Trump’s foreign aid freeze could prove to be a boon for the world’s authoritarian strongmen
Trump, announcing the aid freeze on his first day in office, said all foreign assistance would be evaluated as to whether it ...
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US Backs Costa Rica in Stand Against Chinese Tech Influence
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledges support to Costa Rica in its stand against Chinese tech influence, following the ...
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Rubio Visits Costa Rica Amid US Push to Counter Chinese Influence
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Costa Rica as part of his Central American tour, addressing Chinese influence, ...
China’s Tech Still Constrained by Export Controls, ASML’s CEO Says
DeepSeek’s success shows companies are making the most of limited resources in a hot artificial-intelligence market, but that ...
Why the US is claiming China’s presence violates the Panama neutrality treaty
Some U.S. lawmakers and officials are touting a nearly half-century-old treaty between the United States and Panama to ...
Chinese presence in Panama might trigger canal treaty violation, Senate panel told
President Donald Trump's suggestion of the U.S. taking control of the Panama Canal has a legal basis partly due to potential ...
The Daily Signal16d
The Absurd Outrage Directed at Trump
Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of the book "The Second World Wars: How ...
The Daily Signal17d
Trump’s Big Agenda for First 100 Days
Fred Lucas is chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. He is the author of “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean ...
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Nicaragua launches 'volunteer' police force that critics fear will be paramilitary
raising concerns from human rights groups that President Daniel Ortega's government is formalizing a paramilitary force. Opposition figures and human rights groups have raised concerns that the ...
Nikkei Asia18d
China posts 5% growth for 2024 as challenges pile up
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...
The New York Times18d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
ABC News18d
China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation ...