WASHINGTON — The leaders of the 27 EU member states who are attending an emergency summit on Ukraine in Brussels held a working lunch with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at noon on Thursday (March 6), where the heads of state or government can speak freely without scripts. These leaders can use English or their own … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on Wednesday (March 5) to focus on how to deal with the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. national security. At the hearing, the acting chairman of the committee pointed out that China has been steadily pursuing a long-term … Read more
WASHINGTON — After proposing legislation to ban the use of the Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek on U.S. federal government equipment, two congressmen urged U.S. state governors to ban the application on state government equipment. Calls for a ban on DeepSeek are growing louder in the United States. U.S. experts believe that the ban will … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed by a month the implementation of new 25% tariffs on many Mexican imports and some Canadian imports. The White House insisted the tariffs were intended to stop fentanyl trafficking. President Trump also insisted that tariffs could be used to address trade deficits. He said in the Oval Office that … Read more
In a rare bipartisan move, two U.S. senators introduced a bill in the latest attempt to combat fentanyl and its precursors that have flowed into the United States from China, Mexico and other borders. U.S. President Donald Trump cited the three countries’ failure to stop fentanyl from being trafficked into the United States as reasons … Read more
The lunar lander from private company Intuitive Machines touched down on the moon Thursday (March 6) carrying drills, drones and rovers for NASA and other clients, but soon ran into trouble and may have tipped over. Intuitive Machines said it was not yet clear whether the company’s 15-foot-tall Athena lander was upright near the moon’s … Read more
WASHINGTON — Beijing responded this week to President Donald Trump’s decision to impose another 10% tariff on most Chinese goods, saying it was willing to “fight to the end” in any area of conflict between the two countries. Later, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded, “We are ready.” However, on Thursday (March 6), Beijing backed … Read more
Taipei- Taiwan President Lai Ching-te praised TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States as a “historic moment in Taiwan-US relations” and said TSMC “did not receive pressure from the United States” during its investment in the United States. Lai and TSMC Chairman Wei Zhejia explained the investment to reporters at the Taiwan … Read more
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill aimed at supporting Taiwan’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made legislative progress in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday (March 5), passing a vote of the House Financial Services Committee. The Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2025 (HR 910) is bipartisan legislation introduced on February 4 by California Republican Congressman … Read more
Reuters cited a draft executive order it saw as saying the United States plans to impose port fees on ships related to China and will urge allies to take similar actions or face retaliation. The draft executive order, dated February 27, proposes charging fees for entering U.S. Ports will be affected if they belong to … Read more