
In the shadow of U.S. export controls, China rallies its own chip industry
The chip industry in China is hustling to overcome a Western tech choke hold, even as President Trump appears poised to loosen U.S. chip restrictions.
THURSDAY, 25 DECEMBER 2025, 18:36

The chip industry in China is hustling to overcome a Western tech choke hold, even as President Trump appears poised to loosen U.S. chip restrictions.

Cuba is watching nervously as the U.S. ramps up pressure on Venezuela, threatening a lifeline and deepening the island’s isolation.

Palestinians in Gaza are slowly bringing back Christmas celebrations after more than two years of war. The Holy Family Church in Gaza City gathered this week to decorate the church.

The BBC’s Asia business correspondent says it is still unclear what sort of experience TikTok users in the US will get.

The suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entered the US via the scheme.

European Union leaders have agreed to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years. The loan will not rely on frozen Russian assets.

The five cases in Madhya Pradesh state come weeks after a similar incident was reported in Jharkhand state.
The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University last weekend is dead, officials said, as investigators said he also killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days after the rampage at Brown.

The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China’s parent company, ByteDance.

There are no official statistics surrounding suicide among Ukrainian soldiers, but they are thought to count in the hundreds.

Sunali Khatun was pregnant when she was deported to Bangladesh for allegedly being an illegal immigrant.

Experts say Lee Jae Myung’s bid to insure hair loss treatment is a “strategic gesture targeting young male voters”.

Australia looks to review its migration laws and crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s mass shooting attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

The 58-year-old from Chicago will replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan to lead New York’s 2.5 million Catholics.

The Cessna C550 aircraft crashed at Statesville Regional Airport outside the city of Charlotte.

The former tech executive says she was bombarded with abusive and threatening messages after being filmed with her boss on the ‘kiss-cam’.

A father tells the BBC he owes the life of his child to a stranger forced into an impossible decision.

The three octogenarian nuns broke out of a nursing home to go back to live in their convent, sparking a dispute with their church superior. Both sides have appealed to the Vatican for a resolution.

He was known for covering the Vietnam and Gulf Wars – and for interviewing both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

The bombings come as renewed border clashes show no sign of letting up between the two countries.
US First Lady Melania Trump made a rare foray onto centre stage Wednesday with the first trailer for her Amazon documentary.