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Asian Markets Struggle As Trade War Hits China Factory Activity

Stocks started limply Wednesday as investors struggled to match Wall Street's rally, with data showing Chinese factory activity contracted this month at its fastest pace for nearly two years as Donald Trump's trade war kicked in.

International Business Times

Inside Japan’s race to prepare for war on its doorstep

SPECIAL REPORT: Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case history repeats itself

The Independent UK

China's Manufacturing Shrinks In April As Trade War Bites

China's manufacturing activity shrank in April after growing at its highest rate in a year the previous month, official data showed Wednesday, as Beijing fights an intensifying trade war with the United States.

International Business Times

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Samsung Electronics Posts 22% Jump In Q1 Net Profit

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics reported a better-than-expected 21.7 percent rise in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday as consumers rushed to buy smartphones under the looming threat of US tariffs.

International Business Times

Coalition makes infrastructure its top Pacific priority

Peter Dutton says a $2 billion pledge towards Pacific infrastructure is not an attempt to put distance between his party and Donald Trump, who has cut US aid.

AAP

Trump doubles down on trade war with China and insists Americans ‘signed up for this’

The president also denied that there would be tough economic periods for Americans, saying instead that he believed ‘great times’ were ahead

The Independent UK

F1 Drivers’ 2025 Power Rankings: Oscar Piastri Setting the Tone Through First Five Races

The McLaren driver leads the championship standings as the paddock travels to Miami. Here’s how he and the rest of the field stack up so far.

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Danger zone: why Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will face a security nightmare if they win the election

Australia’s ‘rose-coloured’ view of the US has been shattered and the prime minister will be forced into previously unthinkable decisions at a time of escalating global conflict

The Guardian - AU

Grand Vietnam Parade 50 Years After The Fall Of Saigon

Vietnam is set to hold its biggest celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more reliable partner than Washington.

International Business Times

UPS ditched Amazon to be more profitable. Now it’s slashing 20,000 jobs and plans to close over 70 facilities

One of the world's biggest shipping companies is trying to reorganize just as global trade is upended.

Fortune

BRICS Members Blast Rise Of 'Trade Protectionism'

China, Brazil and other members of the BRICS grouping on Tuesday slammed the "resurgence of trade protectionism" at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro dominated by US President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz.

International Business Times

Huawei Ascend AI 910D processor designed to take on Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin GPUs

Huawei's Ascend 910D AI accelerator is expected to match Nvidia's H100 performance on the GPU level, with full systems based on the Ascend 910D set to compete against Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin based pods.

Tom’s Hardware

Billionaire Bill Ackman Says Tariff ‘Pause and Negotiations Should Begin Soon’ Because U.S. Has Time on Its Side

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman warned in a weekend X post that U.S.–China tariffs are accelerating supply chain moves to India, Vietnam, Mexico, and elsewhere, giving the U.S. an advantage.

Barchart

With Canada’s stunning electoral rebuke and doubts over China trade talks, has Trump’s bluster reached its expiration point?

ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: Mark Carney’s condemnation of the United States’s ‘betrayal’ is a sign that the world is no closer to submitting to Trump’s trade demands, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war

Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls the day she entered the city after South Vietnam’s surrender

Al Jazeera

Japan, Philippines pledge to deepen security ties amid China tensions

Japan’s Ishiba and Philippines’s Marcos meet in Manila as nations confront China’s assertiveness in South China Sea.

Kiplinger

How Trump's First 100 Days Have Impacted Your Portfolio

President Trump's first 100 days in office have been busy, with a flurry of executive orders sparking volatility in the stock and bond markets.

Fortune

Port of L.A. executive director says retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left amid U.S.-China trade war

“Nobody wins,” Gene Seroka said. “China is America’s factory.”

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Barchart

Trump Will Slash Self-Driving Car Regulation. Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold Tesla Stock Here?

Tesla stock surged after the Trump administration unveiled plans to ease self-driving car regulations, aiming to accelerate autonomous vehicle deployment and intensify competition with China.

The Guardian - US

The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude

From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a sampling

InsideEVs

Tesla Ditches China's Biggest Auto Show While EV Rivals Shine Instead

This week in Shanghai, close to one million people are expected to visit China's biggest automotive exposition. They'll be able to poke around in thousands of new cars as more than 1,000 different companies show off their latest models and updated technologies. They'll see the latest and greatest from China's…

LiveScience

'Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That's when the tortoise seizes its chance': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research

Scientists in China have refuelled a thorium reactor on the fly for the first time. The breakthrough is paving the way for working reactors that are significantly safer than conventional alternatives.

The National (Scotland)

Amazon to show customers cost of Donald Trump tariffs on products

AMAZON will reportedly display the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs to consumers on its website.

The Conversation

US-China trade war could hurt Nigerian entrepreneurs: why, and how they should prepare

As China and the United States lock horns in a trade war, slamming tariffs on each other, entrepreneurs in Nigeria are vulnerable to the fallout. In 2024, 27.8% of imports into Nigeria came from China. In the same year, US exports to Nigeria reached US$4.2 billion. Economist and entrepreneurship researcher…

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