Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase

Tariffs thaw, rivalry simmers: U.S.–China trade truce enters uneasy phase

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images) Huang Jingwen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Even as a U.S.–China trade truce appears to be holding, analysts caution that the détente remains fragile in a rivalry increasingly defined … Read more

Asia markets mixed as revived AI trade lifts Japan and South Korea stocks

Asia markets mixed as revived AI trade lifts Japan and South Korea stocks

A landscaped Sunset shot over Osaka toward the Dojima River, we see the modern city skyline of Osaka in the shot, this is a beautiful shot of the sunset with beautiful orange colors, over the modern city. ©Fitopardo | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Tuesday after Wall Street gains on revived artificial … Read more

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

Trump administration demands that states ‘undo’ full SNAP benefit payments

A volunteer displays information on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mel Musto | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a memo late Saturday evening, threatened to enact financial penalties on states that issued full monthly SNAP benefits … Read more

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media about hosting the G20 summit, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump said on Friday that no U.S. … Read more