Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced during a stop at a steel company on Wednesday that he would impose higher tariffs on non-U.S. steel imports to protect the Canadian steel industry from foreign competition.
A 35-year-old Thai woman named Wilawan Emsawat has been charged with extortion for allegedly recording herself while having sex with Buddhist monks, then threatening to make the photos and videos public unless she was paid off.
The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times offered a dismal review of the James Gunn-directed reboot “Superman” on Thursday, declaring the movie unsuitable for Chinese audiences because of its “Western individualism.”
Wells Fargo suspended travel for all of its employees to China on Thursday after the Chinese government slapped an exit ban on banker Chenyue Mao.
Chinese state media reported on Thursday that “Chinese commerce officials have been intensively meeting representatives from the U.S. business community and academia” – and pressuring them to meddle in trade talks with the Trump administration on behalf of Beijing’s interests.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared his country’s support for the “national sovereignty and dignity” of Iran after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
CEO of Highland Electric Fleets Duncan McIntyre told Breitbart News Daily that “domesticating that supply chain is absolutely essential,” as rare-earths have become a foundational pillar to modern society.
Japan’s upstart populist-conservative party Sanseito is causing major headaches for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in this weekend’s election, peeling off just enough votes to bring Ishiba’s minority coalition government down.
Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced during a stop at a steel company on Wednesday that he would impose higher tariffs on non-U.S. steel imports to protect the Canadian steel industry from foreign competition.
“Threats… cannot be viewed, in my estimation, as discrete challenges. We’ve got to think about how all of them are aligning”.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the contributions of Communist Chinese companies and researchers to the field of AI during a recent visit to Beijing. Huang is interested in selling AI chips to America’s enemy instead of ensuring the West wins the AI race.
Members of the Russia- and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emphasized their collective support for “development” and “reconstruction” of Afghanistan during their meeting this week, effectively confirming collaboration with the Taliban to enrich the country under the regime.
Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that India will be able to get the oil it needs, even if President Donald Trump imposes steep secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia.
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.
Anthony Bernal, who served as the chief of staff for former first lady Jill Biden, refused to answer questions regarding an alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday warned Brazil, China, India, and other heavy buyers of Russian oil they could face stiff secondary sanctions if they keep doing business with Moscow.
The trade deal with Indonesia announced by President Donald Trump on Tuesday will reportedly give the United States access to Indonesia’s vast copper resources, among other benefits.
Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found.
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan (UM), citing “inaccurate and incomplete disclosures” in the school’s foreign reports and pointing to the school’s history of ties to China.
Hundreds of children, all students at a kindergarten in northwestern China, were found with dangerous amounts of lead in their bloodstreams.
According to the president, Indonesia has agreed to a 19 percent tariff on its imported goods into the United States, while the United States will not pay any tariffs in the Indonesian market and will have “full access” to it.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, and dictator Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Beijing.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in China over the weekend on a state visit to improve bilateral trade and mend diplomatic fences, even as he insisted his government wants to diversify its supply chains and “increase our relationships with other countries in the region.”
A man who has claimed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner has died at 114 years of age after being hit by a car.
President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Indonesia on Monday, eight days after he announced a 32 percent tariff on the nation, set to take effect on August 1.
According to the always-dubious data released by the Chinese Communist government, China’s economy grew by 5.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025, which is slower than its 5.4 percent growth in the first quarter, but better than the 5.1 percent growth projected by analysts.
Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), the newly appointed Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Environment, introduced the Securing America’s Mineral Supply (SAMS) Act to codify executive orders issued by President Donald Trump aimed at revitalizing U.S. critical mineral production and ending reliance on the Chinese Communist Party for essential resources.
China’s customs agency on Monday released data that showed trade between China and Russia slipped by 9.1 percent to $106.48 billion in the first half of 2025.
China’s state propaganda newspaper Global Times described “widespread disappointment” in Shanghai this weekend following a concert by American rapper Kanye West, who has attempted to rehabilitate his career in the past six months by performing in China.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) posted its lowest polling numbers since 2012 on Monday, a grim omen of the ruling party’s fortunes heading into this Sunday’s elections for the upper house of the National Diet, the Japanese parliament.
During Monday’s broadcast of FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang urged Western nations to be more assertive in their dealings with China.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded a visit to Pyongyang on Monday that included engagements with communist dictator Kim Jong-un and a vow that North Korea would offer “unconditional” support for the invasion of Ukraine.
Largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spies.
James Gunn’s “Superman” laid an egg this weekend in China despite the director’s fawning over the communist nation while promoting the film, that played in over 55,000 Middle Kingdom screens.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kicked off a visit this weekend to China meant to shore up trade relations between the two countries.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his visit to the secretive country and key Moscow ally.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday, their first meeting in person since Rubio took office.
Australia, which passed a first-of-its-kind ban on social media for children under 16 in December, will soon require search engines to check the age of users before responding to their queries.
Yevgeny Primakov, head of Russia’s “cultural diplomacy” agency Rossotrudnichestvo, said on Tuesday that his government plans to launch a foreign aid and development program modeled on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) – the agency the Trump administration folded into the State Department due to its profligate spending.
Chinese vape companies that manufacture disposable e-cigarettes are on pace to avoid more than $2 billion in tariffs on these goods in 2025.
Director James Gunn’s “Superman reboot,” hitting theaters this weekend, carries a production and promotional budget in the $300 to $400 million range. The David-Corenswet-starring film will need a big debut in China, where DC Studios has seen its superhero movies go to die or never show at all. Early “Superman” ticket sales figures suggest the Middle Kingdom could prove to be Kryptonite.
