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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicUS-China

Topic: US-China

Trump announces US-China TikTok deal

The agreement requires TikTok’s American assets to be transferred to U.S. owners from China’s ByteDance, potentially resolving a saga that has lingered for nearly a year.

US Treasury Secy Scott Bessent hints at reaching TikTok deal with China after Madrid talks

Speaking to the media at the conclusion of two days of talks, Bessent said, 'The framework is for a switch to a U.S.-controlled ownership,' without providing further details.

Trump pushes denuclearisation talks with Russia, China, eyes fresh diplomacy with North Korea

In February, Trump outlined plans to pursue nuclear arms control talks with Putin and Xi Jinping, aiming to impose limits on US, Russian, and Chinese arsenals.

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

US says Chinese-origin engineer confessed to espionage, ‘stole’ missile detection tech blueprints

Chenguang Gong (59) also had links with Chinese Communist Party’s controversial ‘talent programmes’ that US authorities have tied to corporate espionage.

US lawmakers propose to introduce ‘No Adversarial AI Act’ to ban Chinese AI models in govt agencies

The legislation advised against using AI in sensitive networks. Proposed bill will limit federal agencies from using or buying certain AI tech without an exemption such as research.

Trump says ‘deal is done’, China to remove curbs on exports of critical minerals to US

Statement by American President comes after two days of intense negotiations by US and Chinese officials in London to put trade truce agreed to last month back on track.

India-Pakistan conflict isn’t just bilateral, it shows ‘changing geopolitics in the region’—Global media

International media also reports on a different kind of geopolitical reverberation—Australian cricketers are 'reluctant' to return to India to play the IPL, resuming this weekend.

Trump’s economic coercion to secure US hegemony feels like it’s 1940s all over again

Through the massive tariffs imposed on China, journalist Will Dunn says, Trump is telling other powers that the price of access to America’s markets is in obedience to America’s rules.

Xi Jinping set to visit Southeast Asia to strengthen ties with neighbours amid trade war with US

The Chinese President will visit Vietnam from 14-15 April, and Malaysia and Cambodia from 15-18 April, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.