https://www.scmp.com/rss/322262/feed The latest news, politics and current affairs from the United States & Canada. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern US on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the “nor'easter” – so labelled for its northeasterly winds – as authorities warned of potential major flooding and road closures. “This storm is expected to bring major coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic coast... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368922/powerful-storm-pummels-northeast-us-rain-and-high-winds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368922/powerful-storm-pummels-northeast-us-rain-and-high-winds?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:17:40 +0000 Reuters Reuters Iran on Sunday insisted that only diplomacy can solve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting. “Our conditions are clear and any move towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media. “Only a negotiated solution can get them out of ‌this deadlock.” Iran announced a peace... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3368917/trump-rejects-iran-proposal-deal-reopen-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3368917/trump-rejects-iran-proposal-deal-reopen-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:02:16 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The White House signalled on Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The news organisation was replaced by Real America’s Voice News, a conservative network, for the president’s trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to White House guidance. Trump is scheduled to attend a college-football game between the University of Tennessee... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3368881/cnn-blocked-trumps-trip-white-house-signals-new-media-curb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3368881/cnn-blocked-trumps-trip-white-house-signals-new-media-curb?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:26:19 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin As Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump wrapped up their three-day state visit on Friday, a stark contrast in the two presidential couples’ hand-holding dynamics was on display, body language experts said. The exchanges between Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, and Trump and first lady Melania Trump, were closely followed on the trip, with the couples’ activities together on Friday culminating in an outing at the National Archives Museum in Washington. The couples’ divergent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368874/what-donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-revealed-body-language-their-wives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368874/what-donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-revealed-body-language-their-wives?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:29:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Investigators believe Tasia Fortune was already dead before the black woman’s body was hanged from a tree behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer, a detective testified on Friday. The hanging of Tasia Fortune’s body, which was found on August 3, was “staged”, Jackson police detective Samuel Dukes testified, citing the medical examiner’s opinion. Authorities have not disclosed the exact cause of Fortune’s death, but they did rule it a homicide and have arrested two men,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368871/black-woman-tasia-fortunes-hanging-was-staged-after-her-death-mississippi-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368871/black-woman-tasia-fortunes-hanging-was-staged-after-her-death-mississippi-police-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:59:37 +0000 Reuters Reuters US television networks resumed coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events on Friday, providing the first live pool access for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, as a legal battle continues over restrictions on CNN, MS Now and Politico. Trump last week banned the three outlets from the White House, before a judge ordered the administration to restore their access. The White House television press pool aired video of Xi’s arrival at the White House for tea on the final day of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368868/us-tv-networks-back-white-house-trump-praises-fair-coverage-xi-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368868/us-tv-networks-back-white-house-trump-praises-fair-coverage-xi-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:07:41 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Unrivalled Xi-Trump summit analysis: get real-time updates and exclusive boots-on-the-ground reporting from our US and China bureaus all year round. Subscribe now with great savings to stay ahead. After three days in Washington, President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan returned to China with a promise of more face-to-face diplomacy with US President Donald Trump later this year, but not a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368858/last-day-xis-us-visit-begins-trump-white-house-tea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368858/last-day-xis-us-visit-begins-trump-white-house-tea?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:49:31 +0000 Simon Tay Simon Tay The good news is, when US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington this week, neither chose confrontation. Amid the high pomp and ceremony, what China has called “constructive strategic stability” continues. Even an uneasy truce in great power relations can be useful. Both recognise the considerable incentive to prevent their economic rivalry from spiralling out of control. Even limited understandings can reduce risks in artificial intelligence (AI) and other... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3368638/us-china-world-asean-must-do-more-avoid-choosing-sides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3368638/us-china-world-asean-must-do-more-avoid-choosing-sides?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:30:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder were among a reported 100 people detained by police in New York on Thursday as they broke up a protest against the Israeli prime minister. NYPD officers handcuffed and led away Thelma & Louise star Sarandon at the demonstration as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was readying to address the United Nations General Assembly. The New York Post reported Einbinder, of the show Hacks, had also been frogmarched from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368728/hollywood-star-susan-sarandon-among-100-arrested-new-york-anti-netanyahu-protest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368728/hollywood-star-susan-sarandon-among-100-arrested-new-york-anti-netanyahu-protest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:43:58 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Amnesty International called for the abolition of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is tasked with leading Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown, in a report released on Thursday. The report, titled “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”, documents widespread human rights violations during ICE’s large-scale operations, the rights watchdog said. The release comes less than a week after a Venezuelan migrant, Wilber Garces Perez, was shot and wounded by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368727/amnesty-international-calls-abolition-ice-report-documenting-rights-violations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368727/amnesty-international-calls-abolition-ice-report-documenting-rights-violations?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:19:18 +0000 Wang Huiyao Wang Huiyao The European Commission is pressing China for progress by next month to address the widening EU-China trade imbalance, and raising the possibility of new protectionist trade policy. The deadline raises a question: how should China and its trading partners address perceived economic imbalances while sharing the benefits of Chinese industrial competitiveness? China’s merchandise trade surplus approached US$1.2 trillion last year even as other exporting economies press for controls. “Overcapacity”... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3368293/chinas-industrial-strengths-must-also-benefit-its-trading-partners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3368293/chinas-industrial-strengths-must-also-benefit-its-trading-partners?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:30:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Costa Rica’s President Laura Fernandez on Thursday fired her foreign minister for attending a meeting on Latin America’s security led by US President Donald Trump without telling her. Fernandez said she should have been the one to attend the meeting of Trump’s anti-cartel “Shield of the Americas” alliance in New York, and that Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar’s failure to consult her caused “great strategic damage”. The meeting took place on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368722/costa-ricas-foreign-minister-fired-attending-trump-meeting-without-telling-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368722/costa-ricas-foreign-minister-fired-attending-trump-meeting-without-telling-president?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:18:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters The two US senators backing a permanent legislative ban on Chinese cars in the United States agreed on Thursday to delay their plan to use a fast track procedure to win Senate approval until next week, to seek the support of a lone holdout. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno and Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin had planned to seek ‌approval for the procedure – which requires unanimous Senate backing – on Thursday, the same day that US President Donald Trump met China’s President Xi Jinping in... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3368721/us-senators-delay-effort-permanently-ban-chinese-cars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3368721/us-senators-delay-effort-permanently-ban-chinese-cars?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:30:27 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US mortgage rates have exceeded 7.0 per cent, data showed Thursday, reaching their highest level since Donald Trump returned to the presidency as voters grapple with high costs of living ahead of midterm elections. The popular 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.03 per cent as of Thursday, a stark uptick from 6.30 per cent the same period a year ago. This is the highest average level since January 16 last year, just days before Trump returned to the White House, according to data from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368720/us-30-year-mortgage-rates-top-7-highest-trump-presidency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368720/us-30-year-mortgage-rates-top-7-highest-trump-presidency?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:52:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US’ cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems and listing services it would offer to election officials to protect the vote. The plan, which Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had originally promised to release by mid-August, comes after the Trump administration has been trying to kickstart efforts to help states protect voting systems. Election officials... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368719/us-cybersecurity-agency-releases-election-infrastructure-plan-40-days-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368719/us-cybersecurity-agency-releases-election-infrastructure-plan-40-days-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:39:04 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Lashing out at his country’s critics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza as “the biggest lie of the century” in a defiant speech to the UN General Assembly that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran. Scores of delegates trooped out of the hall in protest. Netanyahu addressed the plenum after days of speeches by world leaders condemning Israel’s war in Gaza and accusing him of orchestrating a genocide against the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368717/abbas-accuses-israel-waging-genocidal-war-gaza-pre-recorded-un-speech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368717/abbas-accuses-israel-waging-genocidal-war-gaza-pre-recorded-un-speech?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:40:03 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Xi’s US summit: Access real-time updates, geopolitical risk analysis, and exclusive reporting from an Asian perspective. Subscribe now with our limited-time offer to stay ahead. President Xi Jinping and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan arrived at the White House on Thursday, on Xi’s first trip to the US in nearly a decade, following US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing in May. Trump greeted Xi... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368706/xi-begins-first-full-day-us-visit-meet-trump-white-house-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368706/xi-begins-first-full-day-us-visit-meet-trump-white-house-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:53:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters The White ⁠House said on Thursday it has reinstated journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico after a federal judge deemed US President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets likely to be unconstitutional and ordered their access immediately restored. The midday reinstatement came after a chaotic few hours earlier on Thursday when the journalists continued to be blocked from entering the White House grounds. That prompted the three news organisations to request an immediate hearing before... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368609/us-judge-orders-white-house-lift-trump-ban-news-outlets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368609/us-judge-orders-white-house-lift-trump-ban-news-outlets?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:37:38 +0000 Ji Siqi,Teresa Elena Frontado,Carol Yang,Alyssa Chen Ji Siqi,Teresa Elena Frontado,Carol Yang,Alyssa Chen With China and the US agreeing to extend a tariff truce that was set to expire in November – and US President Donald Trump giving his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a personal welcome on the tarmac – analysts say the Chinese leader’s state visit has begun on a positive note. The extension will run for two months through January 10, a sign the world’s two largest economies are willing to negotiate broader agreements and build positive momentum despite an increasingly heightened rivalry spanning... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368583/deep-respect-analysts-weigh-trumps-red-carpet-welcome-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368583/deep-respect-analysts-weigh-trumps-red-carpet-welcome-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:30:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters Venezuela’s interim ⁠President Delcy Rodriguez told the UN ⁠General Assembly on Wednesday that the country would hold ⁠elections as part of a transition to “full democracy”, but did not give a specific date for the vote. “I want to make this very clear at this General Assembly: there will be elections in Venezuela,” said Rodriguez, who came to power after American forces captured then-President Nicolas Maduro in a January raid. Rodriguez said the government had initiated talks with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368582/un-venezuelas-interim-president-promises-elections-without-setting-date?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368582/un-venezuelas-interim-president-promises-elections-without-setting-date?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:29:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people – by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, came this assessment: “We could lose control of the future to AI”. Both said the countries of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368575/tech-leaders-un-sake-humanity-please-control-ai-technology-we-created?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368575/tech-leaders-un-sake-humanity-please-control-ai-technology-we-created?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:44:34 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the US for a high-stakes summit, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved to restrict visas for those who “engage in or facilitate” birth tourism, a practice the Trump administration has increasingly accused China of. “By restricting visa issuance of those who both engage in and profit from this fraud, we are sending a clear message: the United States will not allow foreigners to exploit our immigration system and violate the sanctity of US... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3368569/us-restricts-visas-birth-tourism-ahead-xi-jinpings-summit-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3368569/us-restricts-visas-birth-tourism-ahead-xi-jinpings-summit-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:50:26 +0000 Ravi Kant Ravi Kant A country’s diaspora can be a symbol of its pride and power. A nation’s diaspora can help it build international value through success stories, promote its soft power through culture and contribute to its economic progress through remittances, investments and transfers of expertise. India and China have among the world’s largest diasporas. They also offer two very different models of how countries can leverage their diasporas. In India, before the 1991 reforms, people mostly saw those who left... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367636/china-leveraging-its-diaspora-boost-economy-unlike-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367636/china-leveraging-its-diaspora-boost-economy-unlike-india?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:30:06 +0000 SCMP SCMP This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Unrivalled Xi-Trump summit analysis: get real-time updates and exclusive boots-on-the-ground reporting from our US and China bureaus. Subscribe now with great savings to stay ahead. President Xi Jinping met US President Donald Trump at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews airbase, in the first face-to-face talks between the Chinese and American leaders since Trump visited Beijing in May. On this first... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368567/xi-begin-3-day-us-visit-rare-airport-welcome-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368567/xi-begin-3-day-us-visit-rare-airport-welcome-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:18:58 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier US President Donald Trump has been very eager to show off to Chinese leader Xi Jinping his new US$5 million White House helipad, his latest bid to stamp his image on Washington. While Xi might act impressed and compliment the US president on his latest building project – part of Trump’s bid to match Xi’s splendour-filled hosting four months ago in Beijing and show the Chinese that Americans can build infrastructure too – do not count on Xi actually trying it out with a chopper ride this week... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3368565/donald-trump-built-us5-million-white-house-helipad-dont-expect-xi-jinping-use-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3368565/donald-trump-built-us5-million-white-house-helipad-dont-expect-xi-jinping-use-it?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:07:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Relatives of people who committed suicide using poison sold by a Canadian man gave wrenching accounts of pain and loss on Wednesday in court before a judge tasked with deciding the former chef’s prison term. Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in May to aiding in the suicide of 14 people in Canada after prosecutors determined they lacked evidence to convict him of murder over his online forums where he advised people on how to end their lives. Law has admitted that he proactively looked for customers,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368564/grief-and-pain-flow-hearing-canadian-suicide-poison-vendor-kenneth-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368564/grief-and-pain-flow-hearing-canadian-suicide-poison-vendor-kenneth-law?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:58:00 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the welcome planned for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, saying it would be “irresponsible” for the world’s two largest economies to avoid talks at the highest level despite their disagreements. Speaking to reporters at the United Nations hours before Xi’s expected arrival in Washington, Rubio was asked about criticism from Republican Senator Roger Wicker, who had argued against inviting the Chinese leader for a lavish visit. “The relationship... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3368559/marco-rubio-defends-xi-jinpings-us-visit-essential-despite-deep-disagreements?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3368559/marco-rubio-defends-xi-jinpings-us-visit-essential-despite-deep-disagreements?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:14:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, was resentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant. Weinstein, 74, forcibly performed oral sex in 2006 on Miriam Haley, one of dozens of women who have made accusations against the Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love producer. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in 2020 for the sexual assault, but it was overturned on appeal in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368557/harvey-weinstein-gets-15-years-jail-2006-new-york-sex-crime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368557/harvey-weinstein-gets-15-years-jail-2006-new-york-sex-crime?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:04:14 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made three attempts over a 24-hour span to return home, but was unable to complete the journey. Machado sought to travel from Panama to Venezuela by different routes, according to a person with direct knowledge of her plans. The attempts came as acting President Delcy Rodriguez visited New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where she met with US President Donald Trump. The efforts included plans to travel by boat and to fly to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368468/exiled-opposition-leader-tries-enter-venezuela-rodriguez-meets-trump-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3368468/exiled-opposition-leader-tries-enter-venezuela-rodriguez-meets-trump-us?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:45:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December. Carney also said India had, to his understanding, confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Canada around that time, though the precise date had not been finalised. “We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India,” Carney said at a news conference on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368443/canada-seeks-wrap-india-trade-talks-soon-us-ties-fray?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368443/canada-seeks-wrap-india-trade-talks-soon-us-ties-fray?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:52:31 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The social media influencer “Clavicular”, who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home. Braden Peters, 20, is charged with rape, administering a substance for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for a person under 21 in the alleged May 23, 2025, assault in Chatham, according to court records. A... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368441/looksmaxxing-influencer-clavicular-charged-raping-us-girl-17?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368441/looksmaxxing-influencer-clavicular-charged-raping-us-girl-17?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:50:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his country’s relations with Britain were better under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, but he criticised a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands. Trump and Burnham shook hands as they met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “No, I think they’re up – well, they’re more up now than they were with your last prime minister, let me put it that way,” Trump told reporters, referring to Keir Starmer. “Right... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368438/trump-criticises-uks-chagos-deal-says-new-british-pm-burnham-will-reconsider?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368438/trump-criticises-uks-chagos-deal-says-new-british-pm-burnham-will-reconsider?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:36:30 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US actress Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, a coroner in South Carolina said on Tuesday. Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 16. Her on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the home. According to a statement from the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, a combination of fentanyl and its chemical by-product, as well as the anti-anxiety medication... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368436/hayden-panettiere-died-accidental-overdose-involving-fentanyl-coroner-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368436/hayden-panettiere-died-accidental-overdose-involving-fentanyl-coroner-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:10:06 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma As President Xi Jinping prepares to travel to the United States to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump, attention is turning to the group of business leaders who could join him. The South China Morning Post previously reported that executives from electric vehicle maker BYD, smart manufacturing giant Xiaomi and battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited were likely to accompany Xi on the trip – though Beijing has yet to officially confirm the delegation. What has raised... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368409/why-chinas-frontier-ai-pioneers-are-expected-miss-weeks-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368409/why-chinas-frontier-ai-pioneers-are-expected-miss-weeks-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a stand-off over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump’s demand that the US annex Greenland as a US territory to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China. But the deal does codify a greater ‌US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368427/us-greenland-denmark-sign-deal-new-york-bid-end-arctic-stand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368427/us-greenland-denmark-sign-deal-new-york-bid-end-arctic-stand?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:56:04 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a US immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, told reporters he was delivering an order for DoorDash on Sunday when his vehicle was rammed by an ICE agent and he was shot. “I’m in a lot of pain because the shot fractured my clavicle and at the hospital where they took me they couldn’t remove the bullet because it’s close to the spinal cord … I’m not doing very... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368342/man-shot-ice-texas-says-bullet-still-inside-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368342/man-shot-ice-texas-says-bullet-still-inside-him?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:17:18 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their two countries can make good on their agreement to work towards “constructive strategic stability”. In the fourth part of this series, Sylvia Ma looks at the economic and technological levers available to both in their protracted rivalry. For years, Huawei Technologies has served as a central battleground in the contest between the world’s two largest economies. As Washington... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368262/us-china-tech-war-has-evolved-last-xi-trump-summit-who-has-edge-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368262/us-china-tech-war-has-evolved-last-xi-trump-summit-who-has-edge-now?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:00:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse British Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI in California over the company’s failure to report violent activity on its ChatGPT service by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province. British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma said in July that the province planned legal action against the US tech giant for its connection to the deadly February gun violence in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge. Sharma told reporters that the suit filed... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368310/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-us-court-over-school-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368310/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-us-court-over-school-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:50:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 32 per cent – the lowest of his political career – as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The poll, completed on Sunday, was conducted over a four-day period that saw Trump throw three major news organisations out of the White House and muse that Washington’s iconic Kennedy Centre for the Performing ‌Arts – named after slain President John F. Kennedy –... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368305/trumps-approval-rating-falls-career-low-32-high-living-costs-bite-poll-shows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368305/trumps-approval-rating-falls-career-low-32-high-living-costs-bite-poll-shows?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:34:01 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds. A light drizzle fell on the South Lawn as Trump used oversized gold scissors to cut a red, white and blue ribbon. He then exchanged handshakes with officials and some members of a construction crew wearing green smocks and hard hats – seeking to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368304/trump-inaugurates-white-house-helipad-networks-skip-coverage-over-media-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368304/trump-inaugurates-white-house-helipad-networks-skip-coverage-over-media-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:13:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Thousands of flights across the US were snarled on Monday, with incoming flights halted for hours at major East Coast airports, before the Federal Aviation Administration resolved a telecommunications problem late in the afternoon. The issue started around 9.45am when workers accidentally cut a telecom line in New Jersey used by the FAA. This forced a halt to incoming flights at major airports on the day that 130 world leaders and dozens of ministers were arriving in New ‌York for the annual... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368302/flights-halted-eastern-us-airports-world-leaders-arrive-new-york-un-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368302/flights-halted-eastern-us-airports-world-leaders-arrive-new-york-un-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:18:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters CNN, MS ⁠NOW and Politico sued US President Donald Trump and other members of his administration on Monday for banning them from White House grounds, saying the action violated their rights to free speech and a free press under the US Constitution’s First Amendment. The news outlets are seeking a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s action in federal court in Washington DC, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. “This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368294/trump-sued-cnn-ms-now-politico-over-white-house-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368294/trump-sued-cnn-ms-now-politico-over-white-house-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:28:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already making life much tougher for hundreds of millions of people. The annual high-level gathering at the UN General Assembly will also be consumed with major wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar and a persisting question: can the leaders... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368291/world-leaders-meet-un-planet-grapples-climate-change-wars-runaway-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368291/world-leaders-meet-un-planet-grapples-climate-change-wars-runaway-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:54:07 +0000 Nong Hong Nong Hong Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, after the May talks in Beijing and before the November Apec summit in Shenzhen. This sequence of diplomacy will test if the commitment to building a “constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability” translates into practical arrangements. The Washington meeting faces clear limits. Differences over trade, technology, industrial policy, Taiwan and regional security are deeply embedded in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3368013/success-trump-xi-summit-lies-what-happens-afterwards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3368013/success-trump-xi-summit-lies-what-happens-afterwards?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:30:05 +0000 Sherry Wang Sherry Wang With President Xi Jinping expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, attention is again turning to the tit-for-tat trade and technology restrictions between the two nations – a friction that continues to escalate despite occasional reprieves. Over the past year, tech firms and industrial manufacturers on both sides have been casualties of the ever-intensifying rivalry, even as some benefit from growing state support to cushion the blow. From lost sales and squeezed... https://www.scmp.com/economy/policy/article/3367533/rising-toll-us-china-trade-tech-curbs-focus-ahead-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/policy/article/3367533/rising-toll-us-china-trade-tech-curbs-focus-ahead-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:17 +0000 Mia Nurmamat Mia Nurmamat China sharply increased its imports of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada in August amid an escalating trade dispute between Ottawa and Washington. The country’s imports of Russian energy products also rose sharply last month, as geopolitical risks including war in Iran accelerated Beijing’s efforts to diversify its energy supplies. Customs data released on Sunday showed that the volume of China’s crude oil imports from Canada rose nearly 35 per cent year on year in August,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368210/china-boosts-crude-oil-lng-imports-canada-ottawa-washington-relations-sour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368210/china-boosts-crude-oil-lng-imports-canada-ottawa-washington-relations-sour?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:08 +0000 Frank Chen Frank Chen As final preparations are being made for President Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington this month, one export-oriented Chinese province has urged businesses to “grasp the window” of relative stability in China-US ties to boost shipments. The hope among regional officials for more trade lays bare the dependence some key Chinese localities still have on America despite diversification and decoupling. Major manufacturers in Zhejiang – which helped the coastal province grow its annual export value to... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3367301/chinese-province-urges-firms-seize-day-xi-trump-meeting-provides-trade-stability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3367301/chinese-province-urges-firms-seize-day-xi-trump-meeting-provides-trade-stability?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise have been transported to Florida to stand trial, US officials said Sunday. Moise, 53, was gunned down on July 7, 2021, at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him. “Today’s multi-location and international arrests underscore the FBI’s continued commitment to bringing all participants in this plot to justice,” FBI... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368182/us-extradites-18-suspects-2021-killing-haitian-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368182/us-extradites-18-suspects-2021-killing-haitian-president?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:52:18 +0000 Reuters Reuters An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, city officials said, adding that the man was in serious but stable condition. The man was shot in the torso and taken to a local hospital, officials told reporters at a press conference. The ICE agent shot him during a brief pursuit on foot shortly before 1pm, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said. Immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch identified the victim to multiple news outlets as... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368181/ice-agent-shoots-and-wounds-man-austin-texas-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368181/ice-agent-shoots-and-wounds-man-austin-texas-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:28:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court (ICC) and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, ‌a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide. The Trump administration has made no secret of its disdain for the court and has worked to undermine it. US officials want the court to drop its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders as well... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368180/trump-administration-prepares-sanctions-against-international-criminal-court-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368180/trump-administration-prepares-sanctions-against-international-criminal-court-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:22:25 +0000