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Father-son YouTube duo Jeffrey and Kevin Pang - who bill themselves the Hunger Pangs - reveal how they found a shared passion in cooking The social media stars have created A Very Chinese Cookbook, ...

Refining the metal – which is essential for electric car batteries – in Europe would ease the EU’s precarious reliance on China
It has been called the new gold rush – a rush to catch up with China in producing and refining the materials needed in everything from computers to cars: but has it come too late to save Europe’s car industry?
Deep inside a former East German town lie the first fruits of the EU’s grand plan to “de-risk” and wean itself off dependency on imports for the green revolution. In Bitterfeld-Wolfen, 140km south-west of Berlin, an Amsterdam-listed company is scrambling to complete construction of a vast factory that will be the first in Europe to deliver battery-grade lithium.

The US and China are building rival global coalitions as the UN stumbles. Tackling collective challenges will be harder in a fragmented world
The EU is talking about admitting new members again, after years of blanking Balkan neighbours. The US is strengthening security ties with India’s authoritarian leader and assorted Asia-Pacific “strongmen”. Even the Saudi outcast, , is back in western favour.
China is courting African and Arab countries and the “global south” with seductive talk of a brave new multipolar world, an and an egalitarian G20. Ostracised Russia clings ever more desperately to Beijing, North Korea and like-minded rogue states.

In sum, Chinese political and election interference is likely to ... One downside of a supply-side strategy against foreign interference is the risk of going too far. Going to American history, ...

Local civil rights organizations are calling for more help and resources to combat violence impacting Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Washington.

The world’s most brazen maritime militarization is gaining muscle in waters through which one-third of global ocean trade passes.

In an audio clip published by a newspaper, Burton Hill reportedly hurled insults at his neighbour during an argument in their condominium complex last year.

The rules, which aim to prevent chip makers from using new U.S. subsidies to benefit China, take into account the industry’s perspective.

Chen Siming posts video from Taoyuan airport saying he is seeking asylum from political persecution
A Chinese dissident known for the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan where he pleaded for help in seeking asylum in the US or Canada.
In a video posted online on Friday, Chen Siming said he was in the transit area at Taoyuan international airport to escape Chinese political persecution.

Corporacion Andina de Fomento, a Latin American development bank that will lend over $14 billion this year, is seeking to add new members from Europe, the Middle East and Asian countries to finance ...