2025

Xi Jinping, who rules with absolute authority, has shown he is willing to let the Chinese people endure hardship. President Trump revealed he has limits.

A new declaration targeted eastern Gaza City, including several areas that had been declared evacuation zones. The United Nations said 390,000 people had been displaced in recent weeks.

Beijing’s retaliation came after the White House raised its tariff on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax.

The Kremlin spokesman would not say whether the Trump aide, Steve Witkoff, would meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

After years trying to moderate her party’s image, the far-right leader, convicted of embezzlement, now voices Trump-like outrage, at some risk.

Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.

Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to reverse his position, arguing that the risk of war with the United States and the worsening economic crisis could topple the regime.

The number of dead in a roof collapse in Santo Domingo keeps rising. Officials have not said how many people were in the club at the time of the disaster.

Stocks in Asia and Europe rallied after President Trump paused punishing global levies. But U.S.-China trade tensions accelerated, and analysts cautioned that their full effects wouldn’t be felt for weeks.

The bloc was about to enact retaliatory tariffs when President Trump made his last-minute U-turn. What comes next is unclear.