TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will boost investment in the United States and on its own defenses, leader Lai Ching-te said Friday, as Taipei seeks to head off US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs ...

The UK government is facing increasing pressure to call on China to release jailed pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai as it seeks closer trading ties with Beijing. Media tycoon Mr Lai is currently ...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s gutting of U.S.A.I.D. will weaken Washington’s reach, but the U.S. was already losing the fight for global influence. To distract from his larger plan to gut the ...