The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.

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President Trump’s comments deepened his rift with mainstream European leaders over defense and Ukraine policy.

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Provided Europeans want to fight for it.

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Provided Europeans want to fight for it.

Threats against us aren’t limited to one hemisphere.

Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr. Zelensky, after meeting with European leaders who vowed continued support in the war, said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.

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President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.

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President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.

The contracts are the latest sign of how Europe is lagging the United States in the race to break China’s chokehold on rare earths.

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed themselves the first real optimism in decades.

Drones, missiles and other crucial components of Europe’s rush to rearm itself rely on an increasingly unsteady supply of minerals from China.

President Trump has used his sweeping global tariffs as an economic tool and a political cudgel. A decision invalidating them could hamper his power.

In weaponizing its dominance over the crucial minerals, Beijing is using tactics that it once denounced, potentially alienating nations it wants to court.

Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare earth controls.

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.

Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.