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If a handshake agreement holds, it will merely undo some of the damage from the trade war that President Trump started.

J-15 jet took off from Chinese aircraft carrier and reportedly came within 45 metres of Japanese patrol plane
has voiced “serious concern” over a near miss involving one of its military planes and a Chinese fighter jet in the Pacific, where by Chinese aircraft carrier groups have raised tensions across the region.
Beijing later rejected the criticism, accusing Japan of dangerous behaviour.

The world's two biggest economies have agreed in principle a framework for de-escalating trade tensions.

The race to develop artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities will play a decisive role in the “New Cold War” with China. America currently enjoys a multi-year lead in cutting-edge AI technologies.

Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.

Draft agreement may reassure top US military suppliers after president’s tariffs flip-flopping threatened production
The announced by on Wednesday would ease concerns from top US military suppliers about rare-earth metals and magnets that, if cut off permanently, could hobble production of everything from smart bombs to fighter jets to submarines and other weapons in the US arsenal.
While the deal has not yet been finalised, it may reassure major defense companies such as Lockheed Martin, the largest US user of samarium – a rare-earth metal used in military-grade magnets – whose supply is entirely controlled by .

And Trump’s own comments created confusion about what was happening to his taxes – tariffs — on Chinese imports, generating uncertainty about more than $660 billion in annual trade between the two ...

President Donald Trump announced that a US-China trade deal is ‘done’ — and that in exchange for Chinese magnets and rare-earth minerals and a 55% tariff on Chinese goods the US will provide China ...

Among older adults, non-Hispanic white Americans have overtaken Asians Americans as the healthiest U.S.-born population with the lowest rates of disability.

Agreement struck in London will increase supply of rare earth minerals and magnets for US car industry
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Donald Trump has endorsed the US-China trade deal struck in London that will ramp up supplies of rare earth minerals and magnets needed for the automotive industry, saying it will take total tariffs on Beijing to 55%.
Acknowledging that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, still needed to give his final approval on the terms , the US president disclosed the pact would also facilitate Chinese students’ access to US colleges.

Federal authorities charged Chengxuan Han with allegedly smuggling biological samples from China to the University of Michigan and lying to customs officials during inspection.

Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’
Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionist” and could lead to arrest.
The game, , allows users to “pledge allegiance” to various groups linked to locations that have been major flashpoints or targets for China including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Manchuria, in order to “overthrow the communist regime” known as the “People’s Republic”.