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Taipei, Taiwan – As United States President Donald Trump kicks off a new trade war with China, analysts say he will face a much stronger and more prepared adversary in Beijing compared with his first term in office. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has already imposed a 20 percent tariff on Chinese imports, citing Beijing’s alleged failure to curb the export of the deadly opioid fentanyl to the US. The tariff comes on top of previous duties imposed by Trump and former US President Joe Biden on more than $400bn worth of Chinese goods. After condemning…

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Monday she has stripped security clearances from dozens of former national security officials, the Manhattan district attorney who secured a felony conviction against Donald Trump and a lawyer who represented a government whistleblower who triggered the first impeachment case against Trump.The decision is the latest example of the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of security clearances to go after perceived political opponents.Gabbard’s move, announced on X, followed up on an executive order Trump issued shortly after his inauguration to a second term as president in January, which called for security clearances to be revoked for 49…

(The Center Square) – Just a few years after COVID-19 vaccine mandates led to thousands of Washington workers who were unwilling to get the shots being fired from their jobs – or forced to resign – Washington lawmakers are again debating a bill dealing with vaccines and other public health requirements during communicable disease outbreaks.Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1531 which aims to establish a rule that any public health response to diseases must be based on “the best available science.”According to a House bill report, “It is declared the policy of the state that public…

En medio de una crisis generacional en la relación de Canadá con Estados Unidos, el Partido Liberal de Canadá eligió el domingo a un tecnócrata con experiencia en los mercados financieros —quien no ha ganado cargos públicos de elección popular— para sustituir a Justin Trudeau como líder del partido y primer ministro del país, y para enfrentarse al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.Mark Carney, de 59 años, quien dirigió el Banco de Canadá durante la crisis financiera mundial de 2008 y el Banco de Inglaterra durante el brexit, pero que nunca ha sido elegido para un cargo, ganó la…

Before he embarked on a round of high-stakes negotiations in Saudi Arabia and Canada this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio engaged in some personal diplomacy aimed at shoring up his standing within the Trump administration.Mr. Rubio flew to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for talks set to begin on Tuesday aimed at prodding Ukraine into a settlement with its invader, Russia. He plans to go from there to Canada for a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 7 allied nations.His foreign travel comes after Mr. Rubio asserted himself in a tense confrontation with Elon Musk during a White House…

Hinge Health’s Enso product.Courtesy: Hinge HealthHinge Health, a provider of digital physical therapy services, filed to go public on Monday, the latest sign that the IPO market is starting to crack open. Hinge Health uses software to help patients treat musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain and carry out post-surgery rehabilitation remotely. The company’s revenue last year increased 33% to $390 million, according to its prospectus, and its net loss for the year narrowed to $11.9 million from $108.1 million a year earlier. The IPO market has been quiet across the tech sector for the past three years, but within digital health it’s…

Some of the suspected members of a theft ring charged with slipping into the homes of famous athletes to rob them entered the U.S. legally. But their arrests have underscored problems with a post-9/11 program that is supposed to vet certain travelers to keep out criminals and terrorists.Authorities in Florida have charged seven Chileans in connection with a string of million-dollar burglaries of homes of professional athletes across the country. Jewelry, cash, designer luggage and other items were stolen. NBC News confirmed that some of those charged in the thefts traveled to the country under the U.S. visa waiver partnership with…

Mark Carney, Canada’s soon-to-be prime minister, weathered two era-defining implosions in his career as a central banker: the 2008 global financial crisis and Brexit.He has dealt with political chaos, societal upheaval and economic meltdown.Now he faces what is arguably the challenge of a lifetime: Donald J. Trump.Can Mr. Carney negotiate with Mr. Trump over tariffs and other combustible issues and find room for compromise, while trying to win a federal election on a full-throated anti-Trump platform?Mr. Carney was elected on Sunday as leader of the Liberal Party and, in line with Canada’s parliamentary political system, will be sworn in as…

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was losing popularity at home for months, seen by many as a thin-skinned leader who had concentrated power around him. Political opponents saw an opening to win a future election against him. His former top general in the war against Russia had a higher approval rating.Enter President Trump. In recent weeks, he has echoed Moscow’s talking points on the war and called Mr. Zelensky a “dictator without elections” who “has done a terrible job.” Mr. Trump and his allies have demanded new presidential elections in Ukraine, despite the war, and humiliated Mr. Zelensky at a…

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and one of President Trump’s top advisers, on Monday accused Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, of being a “traitor” after he visited Ukraine and said the United States should keep supporting its war against Russia.Mr. Kelly, a former NASA astronaut and Navy pilot who flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, visited Ukraine over the weekend, meeting with members of the Ukrainian military, nurses and others, concluding in a social media post that what he saw “proved to me we can’t give up on the Ukrainian people.”In reply, Mr. Musk wrote: “You are a…