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Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said on Wednesday, in what is likely the most serious challenge to the tenuous ceasefire deal in Gaza since it came into force earlier this month. The development came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military […]

This month, the Post’s Xiaofei Xu sat down with Deng Li, China’s ambassador to France and Monaco, for an in-depth and wide-ranging interview. In part two, Deng discusses Beijing’s economic relationship with France and the EU. Part one can be found here. As Europe adapts to the changing nature of the global economy and the […]

Companies around the globe have ramped up job cuts, with blue-chip firms from Amazon.com to Nestlé and UPS reining in spending, while consumer sentiment dims and artificial intelligence-focused tech companies start to replace business roles with automation. According to a Reuters tally, American companies have announced more than 25,000 job cuts this month, not including […]

Vice-Premier He Lifeng has vowed that China will continue to expand the “high-level opening up” of its financial sector and welcome more investment by foreign financial institutions and long-term capital. “China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up in the financial sector and accelerate the building of a modern financial powerhouse,” he said in a statement […]

The Republican-led US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil’s prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt. In the first of three tariff bills expected in the Senate this week, […]

China has denounced the United Kingdom for sanctioning 11 Chinese companies over “alleged connections” with Russia despite Beijing’s diplomatic objections, warning the move could damage the UK-China relationship. “The UK’s actions constitute unilateral sanctions that lack both a basis in international law and authorisation from the United Nations,” China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a […]

Zohran Mamdani may not solve all of the beleaguered US Democrats’ problems, but the surprise front-runner in the race for New York mayor does offer hints on how to win back voters and power. The Democrats – shut out of power in the White House and both chambers of Congress – were seen negatively by […]

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara secured a fourth term with a commanding re-election win, according to provisional results announced on Monday, an outcome that was largely expected after his strongest opponents were deemed ineligible. The 83-year-old former international banker won 89.77 per cent of the vote, his third consecutive decisive victory after the much closer […]

AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds on Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged towards Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the massive Category 5 storm. Agence France-Presse surfaced dozens of fakes – most bearing watermarks for OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora – as Melissa was set to pummel the Caribbean island with violent winds […]

Russia is looking to Southeast Asia for an economic boost after fresh sanctions from the United States hit its energy sector, with a senior minister saying Moscow sees “mutually beneficial” opportunities with Asean in nuclear technology, logistics and trade. Speaking on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia summits in […]