America's rivals are piling on the pressure all at once
Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea are flexing their muscles, fueling conflicts, and challenging the US-led world order.
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Benard Arnault added $6 billion to his net worth in a day after China's stimulus sparked a rally in luxury stocks
Bernard Arnault owns about half of LVMH, which includes luxury brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior, Tiffany & Co., and TAG Heuer, among others.
A US ally in the Pacific says it wants to keep a new American missile system that China got all 'dramatic' about 'forever'
China has repeatedly urged the US to remove its Mid-Range Capability missile system, also known as Typhon, from the Philippines.
China carried out its first known test of an ICBM in the Pacific Ocean for more than 4 decades
The test of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead comes amid concerns over China's nuclear arsenal.
Beijing is no longer hiding its panic about the state of its economy
The stimulus blitz announced on Tuesday is sparking market speculation that Beijing is panicking over the state of its economy.
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The Chinese yuan surged to a 16-month high, but Beijing may not be happy about it
The US dollar to offshore Chinese yuan, or CNH rate fell to as low as 6.9951, the first time it breached the 7 per dollar level since May 2023.
Mitch McConnell goes after Trump's trade policy: 'I'm not a tariff fan'
The outgoing Senate GOP leader argued that tariffs, a key part of Trump's platform, would "raise the prices for American consumers."
A new US missile system that showed up in the Pacific this year keeps making China more and more unhappy
The US is considering putting its Mid-Range Capability missile system in Japan months after its deployment in the Philippines earlier this year.
China's latest stimulus boosts emerging-market stocks to the highest level in 2 years
Emerging markets' stocks climbed to their highest since April 2022 on Tuesday after China introduced new measures to boost its sluggish economy.
Intel matters to US chipmaking. Its tangled relationship with China makes things complicated.
Intel is seen as strategically important to US chip ambitions, but its China links paint a complicated picture.
Jamie Dimon says an 'evil axis' of countries threatening war is the biggest risk to the world economy in the next century
"If it really goes south, obviously it will affect markets like you've never seen," Jamie Dimon warned.
Yet another one of China's elite has disappeared after criticizing Xi Jinping
Chinese economist Zhu Hengpeng disappeared after criticizing Xi Jinping, the WSJ reported. He reportedly made comments on China's sluggish economy.
Biden wants to ban Chinese tech in cars over national security fears
The US Department of Commerce has proposed a ban on Chinese and Russian tech in internet-connected cars.
China just released aggressive measures to boost its economy — but some analysts say it's still not enough
"Today's policy measures are bold by historical standards," Betty Wang, the lead economist at Oxford Economics, wrote in a note on Tuesday.
China can't boost its economy because its macro policy is 'too slow and reluctant,' Goldman Sachs says
Weak retail sales and potential labor market pressures show China's policy pushes haven't acted quickly enough, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
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A millennial who's lived in 4 countries in 5 years shares which places offer the cheapest childcare, food, and housing
A millennial who's lived in four countries in five years shares the financial pros and cons of South Korea, China, Iraq, and the Netherlands.
We're losing the one thing that's keeping the peace between America and China
American businesses hoped China would be a gold mine. That dream is dying and it could make it harder for the countries to stay peaceful.
These big shipyards are China's shipbuilding power players and are cranking out new warships at a breakneck pace
China boasts impressive shipbuilding capacity across its industry, but a few key yards play a greater role in its naval buildup.
China's navy starts testing a next-generation fighter jet on one of its aircraft carriers
China's Navy took a major step towards maritime deployment of the J-35 with trial operations on the CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier.
The US Navy is planning for possible war by 2027, when China expects it will be ready to invade Taiwan, US admiral says
Adm. Lisa Franchetti outlined a seven-goal plan for 2027, which Washington has repeatedly said is Xi Jinping's target for readying China's military.