Opinion | It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now
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Opinion | It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We live in an increasingly dangerous and threatening world. There are more flashpoints in today’s global geopolitics than we have seen in decades, presenting a generational challenge to the incoming administration of Donald Trump and all of America’s elected leadership. At the Panetta…

TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
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TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok. Calling themselves “TikTok refugees,” these users paid the “cat tax” to join…

TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short
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TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When TikTok pulled down its services early Sunday, it added a politically attuned notice for disappointed users: “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.” TikTok may…

Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
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Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden and his aides came into office with deep experience in trans-Atlantic affairs. But over four years, they focused too on the Pacific, where China strains to be the dominant player. Their main effort: building up alliances to counter China. President-elect Donald…

Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
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Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “That to me, I think, has a practical answer, which is government-to-government agreements that emplace effective security safeguards and transparency around the hardware, the model weights and the know-how, and that’s what we have worked through in our M.O.U. [memorandum of understanding] with…

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump
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Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Ipsos. A little more…

Apple Loses Smartphone Sales Crown in China, Drops to Third in 2024

Apple Loses Smartphone Sales Crown in China, Drops to Third in 2024

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Apple was dethroned as China’s biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17 percent, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. It was Apple’s largest-ever annual…

China Deploys Security to Try to Reassure a Country on Edge
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China Deploys Security to Try to Reassure a Country on Edge

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Chinese government is stepping up measures to root out potential troublemakers and suppress social discontent, after a spate of mass killings has shaken the country and stirred fears about public safety. Armed police have been stationed outside of schools, with bollards erected…