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AdvertisementUS-China trade warChinaTrump hails ‘lasting’ deal with Xi, dangles more possible tariff cutsAgreement pauses rare earth restrictions and lowers some levies, but analysts warn key disputes remain unresolved
Reading Time:4 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP3Khushboo Razdanin WashingtonandMark Magnierin New YorkPublished: 6:06am, 1 Nov 2025Updated: 6:16am, 1 Nov 2025Just back from his whirlwind Asia tour, US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed a newly negotiated trade deal with China as a “long-lasting” victory even as he teased the possibility of more tariff concessions.
AdvertisementAboard Air Force One en route to his Palm Beach, Florida, resort, Trump painted the Busan, South Korea, summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday as a blockbuster for US agriculture, especially soybeans, and dangled the prospect of stronger trade ties.“The deal with China is going to be wonderful. It’s going to be long lasting,” Trump said, crediting his personal rapport with Xi for th..

AdvertisementChina exportsEconomyChina EconomyCuts to US ‘fentanyl tariffs’ help Chinese exporters close the gap on competitionAnalysts said the reduction in US tariffs creates space for Chinese producers to gain on Asian competitors – particularly in low-cost goods
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Alice LiandRalph JenningsPublished: 6:00am, 1 Nov 2025With the US cutting its tariffs on Chinese imports by 10 per cent – halving a duty initially imposed by Washington over allegations of complicity in the fentanyl trade – analysts said the reduction may further strengthen the competitiveness of Chinese exporters, particularly in mass-produced goods.
AdvertisementFollowing a meeting on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in South Korea, the world’s two largest economies reached a consensus on the issue, with the US agreeing to remove half of its 20 per cent in fentanyl-related tariffs on China, effective immediately.
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The decision by King Charles III to strip his younger brother Prince Andrew of all royal titles and honours marks one of the most dramatic disciplinary moves in modern royal history. Once known as His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Andrew will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a private citizen with no formal royal privileges. But what exactly did he lose, and how much power does the monarch really have to take it all away?What were Prince Andrew’s titles?Before his fall from grace, Andrew held an array of prestigious royal titles bestowed over a lifetime of service and birthright. At his birth in 1960, he was styled “His Royal Highness Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward of York.” As the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, he automatically held the title of Prince and the style His Royal Highness (HRH).When he married Sarah Ferguson in 1986, the late Queen conferred upon him a traditional dukedom, naming him Duke of York, along with the subsidiary ..

In one of the most heartbreaking moments for Democrats, Kamala Harris recalled the time she realised her 2024 presidential campaign was over, and she had gone “into a state of shock” when told she was short of 200,000 votes and lost to the MAGA chief Donald Trump. “I got a call from my campaign manager saying we need 200,000 more votes that we can’t find,” Harris said on The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett. “I was in a state of shock, I was so inarticulate. I kept saying ‘My God, my God, my God’ over and over.” The former vice president also discussed her relationship with former President Joe Biden, under whom she had served. Harris took over as the Democratic nominee after Biden dropped out of the race in July 2024, but ultimately lost to Trump in November. In her new memoir, 107 Days, Harris recounts concern over Biden’s ability to run for re-election. Speaking to Bartlett, she revealed she had sensed something was “a little off” with Biden months before the election. “H..

AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceTechTech TrendsAI models from China’s DeepSeek, Alibaba and the US flatter users too much, study findsResearch judges models from Alibaba and DeepSeek among the most sycophantic, an issue which could impact relationships and mental health
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Vincent ChowPublished: 7:00am, 31 Oct 2025Leading artificial intelligence models from the United States and China are “highly sycophantic”, and their excessive flattery may make users less likely to repair interpersonal conflicts, a new study has found.AdvertisementThe study by researchers at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University published earlier this month tested how 11 large language models (LLMs) responded to user queries seeking advice on personal matters, including cases involving manipulation and deception.
In AI circles, sycophancy is the phenomenon of chatbots excessively agreeing with users. DeepSeek’s V3, released in December 2024, was found to be ..