Beijing, July 15 — China’s economy showed modest resilience in the second quarter of 2025, growing slightly faster than expected despite mounting domestic and international challenges. However, soft consumer spending, falling prices, and escalating global trade tensions are prompting growing calls for fresh government stimulus. According to official data released Tuesday, China’s gross domestic product…
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2025 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday. The two leaders met as global attention focused on the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, renewed hopes for a ceasefire with Hamas, and simmering…
KERRVILLE, TEXAS — The death toll in the catastrophic flash flooding that has devastated central Texas climbed to 81 on Sunday, as rescue teams continued their desperate search for the missing — including 10 children and a counselor from a beloved summer camp — while forecasters warned that even more rain was on the way….
SAN FRANCISCO – Intel’s newly appointed CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is evaluating a significant change to the company’s chip foundry business, signaling a possible departure from the manufacturing strategy pursued by his predecessor, Pat Gelsinger. Image source: newsroom.intel 18A Process Under Review At the heart of the review is Intel’s 18A manufacturing process, which was meant…
WASHINGTON, June 6 — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to terminate government contracts with Elon Musk’s companies, prompting the billionaire to suggest Trump should be impeached — a dramatic collapse of their once-close political alliance. Contract Threats and Social Media Spat Trump criticized Musk during a meeting in the Oval Office, later posting…
TAIPEI, May 16 — Taiwanese electronics giant Wistron Corp. announced Friday that its new U.S.-based manufacturing facilities will be ready next year to support Nvidia’s ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) server rollout. The move marks a significant step in Nvidia’s $500 billion plan to build AI supercomputing infrastructure in the United States over the next four…
WASHINGTON, — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday wrestled with the legality of former President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship—a move that could deny citizenship to over 150,000 newborns each year. The case marks the first Trump-era immigration policy argued before the justices since his return to office in January….
Tesla is preparing to resume shipments of key components from China to the United States later this month for the production of its upcoming Cybercab and Semi truck models, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The decision comes on the heels of a U.S.-China agreement to ease trade tensions, marking a…
LOS ANGELES — May 14, 2025 — A Los Angeles judge ruled Tuesday that Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for parole, a landmark decision that significantly advances the possibility of release for the two brothers convicted of killing their parents in 1989. Embed from Getty Images Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic…
WASHINGTON — Low-income families could lose thousands of dollars in annual income while wealthier households would gain significantly under new tax and budget proposals backed by congressional Republicans, according to a new report from the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The analysis assumes the extension of temporary provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts…
