During a nine-day trip through Latin America in the fall, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina and inaugurated a $3-billion Chinese-funded port in Peru. Over and over, Xi stressed his interest in strengthening economic ties with the region 10,000 miles from Beijing. “True friends always feel

Mr. Musk’s recent stand against U.S.A.I.D., the federal agency responsible for administering foreign and development assistance since 1961, could have come directly from the state capture playbook — only often more brazen in intent. “U.S.A.I.D. is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk posted over the weekend. “Time for it to die.” In that time, the agency’s

President Donald Trump has said the United States will “take over” and “own” Gaza after an ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the besieged enclave under an extraordinary plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. Hamas, the Palestinian group that governs Gaza, swiftly condemned the proposal as a

In a recent interview on the Today show, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates opened up about his relationship with his girlfriend, Paula Hurd, for the first time ever. Gates, 69, expressed his happiness, saying, “I’m lucky to have a serious girlfriend named Paula. We’re having fun, going to the Olympics, and lots of great things.”Paula Hurd,

CNN  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu couldn’t keep the smirk off his face. And no wonder. Netanyahu looked on in the White House on Tuesday as President Donald Trump delivered the most stunning US intervention in the long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The president repeatedly doubled down on his suggestion that nearly 2

President Trump’s declaration on Tuesday evening that the United States could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be permanently displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond. At a joint White House news conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Trump said, “The U.S. will take

Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed reporters at the White House, where the US president announced his intention to take over the Gaza Strip, move Palestinians to neighbouring countries and redevelop the territory for occupation by “the world’s people”. Here are the main takeaways from their joint press conference on Tuesday evening:

Tech billionaire and newly minted “special government employee“ Elon Musk has received quiet White House reminders in recent days that while he has wide, nearly unprecedented latitude to slash spending and reorient the federal government at a breakneck pace, his power is not unchecked.  Trump has suggested publicly, and aides have signaled behind the scenes,

United States President Donald Trump has welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, marking the first visit of a foreign leader during his second term. But Tuesday’s meeting was steeped in controversy as Trump repeatedly weighed in on the future of war-torn Gaza — and whether Palestinians should return to live in

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. For the first time in weeks, it looks like Democrats are summoning something passing for a plan to counter the unapologetic chaos radiating from the reinstalled administration of President Donald Trump. House

Parents to daughters Miley and Noah as well as son Braison (plus he adopted her daughter Brandi and son Trace and fathered son Christopher in a previous relationship) the couple tied the knot in 1993. The country singer filed for divorce in 2010, saying in a statement at the time that they were “trying to work

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Bill Gates has opened up about his teenage experimentation with drugs including cannabis and LSD, and says he joked with Steve Jobs about taking “the wrong

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set soon to hold a high-stakes phone call on the tit-for-tat tariffs each has imposed on the other country’s exports. Trump’s new 10% tariff on Chinese goods took effect at midnight Monday, with China quickly announcing it would impose 15% tariffs on U.S. coal and

Not many designers are as famous for their wetsuits as for their wedding-worthy dresses, but Cynthia Rowley’s got the range. Speaking with Page Six Style at the Whitney Art Party on Jan. 28 — which she’s co-sponsored and co-hosted for two consecutive years — Rowley says her brand’s aesthetic can be summed up as “sporty meets pretty.”

Vladimir Putin has ordered the revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision song contest after Russia was banned from participating in the competition. The Russian leader signed a decree on Monday instructing officials to revive the Intervision song contest in Moscow this year with the aim of “developing international cultural and humanitarian cooperation”. The

In 2024, a wave of violent rampages disrupted China’s carefully cultivated image of stability, exposing underlying tensions often obscured by the country’s tightly controlled narrative. Dubbed “Xianzhong-ology” by netizens—a reference to an infamously bloody Ming rebel Zhang Xianzhong—these “revenge on society” attacks unsettled a nation unaccustomed to such public displays of disorder. Unlike incidents in

Amazon could face a significant impact from Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese imports. Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon to be the most-exposed among e-commerce companies the bank covers. A large chunk of Amazon’s third-party sellers are also China-based. Amazon could be one of the hardest-hit e-commerce retailers by new tariffs on imports from China. Morgan

The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is coming to Oakland, and once again, Oakland Arena will be a showcase site for some of the most famous entertainers in the world. ESPN and the NBA jointly announced the rosters for the 2025 edition of the celebrity game Tuesday morning, and the two teams of celebrity players will

Using artificial intelligence, KoBold aims to create a “Google Maps” of the Earth’s crust, with a special focus on locating copper, cobalt, nickel, and lithium deposits. It secured licenses in Namibia in the third quarter of last year. The country, known primarily for uranium production, is not traditionally associated with lithium or nickel mining. “This