Updated Jan. 16, 2024 12:39 pm ET Chinese Premier Li Qiang gave global business elites a big hint on highly anticipated growth figures, as he sought to reassure them that investing in China is an opportunity—not a risk. Li delivered the message in an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as Chinese … Read more
Updated Jan. 15, 2024 3:19 pm ET The Israeli military is close to completing its most intensive phase of fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s defense minister said Monday, warning that the lack of a plan for postwar Gaza could hurt the military campaign. In northern Gaza, the most intensive phase of fighting … Read more
Updated Jan. 6, 2024 12:14 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Tibet is no longer “Tibet,” not in China anyway. Chinese officials are increasingly using the term “Xizang,” the official English spelling of the name that China’s ethnic Han majority applies to the Tibetan homeland on the country’s far western frontier. Copyright ©2024 Dow … Read more
Updated Jan. 4, 2024 1:26 pm ET WASHINGTON—China and Saudi Arabia topped a list of 20 countries whose governments or state-linked entities pumped millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s properties while he was president, according to a new report and previously undisclosed records that shed light on Trump’s potential business conflicts as he seeks a … Read more
TAIPEI—A Chinese investigation into purported lip syncing by a rock band from Taiwan is aimed at pressuring the band into supporting Beijing’s stance on the island and is part of a broad effort to interfere in its politics, Taiwanese officials said. Mayday, one of Taiwan’s most commercially successful rock bands, is under scrutiny from authorities … Read more
Opinion | Hezbollah Has Already Opened the Northern Front The Wall Street Journal Israel and Hezbollah trade fire in escalating conflict PBS NewsHour Israeli strike kills elderly woman in southern Lebanon – state news agency Reuters Hamas, Hezbollah claim credit for attacks in south, north The Times of Israel Hezbollah’s threat to Israel is formidable Miami Herald Source link
Dec. 17, 2023 11:38 am ET Most Americans probably heard of the Harvard Corp. for the first time last week, when it issued a supercilious statement affirming its support for Harvard President Claudine Gay. The corporation, Harvard’s governing body, wrote that Ms. Gay “is the right leader to help our community heal and to address … Read more
Updated Dec. 14, 2023 12:21 am ET WASHINGTON—The House narrowly approved opening an impeachment probe into President Biden on Wednesday, hours after his son, Hunter Biden, defied a congressional demand to testify on Capitol Hill, marking a sharp escalation in the battle between the White House and Republicans. The House voted 221-212 along party lines to formally … Read more
Updated Dec. 5, 2023 7:01 pm ET The Cuban espionage case involving former U.S. Ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha might turn out to be the most egregious in terms of how long it is said to have gone on, but it is far from being the first. In what Attorney General Merrick Garland called one of the … Read more
