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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park |Kathy Clark |Jerry Lin
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing mounting criticism after making inflammatory and scientifically disputed claims about autism during his first press conference since being appointed to the role by President Donald Trump. Kennedy described autism as a preventable condition caused by environmental toxins and dismissed well-established research attributing the rise in diagnoses to improved detection.
"These are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ethan Zhao |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Larry Lee
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed 31 cooperation agreements during Xi's three-day state visit to Malaysia, signaling a sharp pivot toward deeper bilateral ties as both nations seek alternatives to U.S.-led trade frameworks amid rising tariff pressures from the Trump administration.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ryan Mueller |Tracy Park |Kathy Clark |Jerry Lin
Harvard University is facing mounting pressure from the Trump administration, which has frozen over $2 billion in federal grants and contracts, threatened to revoke the institution's ability to enroll foreign students, and warned of possible action to remove its tax-exempt status. The unprecedented standoff stems from Harvard's refusal to comply with a set of federal directives aimed at combating campus antisemitism.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Ethan Zhao |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Larry Lee
China is escalating its retaliation against the United States by broadening the trade conflict beyond goods and tariffs, targeting the American services sector and launching new non-tariff measures amid a deepening standoff with the Trump administration. The moves come as Washington imposes levies of up to 245% on Chinese goods and demands Beijing take the first step toward reopening trade talks.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Terry Zhou |Ryan Mueller
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs could place the central bank in an increasingly difficult position, potentially forcing it to choose between combating inflation and supporting economic growth - a dilemma not seen in decades.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Betty Tzeng |Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller
Kate Middleton is intensifying her royal efforts with a renewed focus on public service and symbolic fashion choices, drawing comparisons to Princess Diana as she prepares for her future role as Queen Consort. Her latest campaign, strategic wardrobe shifts, and public reemergence after cancer remission have drawn widespread attention-and scrutiny.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Tracy Park |Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Terry Zhou
Japan is poised to launch trade negotiations with the United States in Washington on Wednesday, making it one of the first countries to test President Donald Trump's openness to modifying the sweeping tariffs he recently imposed. The talks come as the White House fields requests from more than 75 countries seeking exemptions under Trump's 90-day pause on reciprocal tariff increases.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Terry Zhou |Ethan Zhao
India's merchandise trade deficit with China soared to a record $99.2 billion in the fiscal year ending March 2025, driven by a surge in electronics, batteries, and industrial inputs, despite government rhetoric aimed at curbing Chinese imports and improving self-reliance.
Official trade data released Wednesday by India's commerce ministry showed imports from China reached $113.5 billion in FY25, up 11.5% from the previous year.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Jerry Lin |Ryan Mueller |Ethan Zhao |Larry Lee
China's economy expanded 5.4% in the first quarter of 2025, beating analysts' expectations and bolstered by a sharp uptick in exports as manufacturers rushed to ship goods ahead of U.S. tariff increases. However, economists warn that the world's second-largest economy is on the verge of a significant slowdown as the impact of up to 145% tariffs on Chinese goods takes hold.
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1 week ago | 
btimesonline.com | Larry Lee |Jerry Lin |Betty Tzeng |Ryan Mueller
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a public plea on Sunday for former U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine in the aftermath of a Russian missile strike that killed at least 34 civilians in the northeastern city of Sumy. Speaking in an interview broadcast by CBS, Zelensky urged Trump to witness the devastation firsthand before making any decisions or engaging in negotiations with Moscow.
