Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement. Go to Source Author: Ana Swanson https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party
Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said. Go to Source Author: Chris Buckley https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
One Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms
As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests. Go to …
China Promised to Buy More U.S. Farm Goods. It Hasn’t Happened.
Soybeans are the notable exception, revealing Beijing’s selective approach to fulfilling trade commitments ahead of the summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping. Go to Source Author: Sui-Lee Wee https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Despite court wins, California election war with Trump rages on
L.A. County says it has received federal grand jury subpoenas demanding voter registration information on dozens of individuals the Trump administration suspects may not be U.S. citizens. Read full story …
Father of 3 disappeared amid violent waves. How a single bone unraveled the case
In 1999, father of three Johnathan Raxa went missing after his fishing ship crashed. A washed-up bone helped to find him almost three decades later. Read full story Author: Katerina …
CNN, MS NOW and Politico file court challenge to Trump’s press ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico will challenge the constitutionality of President Trump’s order to ban the news organizations from the White House. Read full story Author: Stephen Battaglio
Bobby Kennedy Keeps Me in the Trump Column
OK, first of all, the headline is for rhetorical purposes only. Other than the Trump column, there is no place for a conservative to go. Options? The Mitch McConnell column? …
Smithsonian CEO Resigns. He Should Have Been Fired
The Smithsonian Institution has long claimed a special place in American life as a repository of the nation’s accomplishments and a source of inspiration for the world. Lonnie Bunch, who …
Antisemitism Threatens More Than Just Jews
Foreign adversaries have found a way to weaken America without firing a shot: weaponized antisemitism. Russia, Iran, and China understand that Jew-hatred – now a modernized, shape-shifting, digitized, algorithm-driven information …
Young people aren’t snowflakes – mental distress is rising, says head of official review
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was. Read full story Author:
‘I see my abusers in the supermarket’ – Oxford grooming gang survivors’ ongoing torment
Men who sexually abused them as underage girls are still walking around the city, they say. Read full story Author:
Inside Djibouti refugee camp for thousands fleeing Houthi advance in Yemen
Fighting on Yemen’s west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Read full story Author:
Russia’s elections had few surprises – but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial
Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg. Read full story Author:
Southport killer accused of throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at prison officer
Axel Rudakubana is accused of grievous bodily harm and two other assaults of prison officers while serving a life sentence. Read full story Author:
Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s son, dies aged 27
His family asked for privacy during a “very difficult and painful time” following the model’s death. Read full story Author:
German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on
Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz’s centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin. Read full story Author:
BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer
The corporation said it had included “the ones that still work today and not the ones that don’t.” Read full story Author:
Helen Jenner announced by Nigel Farage as new leader of Reform in Wales
Farage said it had been untenable for former leader Dan Thomas to continue after his arrest last week. Read full story Author:
UK should ‘team up’ with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister tells BBC
It comes after European Commission President proposed “opening the door” for Canada to become an associate member of the EU. Read full story Author: