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Xi lacks a successor and has eliminated all others with leadership potential in the regime’s leadership, leaving it with no plan B, experts say. Petr Svab Amid speculation about Xi…

A senior U.S. State Department official said the Department will issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States. Emel Akan & Marcos Schotgues…

Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) lab lost almost $81 billion in first half of 2026. Andrew Moran Anthropic, the company behind Claude, is set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut…

‘France has been a notable source of weakness,’ says LPL Financial’s Adam Turnquist. Andrew Moran News Analysis Unrest has gripped France as nationwide protests over the rising cost of living…

The U.S. president said it would be in the national interest to waive the sanctions for now. Aldgra Fredly U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Oct. 16…

‘America never joined the court. We don’t need it. And we don’t want it,’ Rubio said. Emel Akan WASHINGTON—The State Department imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on…

China uses physical violence, online harassment, coercion, censorship, and lawfare as tactics to target dissidents abroad, according to a congressional report. Frank Fang & Jan Jekielek Combating Beijing-linked efforts to…

Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in medicine. Zachary Stieber The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology…

A new agreement expands U.S. military access and tightens foreign investment rules in Greenland, complicating China’s efforts to expand into the Arctic. Michael Zhuang China’s effort to expand its maritime…

The two will discuss pressing issues in a closed-door meeting, involving decisions that will be consequential for decades to come, Trump said. Eva Fu WASHINGTON—Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived for…