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Relations between the United States and China are tense, once again, with experts saying that the administration of US President Donald Trump “doesn’t quite know how to deal with China”.The latest flare-up took place when Beijing, on October 9, expanded its restrictions on the export of rare-earth metals, increasing the number of elements on the list.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listChina has the largest reserves and the majority of processing facilities of rare-earth metals that are used in a range of daily and critical industries like electric vehicles, smartphones, laptops and defence equipment.In a first, it also required…

According to the research, 45 percent of responses to questions about the news had at least one ‘significant’ issue.Published On 22 Oct 202522 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAI models such as ChatGPT routinely misrepresent news events, providing faulty responses to questions almost half the time, a study has found.The study, published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC, assessed the accuracy of more than 2,700 responses given by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, and Perplexity.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTwenty-two public media outlets, representing 18 countries and 14 languages, posed…

As China threatens to restrict the supply of rare earths, the United States and other countries that depend on the critical minerals are scrambling to diversify supply chains and achieve self-sufficiency.But with even with sustained political will and billions of dollars in investment, breaking China’s dominance over rare earth supplies is likely to take at least a decade, if not longer, according to analysts and industry experts.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFor countries to reduce their dependence on China, they will have to secure a complex set of supply chains that span mining, processing, metallisation and magnet manufacturing.The self-sufficiency push faces…

Trump has recently targeted India for its Russian oil purchases, imposing tariffs on Indian exports to the US.Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump says that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues.India and China are the two top buyers of Russian seaborne crude exports, taking advantage of the discounted prices Russia has been forced to accept after European buyers…

It was a major talking point in the final months of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign: If re-elected, the Republican leader pledged to make in vitro fertilisation (IVF) free for those seeking to get pregnant.“Under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment,” Trump told NBC News last year. “Or we’re going to be mandating that the insurance company pay.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhile that campaign promise remains unrealised, the Trump administration took a step on Thursday to make the procedure more accessible.Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump announced a collaboration with the…

The electric carmaker had unveiled chief Elon Musk’s proposed $1 trillion compensation plan in September.Published On 17 Oct 202517 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTesla’s proposed $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk has come under renewed scrutiny after proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) urged investors to vote against what could be the largest compensation plan ever awarded to a company chief.ISS’s comments on Friday marks the second consecutive year that it has urged shareholders to reject a compensation plan for Musk.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listProxy advisers often sway major institutional investors, including…

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil, as Washington seeks to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine by cutting off the Kremlin’s vital energy revenues. Trump had said he would try to persuade China to do the same.The US president told reporters on Wednesday that he had received assurances from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India would halt its oil purchases “within a short period of time”. India and China are the two biggest buyers of Russian seaborne crude exports.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTrump has sought…

Stellantis announced a $13bn investment in the US, which will see production of the Jeep Compass move to the US from Canada.Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareCanada has threatened legal action against carmaker Stellantis NV over what Ottawa says is the company’s unacceptable plan to shift production of one model to a United States plant.On Wednesday, Minister of Industry Melanie Joly sent a letter to Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa noting that the company had agreed to maintain its Canadian presence in exchange for substantial financial support.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Anything…

United States President Donald Trump has pledged to boost Argentina’s economy with a $20bn currency swap — but only if the South American country’s right-wing president prevails in the upcoming elections.That president, the self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei, was in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for his latest visit to the White House.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“We think he’s going to win. He should win. And if he does win, we’re going to be very helpful,” Trump said.“And if he doesn’t win, we’re not going to waste our time, because you have somebody whose philosophy has no chance of…

China tightened export controls for critical rare-earth metals on Thursday.The new restrictions, announced by the Ministry of Commerce, come in advance of an expected meeting between United States President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, later this month.The world’s two largest economies have been locked in trade negotiations aimed at calming tensions, after their tit-for-tat tariffs against each other earlier this year, before agreeing to pull back some of those duties.Rare-earth metals are one of China’s major levers of influence with the US.What has China announced?In “announcement number 61 of 2025”, China said it was increasing export controls…