President Donald Trump has shifted his position on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, just days after demanding Tan step down over reported ties to Chinese companies. The reversal came following a White House meeting with Tan, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.
China has pledged full support to Brazil in resisting President Donald Trump’s escalating tariff policy, calling it a threat to global trade stability and a violation of international law. In a Wednesday phone call, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered to deepen strategic cooperation with Brazil against what he called the “external uncertainties” created by the United States.
Brazil’s socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday he will not negotiate with President Donald Trump on the 50-percent tariff the U.S. recently imposed on Brazilian exports. Instead, Lula said he plans to contact Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping and other BRICS allies while inviting Trump to a climate summit.
The Department of Defense announced that it has awarded millions of dollars to a company that will develop the nation's "first polymetallic deposit targeting near-term production of Scandium (Sc), Niobium (Nb), Titanium (Ti), and other critical minerals."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged Monday that Russian forces fighting in Kharkiv included foreign mercenaries from multiple countries, including China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and several African nations. Zelensky made the accusation during a visit to frontline units, where he claimed Ukrainian troops had encountered non-Russian fighters on the battlefield.
