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China reportedly has begun restricting rare-earth exports to Japanto pressure Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to withdraw her pro-Taiwan remarks. But at the same time, it’s holding back from pushing this too far due to strategic reasons. The Wall Street Journal reported thatChina has already begun restricting exports of rare earths and rare-earth magnets to Japan,…
The US military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro has generated far-reaching global repercussions. In East Asia, the intervention has intensified tensions between the United States and China and has disrupted South Korea’s existing peace-building strategy on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing has condemned the operation as a violation of…
The US took control of its fifth oil vessel in recent weeks on Friday in the latest move tied to the Donald Trump administration’s effort to control Venezuelan oil exports. In an early morning operation, a joint US Coast Guard and Navy team launched from the carrier USS Gerald R Ford apprehended the tanker Olina…
Following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, US President Donald Trump has a stronger hand ahead of his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping in April. He has found a relatively effortless way to resolve the Venezuela issue, which has been a source of global concern for over a decade. Now he has a…
US lawmakers voted on Thursday to revive health insurance subsidies that expired at the end of last year, offering hope to millions of Americans facing steep premium hikes – and pressuring the Senate to follow suit. The bill, which passed with Democratic support and backing from a small bloc of Republicans defying their own leadership,…
After several missiles were fired at targets in western Ukraine’s Lvov region, the Russian Defense Ministryconfirmedon Friday morning that its formidable new Oreshniks had been used – for only the second time. Reports indicate that the Stryigas fieldandgas storage facilitywere among Ukrainian targets that were hit. Thefirst useof the hypersonic Oreshniks, featuring hard-to-defend-against MIRV payload,…
Thousands of passenger and cargo air taxis could be flying across Hong Kong within a decade as the low-altitude economy takes off, according to one of mainland China’s largest drone makers, which hopes to launch operations in the city. AutoFlight senior vice-president Kellen Tse told the Post the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft…
Gu Jun, deputy secretary general of the municipal government and director of the city’s development and reform commission, told a press conference on Thursday that a task force had been set up to ensure money owed to vendors would be paid promptly. “Supervision will be strengthened to avoid delayed payments,” he said. “We will guide…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Temperatures in many areas of Hong Kong dropped to single digits on Friday morning, with some reaching 2 to 3 degrees Celsius (35.6…
Tensions over US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown rose across the United States on Thursday after the second shooting involving immigration officers in two days, deepening rifts between state and federal officials over how and why the shootings occurred. Protests intensified in Minnesota following Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a 37-year-old mother by an Immigration and…
