Richard Spencer

1 day ago | thetimes.com | Richard Spencer

President Trump has spoken with President Xi of China for the first time since he took back the White House as they attempt to resolve the trade war that has spread chaos through the global economy. Beijing and Washington issued near-simultaneous statements on the phone call, which Trump had promised to hold when he suspended his “liberation day” tariffs on China after talks between trade envoys from both countries in Geneva three weeks ago.

1 day ago | thetimes.com | Richard Spencer

On the holy island of Mount Putuo in the East China Sea stands a tree so rare that it is named after the island itself: Carpinus putoensis, or Putuo hornbeam. The tree would be lonely if it were not for the tens of thousands of Chinese tourists who flock to the island for its combination of beaches, seafood restaurants, proximity to Shanghai and religious aura. It is the only tree of its type left in the world.

1 day ago | thetimes.com | Richard Spencer

A cargo carrier transporting hundreds of electric vehicles from China to Mexico is on fire off the United States, leading to fears over the dangers of the lithium batteries on board. All 22 crew members of the vessel, the Morning Midas, have abandoned ship after they were unable to bring the fire under control. They were picked up by another cargo ship, the Cosco Hellas, from a lifeboat floating in the mid north Pacific, near the international date line between Japan and Alaska.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Richard Spencer

A partner in the investment bank Goldman Sachs has become the first in its history to be jailed, after an investigation that exposed a multibillion-dollar scam spanning Gulf monarchies, Wall Street, Hollywood and a former prime minister. A judge in New York sentenced Tim Leissner, who once headed the bank’s southeast Asia division, to two years in jail for helping to organise what prosecutors described as “the biggest financial crime in world history”.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Richard Spencer