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China halts foreign adoptions, leaving children and U.S. families in limbo
Last month, China announced that it would end foreign adoptions of Chinese children to foreign families other than to blood relatives. Parent Aimee Welch joins CBS News to discuss her ongoing ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
TSMC to close door on producing advanced AI chips for China from Monday
World’s biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processorsWorld - Financial Times - Yesterday -
China struggles to break US chip design ‘chokehold’
Beijing pushes for bigger share of crucial electronic design automation marketWorld - Financial Times - October 24 -
US approves lithium project in push to break China’s grip on EV minerals
Biden administration issues rare mine approval for Ioneer site in Nevada and extends tax breaks to companiesBusiness - Financial Times - October 24 -
Howard Stern says he feared US wouldn't elect a woman: 'I know how men talk behind closed doors'
Howard Stern says he was fearful going into the election that the country wasn't ready to elect its first woman president in Vice President Harris because he knows "how men talk behind closed ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Foreign Election Interference, and Volkswagen May Close Factories
Plus, why you should never cross a crow.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Behind the Mysterious Downfall of China's Missing Foreign Minister
A three-part podcast series digs into why Qin Gang vanished from view in June 2023.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 18 -
AstraZeneca Probe in China Adds to Concerns for Foreign Businesses
An investigation involving the drugmaker’s China president is the latest crackdown to trigger uncertainty in the industry about Beijing’s intentions.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
US ‘deeply concerned’ by intelligence leak over Israel plan to attack Iran
Officials say no further leaks but investigation under way into how documents came to be published on Telegram. US government officials investigating the leak of two classified intelligence ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
North Korea redefines South as 'hostile state,' closing door on unity
North Korea has officially closed the door on peaceful unification with South Korea, designating its neighbor as a "hostile state," according to state-run media. The state-run Korean Central News ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
Spain Opens Its Doors to China as a European Trade War Looms
Spain is forging a path as a “connector” country, drawing Chinese investment as it abstained from taking a position on European tariffs on electric cars.Business - The New York Times - October 30 -
How Trump will handle US foreign policy
President-elect has pledged swift conclusions to wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threatened punitive tariffsWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
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China's Top Carmaker Dominates Foreign Rivals With $14,000 Plug-In Hybrid
From tariffs to technology restrictions, global challenges are mounting for Chinese carmakers, but BYD has been unstoppable.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 14 -
David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary, Visits China in Bid to Reset Relations
David Lammy is set to meet China’s foreign minister in Beijing on Friday, in a trip the British government said would acknowledge “areas of contention as well as areas for cooperation.”World - The New York Times - October 18 -
The Canadian comedian who became China’s most famous foreigner
Mark Rowswell, aka Dashan, on doing stand-up — and ‘Shawshank’ — in perfect MandarinWorld - Financial Times - October 19 -
Indonesia’s president seeks closer ties to Xi and China
First foreign trip in office signals Beijing’s importance for investment but will be followed by US visitWorld - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
Tom Kim apologizes for breaking locker door after playoff loss on DP World Tour
Tom Kim fell to Byeong-Hun An in a playoff at the Genesis Championship in South Korea on Sunday.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 28 -
US agency adopts rule to make it easier for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a rule that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and membershipsTech - ABC News - October 16 -
'Halloween comet' breaks apart after flying close to the sun
NASA says a recently discovered comet has broken apart as it approached the sunTech - ABC News - October 29 -
Breaking down the Trump, Harris closing messages, Election Day expectations
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump spent the last weeks of their campaigns reinforcing their political messages and appealing to undecided voters. Democratic strategist ...Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Parks, zoo, schools close in Pakistan as residents choke on record-breaking smog
Authorities in a broad swath of eastern Pakistan have closed all parks and museums because of record-breaking smog that already has prompted the closure of schools and government offices and has ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
FirstFT: Shares in McDonald’s plunge on links to E. coli outbreak
Also in today’s newsletter, Israel claims Nasrallah’s heir killed and Starbucks scraps financial guidanceWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions
Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.Tech - Wired - October 23 -
If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake for US foreign policy
If elected again, Trump’s policies may largely be shaped by the candidate himself – and it may be more chaotic than it was eight years ago. When Americans choose between Donald Trump and Kamala ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
How the Harris-Trump showdown looks from abroad
The showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will in many ways be a choice between foreign policy continuity and change.Top stories - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Rubio: US entering era of 'pragmatic foreign policy' with Trump win
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said early Wednesday that the U.S. is entering a period of “pragmatic foreign policy,” following former President ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to visit China in an attempt to reset frosty relations
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights ...World - ABC News - October 17 -
UK Foreign Secretary Lammy says engagement with China is necessary at start of 2-day visit
Britain’s foreign secretary has called engagement with China “pragmatic and necessary” as he makes the first visit to the country by a Cabinet member from the Labor government that took control in ...World - ABC News - October 18 -
Head of Myanmar's military government visits close ally China for the first time since taking power
Myanmar's state media says the head of Myanmar’s military government embarked upon an official visit this week to China, the embattled Southeast Asian nation’s most important international allyWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Reeves aims to close £40bn funding gap as she plans tax rises in Budget
Figure is significantly more than the £22bn fiscal hole the government previously identifiedBusiness - Financial Times - October 15 -
UK tax rises acceptable if part of pro-business Budget, CBI says
Rupert Soames believes companies will judge October 30 measures ‘in the round’Business - Financial Times - October 15 -
To top China in biotech, support US seedbeds of innovation
Congress's ambition to break our dependence on this China-derived supply chain must be paired with an equal zeal for investing in domestic capabilities.Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
The Week: The Budget, a trip to China, and the US election
And Your Guide to the US ElectionTop stories - BBC News - October 17 -
How the US can counter China's economic coercion
The Chinese threat of economic coercion has been effective, but the U.S. has leverage over China due to its reliance on supplying U.S. companies, and can leverage the imbalance in China's export ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Taiwan braces for US election as China tensions rise
TAIPEI -- Taiwan is bracing for the results of the U.S. election, with some officials worried about what a new Trump administration could mean given the former president’s isolationist views. On ...Politics - The Hill - November 2 -
Beijing prefers neither: China’s view of the US election
China’s approach could be summarized as calibrating its strategies to account for the leader in the Oval Office in the areas of economy, foreign policy and Taiwan.Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
US citizen arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for China
An American citizen who allegedly spied for China was arrested on Thursday, Germany's federal prosecutor office said, as reported by The Associated Press. The suspect, Martin D., was arrested in ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago
