WASHINGTON —  Last week, BlackRock, an American asset management giant, led a deal with Cheung Kong Hutchison Holdings, owned by Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, to acquire 43 ports in 23 countries around the world, including the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal at both ends of the Panama Canal. The deal was made after … Read more

Pentagon-  The United States has cleared the last of its detained immigrants from the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba and sent them back to the U.S. mainland to await deportation. Two U.S. defense officials told VOA on Wednesday that 40 detainees, including 23 “high-risk illegal immigrants” held at the base’s detention center, were sent … Read more

WASHINGTON —  On the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge in Missouri ruled that the Chinese government should be held accountable for covering up the truth and hoarding protective materials in the early stages of the pandemic, and that it should pay Missouri more than $24 billion in compensation. … Read more

Reuters reported on Wednesday (March 12) that Taiwanese chip giant TSMC has proposed to U.S. chip design companies Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom and Qualcomm to take stakes in a joint venture that would operate Intel’s foundry division. According to reports, sources said that under the proposal, TSMC would be responsible for the operation of Intel’s wafer … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning Tuesday that he would double planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% from 25% has caused the Ontario government to suspend plans to impose a surcharge on electricity sold to the United States. As a result, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Trump withdrew his plan to … Read more

United Nations-  The United States warned on Wednesday that it would continue to apply “maximum pressure” on Iran to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Tehran has rejected a new U.S. offer for nuclear talks amid growing concerns about its stockpile of enriched uranium. “As reported by the Director General of the International Atomic … Read more

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed two bills involving China, which will restrict the Department of Homeland Security from purchasing batteries made by Chinese companies and set up a working group in the Department of Homeland Security to monitor and respond to threats from China. The bills will now await consideration by … Read more

On March 14, the deputy foreign ministers of China, Russia and Iran held a trilateral meeting in Beijing on the Iranian nuclear issue. A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 13th that China has always advocated a proper solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through political and diplomatic means. The … Read more

The US Senate passed a stopgap spending bill on Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown and overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure. The bill was passed by 54 votes to 46 after the Senate passed a procedural vote with a 60-vote threshold to end debate on the bill. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the … Read more

WASHINGTON —  Several Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have jointly proposed legislation aimed at completely stopping the issuance of student visas to Chinese citizens. The bill proposers said they are concerned that the Chinese government may use international students to steal U.S. intellectual property and threaten national security. Republican Congressman Riley Moore from … Read more