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Opinion | Under Trump, the US will forfeit the global clean tech race to China

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Opinion | China can build bridges as Trump’s America builds walls

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Wang Huiyao

Opinion | Transactional Trump may well improve US-China ties

Wang Huiyao
Robert Delaney

On Balance | How Republicans turned economics into a vote-winner

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Andrew Sheng

Opinion | Trump 2.0 signals more drawing of lines between West and the rest

Andrew Sheng
Markus Heidingsfelder

Opinion | For a closely divided United States, a coin toss would have sufficed

Markus Heidingsfelder
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Putin congratulates Trump on election victory, says Russia is ready for dialogue

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As early US presidential voting ends, Democrats are seen to turn out more

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China’s fiscal stimulus plan could expand by 20% if Trump wins, experts predict

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China’s yuan falls sharply as Donald Trump declares US election win

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Israel to send planes to Amsterdam after violence against Israeli soccer fans

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A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 30, 2022. Afghanistan also had the highest number of children made homeless by climate disasters of any country as of the end of 2023, according to an August report from international aid agency Save the Children. Photo: AP

Russia & Central Asia

Taliban to attend UN climate conference for the first time

A technical delegation will participate in Cop29 in Azerbaijan, according to Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency.

Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital

Israeli air strikes on northern Gaza kill 30, 13 children

United States & Canada

Trump says Haley, Pompeo will not join second administration

The US president-elect thanked the pair for their service, but indicated he wanted to move in a different direction.

US President-elect Donald Trump says Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo will not be part of his second administration. File photo: AP
US President-elect Donald Trump says Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo will not be part of his second administration. File photo: AP

United States & Canada

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds

Warnings for residents in Ventura County in Southern California have been downgraded.

Africa

Mauritius votes in close-fought election race

A wiretapping scandal has marred the run-up to the polls in a country considered one of the most stable and prosperous in Africa.

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Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all 7 battleground states: US media

The US president-elect had been projected to complete his decisive win in all the key swing states.

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Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in the US presidential election, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in the US presidential election, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states. Photo: AFP

Africa

Egyptians exhume the dead as historic cemetery razed

Egypt’s government says the plan is necessary to build new housing as Cairo grapples with congestion and a growing population.

Europe

Thousands call for Valencia government resignation after floods

Citizens in the region have been frustrated by what they say has been the lacklustre response to the disaster.

Russia & Central Asia

Trump strategist says realistic peace is priority in Ukraine: ‘Crimea is gone’

Trump’s team later distanced itself from Republican operative Bryan Lanza’s remarks, saying he did not speak for the US president-elect.

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A man walks past a banner reading “Victory will be ours!” in the settlement of Sovetsky, Crimea, in October. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Qatar drops out of Israel-Gaza talks, warns Hamas over Doha office

It will not return as a mediator until both sides show ‘a sincere willingness to return to the negotiating table’.

Children stare at the destruction after an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Children stare at the destruction after an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Biden and Trump to meet at White House ahead of historic return

The US leader will host the president-elect in the Oval Office on Wednesday, in a custom Trump broke when he lost to Biden four years ago.

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China

Port of entry: Peru’s Chinese-built megaproject is poised to reshape Pacific trade

The Chancay port will be one of South America’s largest belt and road successes, though it has raised local concerns about the costs of growth.

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United States & Canada

Canada on ‘high alert’, braces for migrants fleeing US after Trump win

An official warned if thousands of migrants come all at once and cross at many border points ‘it could become unmanageable’.

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Migrants wait along the US-Mexico border wall in Texas to surrender to American Customs and Border Protection agents for asylum claim processing. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

United States & Canada

Jilted bride must give back US$70,000 Tiffany engagement ring, US court says

He thought she cheated and she said she didn’t, but the judges ruled that it doesn’t matter who was to blame for the end of the relationship.

The US$70,000 Tiffany engagement ring at the centre of the court battle is seen in an undated photograph. Photo: Caroline Settino via Reuters
The US$70,000 Tiffany engagement ring at the centre of the court battle is seen in an undated photograph. Photo: Caroline Settino via Reuters

Europe

Croatia arrests 4 over attack on foreign workers

Labourers from Nepal, India, the Philippines and elsewhere have filled tens of thousands of jobs in construction and tourism.

China Economy

How will Trump victory affect China’s shift away from US dollar assets?

Risk of financial sanctions prompts Beijing to rethink where it parks its massive foreign exchange reserves.

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Diplomacy

It’s Trump: taut race ends with former president returning to White House

Trump wins key state of Wisconsin, bringing him to 277 electoral votes and a second term in the White House.

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Donald Trump, who has just secured a second US presidential term, gestures to the crowd at the conclusion of his final rally of the campaign in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump, who has just secured a second US presidential term, gestures to the crowd at the conclusion of his final rally of the campaign in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

In the Middle East, gloom is the only certainty after US election

As Israel-Gaza war drags on and US-Iran relations hit new lows, weary residents hold little hope for peaceful future no matter who the next president is.

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Diplomacy

US election: world braces for uncertainty as Trump storms back – as it happened

World leaders say they want to work with the United States, but many are preparing for turbulent times.

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United States & Canada

Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s paths to power - a visual timeline

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer contrasting visions for America’s future. Their life journeys are equally distinct.