All coverage of China, ranked by recency.
Climbers are elated that a new government plan for the area will allow access to all but three of more than 150 climbing areas in the Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park.
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has called ...
China, already dominating the global lithium-ion battery market, plans to expand this position to solid-state batteries, too. The government in Beijing will seek to cut solid-state battery costs, boost their performance, and begin commercial production by 2030. “Over the next five years, the new-type battery industry is at a critical window for technological upgrading, and we must seize the str...
United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday that there is no timeline yet for implementing the US-China Board of Trade, one of the key economic outcomes of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington last week. Speaking on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Trade Ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greer said the tariff reductions under the mechanism we...
Two giant pandas arrived in the US following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, continuing a decades-old tradition in which the beloved fuzzy ambassadors have become symbols of China’s ties with countries around the world. Zoo Atlanta announced the arrival of giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang on Sunday, saying it was “overjoyed” to welcome the pair after the zoo’s previous 2...
Using China as the boogeyman is no longer a convincing excuse for inaction on AI regulations by US lawmakers, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.
Joburg Mayor Dada Morero has denied wanting to spend the City’s limited budget on infrastructure projects that look good ahead of the elections to ‘control the political narrative’.
A Chinese financing company owned by several local government entities has funded the purchase of restricted Nvidia Corp. chips, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators, suggesting state support for an illicit trade that Washington worries is fueling China’s AI progress.
The leading Democrat on the House's China Select Committee is calling on the U.S.'s leading AI labs for information on Beijing's alleged efforts to steal model weights from their firms. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, requested data on Thursday from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta...
A parliamentary delegation is breaking from campaigning for Adrian Rurawhe's tangi, while others are set to announce more policies.
Georgia election board will not immediately move ahead with GOP plan to fix flaw in election system AP News
El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas ( ICE , por sus siglas en inglés) tiene previsto incorporar 5000 nuevos trabajadores antes de que termine el año, como parte de la expansión de las operaciones de control migratorio y deportaciones masivas del gobierno de Donald Trump. La incorporación estaría respaldada por los fondos adicionales asignados por el Congreso. El ICE prepara 5000 nue...
TA419 hackers used deceptive tactics to impersonate real figures, such as a former White House AI official.
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told a forum in late September he was seeking “resilience through unity” with a new alliance that would let world officials and non-governmental groups prepare together in case of disaster. For Taiwan, that could mean an attack or blockade by the militarily more powerful China . Lai’s pitch to 500 experts and guests augured an internationa...
LUCENA CITY – The Quezon provincial government is using aerial drone technology to gather accurate data for disaster preparedness and manage its natural and agricultural resources. “The drone mapping aims to collect geospatial data and aerial imagery that can serve as a basis for improved planning in agriculture, disaster preparedness, environmental protection, and resource management,”
Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, commented on reports regarding an Israeli plan to establish an alternative waterway to the Suez Canal —widely referred to as the “Ben Gurion Canal.” Speaking during an interview on the Kalam Fi al-Siasa (Talks in Politics) program on the Extra News channel, Al-Wazir stated that Egypt...
International meetings attended by President Xi Jinping may appear to yield few concrete results, but Beijing is seeking broad, noncommittal support from as many countries as possible to cement its central role on the world stage.
Pakistan’s government is considering allowing power plants and private firms to directly import LNG procured on the spot market as the country has been struggling with an energy crisis since the Iran war crippled Qatar’s term supplies. Pakistan’s Energy Ministry has proposed easing the existing regulation to allow private companies to directly import LNG, a source with knowledge of the delibera...
Government Spokesman: 2026 Population Census Cornerstone for Strategic Planning, National Development وكالة الانباء الاردنية
The Tartu city government plans by the year 2030 to build the Tuglase light‑traffic bridge and the bicycle paths of the extension of Ujula tänav, which would form a bicycle‑path network connecting city districts.
South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine, saying that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breached a secrecy agreement in revealing that Kyiv had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
The head of the National Narcotics Agency Suyudi Ario Seto is set to become Indonesia’s new national police chief.
A Bitcoin Policy Institute paper says MSCI’s proposed “non-operating company” rule could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes and may have roots in an earlier crypto treasury review.
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Iraq has drafted a plan to bring armed groups’ weapons under state control by June 2027, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Sept. 30, as the U.S.-led coalition concluded its military mission in the country.
RAF Fairford has been used as the U.S. Air Force's command outpost for operations from Europe and for American strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Netanyahu described a dramatic mid-flight struggle to control the flydubai plane after it plummeted 17,000 feet in the span of a minute. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center at an abandon airport in East Jerusalem near the separation wall with the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on July 5, 2026. (Photo ...
Residents oppose proposed relocation of bus terminus and traffic restrictions at Taney junction
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will get to the "root" of the co-pilot who engaged in a foiled attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight.
China began its seven-day National Day holiday on Thursday after President Xi Jinping used his annual speech to sharpen Beijing's message on Taiwan.
'Misguided' – Key continues to criticise National supporters who plan to split their vote nzherald.co.nz
Speaking during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Guo said exports of Kenyan aquatic products, including sea cucumbers, had also increased by 350 per cent by the end of August. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Chinese ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in...
Perhaps no story illustrates the secret of China’s industrial success better than its rise as the world’s gold superpower. China has revered the metal for millennia, yet it has never had a gold-based economy. Its own deposits were simply too scarce. In 1975, as China began its economic modernisation, it desperately needed gold to fund reform and build up foreign reserves. Despite its best effor...
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and senior government officials are attending a ceremony and a National Day reception as the city celebrates the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Iran says it has received a U.S. counterproposal to the seven-day ceasefire plan that was rejected by the White House. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi has more.
The deadline to enrol for this year’s election is rapidly approaching.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday proposed a new global framework to tackle excess steel production capacity on the sidelines of the ongoing Group of 20 Trade Ministers’ meeting, just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States. “The United States has taken robust measures, and it probably makes sense for other countries to do that too,” Greer sa...
The Department of Justice filed a complaint Wednesday against federal judges in Minnesota over their remarks to the media about the pressure on their courthouse during Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge.
‘Eastern Pearl’ first exercise of its type, with plans for more complex British-Irish co-operation amid Russian aggression
Cabinet approves 2027 public sector hiring plan Αθηναϊκό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων
China will charge an extra 55 per cent tariff on Brazilian beef from Thursday after Brazil filled its import quota for the year and has not agreed to let Brazilian exporters use the unfilled quota of neighbouring Uruguay, industry sources said. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced the surtax on Wednesday, a day after China’s customs administration confirmed that Brazil had used all of its...
Passengers on a rescue flight arrived in Tel Aviv after the Flydubai plane they were on needed to make an emergency landing when a pilot stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to crash the flight, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports on the reaction at Ben Gurion Airport.
The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.
Screengrab Senate of the Philippines / YouTube MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday grilled the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), which is under the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole), over regional directors who have remained in their posts for years, with some allegedly staying for decades. During the Senate finance committee’s 2027 DOLE
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says U.K. authorities believe Iran "played a part" in the incident over the weekend at an air base used by the U.S. to launch strikes on Iran.
Planning Minister meets delegation of British MPs وكالة الانباء الاردنية
MANILA, Philippines — The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday committed to investigate a plastic surgeon and his clinic. This comes after Sen. Raffy Tulfo raised alleged malpractice cases involving reported deaths of patients. During the Senate Committee on Finance hearing for the 2027 spending plan of
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has updated its measles death tally to two, but it remains shy of the four deaths reported by Pennsylvania. (The Hill) The agency has lost more employees during the second Trump administration than previously reported...
The president of the University of Michigan has halted a plan to forgo letter grades for some first-year students after receiving backlash over the proposed system. The university planned in fall 2027 for first-year students in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts to go without normal letter grades on their transcripts and instead...
The “espionage alert” issued by MI5 is part of an extraordinary shift by the British government to raise public alarms about the scale and threat of Chinese espionage.
Tehran, IRNA – Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh has stressed Iran’s determination to strengthen comprehensive ties with China and utilize the two countries’ economic capacities across various fields.
MADRID, Sept 30 - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and France's President Emmanuel Macron expressed enthusiasm on Wednesday for Britain rejoining the EU, and agreed Europe must strengthen its trade defences against China.
Tehran, IRNA – Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, in a meeting with the country’s consul general in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, stressed expanding economic and trade relations with China.
Beneath the pageantry, here's the change that matters: Washington has stopped talking about leaving China.
We are reminded seemingly daily of the great power transitions that ended in conflict. However, it is the exceptions – the ones that did not result in war – that could have real lessons to offer. Today, the question is more than academic. Standing beside US President Donald Trump at the White House last week, President Xi Jinping proposed that competition between China and the United States sho...
Disagreement over how to prevent conflicts could explain why Chinese and US accounts characterised discussions at last week’s summit so differently, analysts said. Speaking at a White House arrival ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the two militaries should maintain regular dialogue and “improve mechanisms for crisis communication and prevention”. In a statement issued after the summi...
French president calls for stronger EU budget, simpler rules and greater investment to bolster European strategic autonomy
The National Food Authority’s recent announcement that P4 billion can purchase 173,913 metric tons of palay at P23 per kilogram for wet palay bought directly from threshers, or P27 per kilogram for clean and dry palay, highlights a disconnect between government pronouncements and conditions in the agricultural sector. While the announced buying price of P27
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi received the feedback via Qatari mediators in Doha, with the sequencing of steps the main sticking point
China’s shift toward alternative markets following higher U.S. tariffs is increasing competition for Turkish exporters, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) President Nail Olpak has said.
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