Chinese stocks associated with Tesla jump after Trump’s election win
Investors boost supplier stocks on expectations of Tesla growth based on CEO Elon Musk’s close ties to the president-elect.
Can US Donald Trump woo North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to hold denuclearisation talks again?
Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.
Is Trump’s win the start of a free fall in China-US ties – and is there time to stop it?
The next US president could usher in a period of trade turbulence but there could be ways out for the two countries, analysts say.
Hong Kong’s base interest rate drops to 5 per cent after Fed’s quarter-point cut
Together with the half-percentage-point cut in September, Hong Kong’s key rate has now fallen back to February 2023’s level.
Trump names campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
‘It is a well deserved honour to have Susie as the first-ever female chief of staff in United States history,’ Trump said on Thursday.
China, US officials set to discuss climate change amid fears over Donald Trump’s policies
Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
F-15 fighter jets arrive in Middle East, US military says, in warning to Iran
‘Should Iran … use this moment to target American personnel … US will take every measure necessary to defend our people,’ Pentagon said.
Amid China-US trade ‘conflicts’, Beijing calls for burying the hatchet
Mofcom message comes as Trump revels in re-election win after vowing higher tariffs on China, and with EU officials in town for ‘intensive’ negotiations.
3 people charged in Argentina over death of One Direction singer Liam Payne
The three were charged with supplying Payne with drugs while one was also charged with abandoning a person in a vulnerable state.
Trump 2.0 will usher in a post-American world order
Trump’s second term will mark a turn in US foreign policy towards a transactional approach and hasten the start of a multipolar world order.