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Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention
“Climate is our biggest war. Climate is here for the next 100 years. We need to focus and … not allow those [other] wars to take our attention away from the bigger fight that we need to have.”
Ana Toni, the chief executive of Cop30, the UN climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, is worried. With only four months before the crucial global summit, the world’s response to the climate crisis is in limbo.

Asian American leaders condemned ongoing ICE raids and stood in solidarity with the Latinos, whom they said “have borne the brunt of the kidnappings.” ...

Asian American leaders condemned ongoing ICE raids and stood in solidarity with the Latinos, whom they said “have borne the brunt of the kidnappings.” ...

Czech intelligence revealed Chinese diplomats allegedly planned staged incident during Hsiao Bi-khim’s 2024 visit
Taiwan’s vice-president has said she will not be intimidated after reports by Czech intelligence that Chinese officials planned to stage a car collision when she was in Prague last year.
Hsiao Bi-khim visited the Czech Republic in March 2024, in the first overseas visit by her and Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, after winning the election in January. It was reported at the time that a Chinese diplomat had run a red light while following her car – under police escort – from the airport.

Mamdani stunned the political establishment when he declared victory in the primary on Tuesday, a ranked choice election in which his strongest competition, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceded ...

Mamdani's campaign has piqued the interest of many Indians, South Asian Americans, as well as Muslims — even those who may not agree with him on every issue.

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign has piqued the interest of South Asians and Muslims in New York City and beyond ...

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign has piqued the interest of South Asians and Muslims in New York City and beyond.

Multnomah County apologizes for historic harm to Chinese Americans, allocating $1 million for a cemetery memorial.

China confirms details amid efforts to end trade war but reiterates it will continue to approve export permits
The US has reached an agreement with China to speed up rare-earth shipments into America, officials confirmed on Friday. The news sent US stock markets to fresh highs amid news of wider between the US and the world’s biggest economies.
Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US had signed a deal with China the previous day, without providing additional details, and that there might be a separate deal coming up that would “open up” India.

Chinese owner Geely considering options that include closing Norfolk factory and moving Emira production to US
Lotus is planning to end production of its sportscars in the UK and shift it to the US, a move that would put 1,300 jobs at risk and represent a major blow to the British car industry.
The carmaker’s Chinese owner, Geely, is looking at options including manufacturing its Emira sportscar in the US, and permanently stopping production at its factory in Hethel, Norfolk, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s thinking. No final decision has been made.

Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the world
For US allies and rivals around the world, ’s strikes on have redrawn the calculus of the White House’s readiness to use force in the kind of direct interventions that the president said he would make a thing of the past under his isolationist “America First” foreign policy.
From Russia and China to and across the global south, the president’s decision to launch the largest strategic bombing strike in US history indicates a White House that is ready to employ force abroad – but .