In Arizona Desert, Taiwanese Families Create Community and Build a FactoryJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 Skilled workers from Taiwan engaged in the chip industry have found ways to ease the transition to America while making…
F.D.A. Orders Recall of More than 1.5 Million Bags of Shredded CheeseJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 A warning over shredded cheese is the latest of hundreds in the U.S. food system. Understanding recalls can help shoppers…
18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in AmericaJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United…
Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of CycloneJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an economic…
A Growing U.S. Tech Hub Needs Workers. Colleges Try to Keep Up.Justin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 The success of efforts to turn Phoenix into a dominant center of semiconductor manufacturing may hinge on efforts to train…
Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in UkraineJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role…
What China’s Xi and France’s Macron discussed in BeijingJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 3: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during a state visit…
Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward ChinaJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island…
Software startup deploys Singapore’s first quantum computer for commercial useJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 Inside Horizon Quantum’s office in Singapore on Dec. 3, 2025. The software firm claimed it is the first private company…
Japan’s record JGB yields are presenting the BOJ with a policy problemJustin M. LarsonDecember 4, 20250 A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023.Richard A. Brooks |…
What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries UpJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime…
AI, tech, Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index, CSI 300Justin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 Aerial sunrise view of Osaka city in JapanFrank Lee | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed…
Trump’s South Korea tariff cuts are major boost for Hyundai and GMJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 American flags flutter outside a Hyundai automobile dealership in Irvine, California, U.S., March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersDETROIT — Hyundai…
Millions of jobs at risk in Asia-Pacific as AI adoption surges in wealthy nationsJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 Just as industrialisation in the 19th century “split the world into a wealthy few and the impoverished”, the AI revolution…
Myanmar: Opium crop hits 10-year high amid conflict and economic collapseJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 According to the Myanmar Opium Survey 2025, poppy cultivation rose by 17 per cent over the past year, from 45,200…
Hong Kong’s Response to Deadly Fire Shows China’s Play Book in ActionJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 In a sign of China’s role in the city, officials have tried to stamp out calls for accountability over a…
Storm Floodwaters in Indonesia Turned Logs Into Floating ProjectilesJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 Many logs became forces of destruction in Indonesia last week, in a sign that deforestation compounded the devastation wrought by…
Malaysia to resume search for missing flight MH370, more than a decade after plane vanishedJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 05: A Malaysia Airlines Aircraft at Sydney Airport on September 05, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. James…
South Korea’s Lee vows ‘strict accountability’ for martial law perpetratorsJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 03: President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a press conference to mark the first anniversary…
The Hong Kong Fire: A Crisis in the National Security EraJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical…
India is set to host Russia’s Putin, deepening ties, unfazed by U.S. tariffsJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) during a visit to the shipyard Zvezda,…
South Korea Says the U.S. Agreed to Help It Secure Fuel for ReactorsJustin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed wanting to build nuclear-powered submarines at home, despite President Trump’s suggestion that they be built…
Three economic flashpoints for 2026Justin M. LarsonDecember 3, 20250 This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving…
Australia’s economic growth misses estimates, rising 2.1% in the third quarterJustin M. LarsonDecember 2, 20250 Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney…
