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Peak winds of 165mph bring 17 deaths in Taiwan, while Storm Bualoi threatens to strengthen into typhoon on its way to the Philippines
Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded Taiwan, Hong Kong and China before moving into Vietnam on Thursday night, though as a much-weakened storm.
At its peak Ragasa had mean wind speeds of 165mph as it moved to the south of Taiwan, where it brought significant heavy rain resulting in 17 deaths as a barrier lake burst.

Behind sensational headlines and viral videos lies an economy profiting off misinformation — leaving fact checkers feeling outmatched.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has told a group of American business executives that the U.S. and his country need “to work in the same direction” to further what he called the most important bilateral rela ...

A $20 billion loan to support Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, could come with economic and political risks.

TikTok’s future in the US has been in limbo for over year, but Trump says Washington and Beijing finally have a deal
The White House has confirmed a deal to transfer ownership of to a group of US investors.
an executive order on Thursday that creates a structure for the investors to take over operations of the Chinese social media company in the US.

Pessimistic social media posts may now be targets of a fresh crackdown by the Chinese government.

Agreement separates app from Chinese owner ByteDance and allows US investors to take 80% stake
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday outlining the terms of a deal to transfer TikTok to a US owner.
Trump said he and China’s president Xi Jinping had come to an agreement to allow TikTok to continue operating in the US, separating the social media platform from its Chinese owner ByteDance. Trump said the deal complies with a law that would have forced the shutdown of the app for American users had it not been divested and sold to a US owner.

Foreign brands not linked to Kirk’s Turning Point USA sell patriotic gear with unclear promises to donate profits
Just hours after was confirmed, hundreds of advertisements for memorial merchandise appeared on and .
In a viral with more than 8,000 shares and hundreds of thousands of likes, the brand See Jesus In You promoted an “Echo of Freedom” shirt with an American flag and Kirk’s signature, calling him a symbol of “faith, liberty, and America”. The simple shirt, which Kirk was wearing when he was assassinated, has become a hot among his conservative supporters. Another clothing brand, Liberty Faith Gear, struck a much more combative tone in marketing its version of the freedom tee, as it urged “patriots [to] rise when freedom is attacked. We do not hide. We do not bow”.

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that would help clear the way for a coalition of investors to run an American version of TikTok, one that is separate from its Chinese owner, ...

With China accounting for nearly a third of the world’s total emissions, any cuts it achieves will make a substantial difference for the world – and for fossil fuel exports


Anything China does on energy and climate change is big news. Its plans ripple around the world, whether that’s in changing the demand for fossil fuels or affecting the impacts on the planet from global heating.
On Thursday, Australia woke to the news that China’s president, Xi Jinping, had told the United Nations that for the first time his country was setting a target to cut – in absolute terms – its greenhouse gas emissions.

Li Qiang, China’s No. 2-ranking official, urged U.S. executives to help maintain a fragile detente between Beijing and Washington.

On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.