World

United States & Canada
Europe
Middle East
Americas
Africa
Russia & Central Asia
Shoppers look through the window of a Pop Mart store near the Louvre Museum in Paris. The Chinese toy giant has attracted a devoted fan base in Europe with its Labubu and Crybaby collectible dolls. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

‘It’s crazy’: inside Europe’s growing obsession with Chinese blind-box toys

The craze is the latest sign that Chinese brands are becoming more skilled at winning over Western consumers.

18

Russian drone attack kills 9 as Kyiv-Moscow talks stall in Istanbul

Moody’s strips US of AAA credit rating, citing failure to rein in debt

24

United States & Canada

US plans immigrant reality TV contest for citizenship to ‘revive patriotism’

The proposed show would see contestants face off in one-hour episodes to prove they are the most American.

videocam
Demonstrators picket for the release of immigrants detained by US agents at a detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, on May 15. Photo: AFP
Demonstrators picket for the release of immigrants detained by US agents at a detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, on May 15. Photo: AFP

Americas

Gone, soon forgotten: Mexican TikTok influencer’s murder reveals femicide crisis

Mexico had 852 femicides in 2023, the fourth highest rate per capita in Latin America, according to a UN report.

United States & Canada

Trump and the art of the deal: expects to meet Putin to broker Ukraine peace

‘There can’t be a meeting without me,’ the US president says after pulling back from first direct peace talks in Putin’s absence.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

United States & Canada

US police name Chinese and Italian tourists killed in Yellowstone crash

Chinese nationals made up 12 of the 13 passengers in the van, which caught fire after colliding with a pickup truck, police say.

Rescuers at the scene of a deadly collision between a pickup truck and tour van near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho on May 1. Photo: AP
Rescuers at the scene of a deadly collision between a pickup truck and tour van near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho on May 1. Photo: AP

Europe

Who took the iconic Napalm Girl image? World Press Photo says it’s not clear

The organisation has removed Nick Ut’s credit for the prize-winning picture, after a documentary cast doubt over its authorship.

United States & Canada

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill blocked by hardline Republicans

It is rare for bills to fail in such committee votes, which often act as a rubber stamp before legislature moves to the House floor.

United States & Canada

Ex-US ambassador to Ukraine says she quit because of Trump ‘appeasement’

Bridget Brink says the policy since the start of the Trump administration was to put pressure on the victim instead of the aggressor, Russia.

videocam
US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink (left) joins then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to tour a bunker at a State Border Guard of Ukraine Detached Commandant Office of Security and Resource Supply site in Kyiv Oblast in September 2023. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar charged on stage and attacked the novelist, partially blinding him, during an event in New York in 2022.

Hadi Matar arrives at Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York, for his sentencing on Friday. Photo: AFP
Hadi Matar arrives at Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York, for his sentencing on Friday. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump says Taylor Swift ‘no longer HOT’ in Air Force One rant

The US president also called Bruce Springsteen an ‘obnoxious jerk’ after the legendary rocker criticised Trump in front of a UK audience.

5

United States & Canada

Melania Trump statue missing in her native Slovenia after last one set on fire

The life-size bronze sculpture – unveiled in 2020 near the US first lady’s birthplace – was reportedly sawed off at the ankles and removed.

Science

Senior US Democrat slams ‘horrible’ reversal of AI rule as helping China

Trump administration’s move to rescind Biden-era prohibitions said to enable Saudi Arabia, UAE to make advanced chips ‘available’ to Beijing.

videocam
34
US congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat, is the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

US to set tariff rates for trading partners ‘in weeks’, says Trump

US president says government lacks capacity to negotiate deals with all trade partners, does not say which of them will receive letters.

videocam
US President Donald Trump during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Americas

Brazil confirms bird flu outbreak, sparking China shipments ban

The South American nation exported US$10 billion of chicken meat last year, accounting for about 35 per cent of global trade.

videocam

Middle East

Dozens more die in Gaza as Israel intensifies assault

Over 250 people are said to have been killed since Thursday, while Trump says residents are starving and he expects ‘a lot of good things’ in the next month.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Politics

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Xi and Trump’s key people

Discover the power players in Xi and Trump’s teams; the key people setting the agenda on diplomacy, the military, the economy, security and science.

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s inner circles

United States & Canada

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China

Discover who is in Donald Trump’s inner circle, their backgrounds, stances on China and the roles they will play in shaping the future of the US.

Middle East

Trump wraps up his Middle East tour with deals galore

The US president made scoring business deals a centrepiece of the first major foreign trip of his second term.

United States & Canada

Why Trump’s freebie Qatar jet is the stuff of nightmares in spyworld

Legal and ethical qualms aside, the luxury Boeing 747 would present a prime opportunity to bug, track and surveil the US president.

A Boeing 747 with the colour scheme of planes used by the Qatari royal family is seen at San Antonio International Airport in Texas on May 2. Photo: The San Antonio Express-News via AP
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Open Questions series

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

videocam
40
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

videocam
29
Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

videocam
4
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

videocam
31
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

videocam
40
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

videocam
29
Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

videocam
4
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

videocam
31
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
MORE FROM THIS SERIES
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
OPINION
Anthony Rowley

Macroscope | No, stock markets are not a barometer of the world’s economic health

Anthony Rowley
Bernard Chan

Opinion | Thanks to Trump, we now have a profound appreciation of supply chains

Bernard Chan
Zhou Bo

Opinion | 4 lessons for China as Pakistan J-10s down Indian Rafale jets

Zhou Bo
5
Chenjie Song

Opinion | Why Gulf countries are fertile ground for Chinese EV makers’ growth

Chenjie Song
Thomas O. Falk

Opinion | Britain has capitulated to Trump’s coercive trade. Others must resist

Thomas O. Falk
5
Dominik Mierzejewski

Opinion | Why China and Russia are playing up their World War II legacies

Dominik Mierzejewski
15
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
MULTIMEDIA
Infographics

Chosen one: a visual guide to Pope Leo XIV, leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics

Chosen one: a visual guide to Pope Leo XIV, leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics
Video

Chinese troops take part in Russian Victory Day parade

China’s Xi Jinping joins Vladimir Putin at Victory Day parade in Russia
04:14
Video

American Robert Prevost chosen as new pope

Robert Prevost chosen as new pope, first US pontiff in history of Catholic Church
07:03
Video

China condemns CIA videos to lure Chinese officials

New CIA videos seek to lure Chinese officials to leak secrets to US
03:25
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
TRENDING TOPICS
US-China trade war
Donald Trump
US-China relations
Sexual harassment and assault
Crime
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
MOST POPULAR
1

Val Kilmer, star of Batman Forever, Tombstone and Top Gun, dead at 65

2

Chinese-born entrepreneur buys entire SpaceX flight for ultimate adventure

3

US sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Iran tensions rise

4

Chinese-Canadian MP, focus of foreign interference probes, drops re-election bid

videocam
5

Russia captures Donetsk village amid Ukraine minerals deal talks with US

videocam