On June 24, 2026, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) facilitated the takedown, suspension, and blocking of domains that ...

“Made in China” is becoming “made by China”—all over the world. Spanish carmaker Ebro’s Barcelona factory has received Chinese investment. Faced with higher Western tariffs and weak demand at home, ...

“Made in China” is becoming “made by China”—all over the world. Faced with higher Western tariffs and weak demand at home, many Chinese factories are moving abroad, making everything from appliances ...

The United States exported oil at record levels in April, rushing to fill a global supply gap amid the Iran war, even as gas and oil prices remained stubbornly elevated. April exports averaged 5.3 ...

Even the largest global supplier of liquefied natural gas can’t make up for the shortfall since the war in Iran cut off an important source. By Ivan Penn The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has cut ...

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HONG KONG (AP) — About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil at a time when the ...

If the United States assumed, before attacking Iran, that the major oil producer would be reluctant to close the Strait of Hormuz for fear of blocking its own oil exports, it miscalculated. Traffic ...

New Chinese policies restricting silver exports are set to kick in Thursday as Beijing tightens its grip on the metal. State-run Securities Times on Tuesday cited an unnamed industry insider who said ...

President Donald Trump announced on December 8 that the United States would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chip—a critical piece of technology in the artificial intelligence (AI) race—to China ...

China suspended export restrictions on several rare earth elements, processing technologies, lithium battery materials, and other items announced on Oct. 9, 2025. The rollback also extended to curbs ...

SHENZHEN, CHINA - APRIL 12: A Chinese national flag is seen in the foreground with container ships, cranes, and stacked shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminal under cloudy ...