sanctions in retaliation for a new crackdown on Hong Kong.
Trump says U.S. to take action on China over Hong Kong this week
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is preparing to take action against China this week over its effort to impose national security laws on Hong Kong, but did not give details.
China and India’s Quiet Border Fight Threatens to Expand Conflict Through Asia
Skirmishes between China and India ignited new tensions among the world’s two largest populations and sparked fears of a wider conflict between two major, nuclear-armed powers in Asia.
Stock market live updates: Dow surges 500, JPM jumps on Dimon comment, China worries ruin the close
The market registered solid gains on Tuesday on hopes of a successful economic reopening and a potential coronavirus vaccine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 500 points, closing …
China Rules Out Animal Market and Lab as Coronavirus Origin
Chinese scientists in recent days said they had ruled out both a laboratory and an animal market in the city of Wuhan as possible origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in their most detailed pushback …
Kat Timpf: Coronavirus politics — Susan Rice plays Trump card, ignoring China’s role in pandemic
Political differences should never get in the way of us joining together as Americans to stand behind those things that are indeed objective truths.
China-US rivalry and threats to globalisation recall ominous past
That in turn led to the collapse of an era of globalisation — “the first globalisation”. Today, our “second globalisation” is under threat. Yet that is only a part of what is at stake as the …
How Taiwan used data and tech to stop the spread of COVID-19
Taiwan is just about 80 miles from mainland China but managed to limit the spread of the coronavirus, keeping infections under 500 and deaths to just seven. Holly Williams looks at the Taiwan model, a …
Virus Traps Poor Foreign Workers In Deserted Maldives
That has left an army of migrant workers jobless. Like Singapore, which recorded a large number of coronavirus cases among migrants living in tightly-packed dorms, the Maldives is heavily dependent on …
Georgia and Armenia bicker over pandemic response
Preoccupied as they are fighting the coronavirus, Armenia and Georgia have still found time to pick one of their classic fights about who is better at something …