US stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors reacted to the Donald Trump administration's planned tariff rollout.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) closed its headquarters to agency personnel on Monday following moves by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to exert control over the foreign-aid organization.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the tariffs on Canada announced on Saturday "will be paused for a 30 day period" to see whether or not a final economic deal with Canada can be structured.

A car bomb explosion on the outskirts of Manbij, in northern Aleppo province, killed at least 15 people, including 14 women and one man, and injured 15 others, according to Syria's Civil Defense on Monday.

In response to the US tariffs on Canadian products, Canadians have begun organizing efforts of their own to counteract US tariffs, with some heeding calls by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to prioritize buying Canadian-made products and boycott US goods as much as possible, local media reported.

The US' latest tariff moves against Canada, Mexico, and China have ignited a wave of opposition, retaliatory measures, and widespread concern among numerous countries, extending well beyond those directly affected so far.

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa reviewed in Riyadh on Sunday bilateral relations and the latest developments in Syria.

Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports late Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 25-percent tariffs on most Canadian products.

Formal retailers and wholesalers in Zimbabwe are experiencing a decline in customer traffic as consumers increasingly prefer informal shops, which offer more affordable and convenient shopping options.

The European Commission on Sunday criticized US President Donald Trump's tariff imposed upon three countries, saying they disrupt global trade and are harmful to all, and vowing to hit back if targeted.

Hamas condemned on Saturday the remarks of US President Donald Trump on relocating Gazan residents to neighboring Egypt and Jordan.

A small plane crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia on Friday, sparking a large fire, authorities said.

The cause of the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight on US local time Wednesday night that killed all 67 people on board both aircraft remains unclear, the Associated Press (AP) reported Friday. The AP stated it marked "the country's deadliest aviation disaster since 2001."

Washington D.C. fire chief said Thursday that there are likely no survivors in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

The Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. will remain closed until at least 11:00 a.m. Thursday (1600 GMT) as the search and rescue operation continues through the night amid harsh conditions following the collision of the plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter, officials said early Thursday at a press briefing.

A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's Potomac River after colliding midair with a military helicopter on a nighttime training exercise Wednesday.

A passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, as it approached the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and defense officials, CNN reported.

In a Tuesday night email, the US White House's Office of Personnel Management told federal workers that they return to the office full time, or resign and get paid for the next eight months, according to The Wall Street Journal.

NASA said on Wednesday it is working with SpaceX to safely return the agency's stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back home "as soon as practical."

Serbian PM Vucevic announces resignation

Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into breathtaking artworks, reviving the legacy of their ancestors.

Spring Festival celebration held in Toronto

South Korea's prosecution indicted arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol on an insurrection charge, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday.

Editor's Note: To celebrate the 2025 Chinese New Year, foreign ambassadors to China and consuls general based in Shanghai shared their thoughts on the cultural significance of Spring Festival – inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2024, highlighted people-to-people exchanges between China and their home countries, and extended well wishes to the readers of the Global Times.

Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday.

The Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Mozambique's largest higher education institution, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company on supporting its academic initiatives in strategic fields.

South Korea's prosecution once again sought the extension of President Yoon Suk-yeol's detention until Feb. 6 for supplementary investigation, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday.

The Hamas-Israel ceasefire that begins on January 19 must not lead to renewed hostilities; children must never again be placed in the line of fire; and the current ceasefire should serve as the foundation for a permanent ceasefire, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN said on Thursday at a UN Security Council's meeting about children in Gaza.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday it has decided to refer the arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's "insurrection case" to the prosecution, according to multiple media outlets.

A fast-moving brush fire erupted in Los Angeles County Wednesday morning, expanding to 8,096 acres (32.76 square km) with zero containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

A commemorative sheet of postage stamps celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, was unveiled on Tuesday at the China Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary.

After US President Donald Trump confused Spain with a member of the BRICS bloc, a spokesperson for the Spanish government responded, saying she was unsure why Trump made the comment.

South Korean investigators on Wednesday were reportedly attempting to search the presidential office and residence as part of the probe into the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol's failed martial law imposition.

The death toll from the devastating fire at Türkiye's Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Bolu province has risen to 76, and nine people have been detained in connection with the incident, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attended the constitutional court's hearing of his impeachment trial on Tuesday, denying all charges relevant to his martial law imposition. It marked the first time in the country's modern history that an impeached president attended the court hearing in person, Xinhua reported.

Dubai today hosted a closed meeting of the World Bank Cloud Computing Working Group in preparation for the launch of the Global Government Cloud Computing Forum 2025, organised by the Dubai Electronic Security Centre in collaboration with the World Bank Group.

A new pair of giant pandas made their debut on Tuesday in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia (SA), following their arrival from China last month.

US President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden's actions and withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords, among other actions. He also said he's pardoned hundreds of people for their roles in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the AP reported.

Vehicles carrying arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived at the constitutional court in Seoul for the hearing of his impeachment trial, TV footage showed Tuesday.

The White House said Monday that Donald Trump, who was inaugurated as the 47th US president, will pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord. Meanwhile, the UN climate chief said that the “door remains open” to the landmark Paris accord, according to media reports.

The US Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state.

Trump signs executive order on withdrawing from World Health Organization

US President Donald Trump late Monday signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday declared a "state of emergency" in response to escalating guerrilla violence.

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Monday rejected the position of U.S. President Donald Trump demanding the return of the Panama Canal.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol at noon on Monday, beginning his second term as he returns to the White House after four years.

The White House said that Donald Trump, who was inaugurated as the 47th US president at noon Monday, will pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday at his inauguration ceremony that he will, for the second time, pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord.

South Korea's police on Monday planned to seize martial law documents in presidential office, according to multiple media outlets.

Delegations from mediators Qatar and the United States, in addition to others from Palestine and Israel, arrived in Cairo on Sunday to monitor the implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, added the TV reports.

The South Korean Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said Monday it is considering the possibility of forcibly summoning and questioning detained President Yoon Suk-yeol, following his continuous refusal to comply with detention investigations on two occasions.

The Acting Chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) Masoud Sulaiman said on Saturday the company plans to increase daily oil and gas production to two million barrels over the next three years if "the right funds are made available."

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement in Gaza came into effect on Sunday, after more than 15 months of deadly strikes.

Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners from Ofer prison, located west of Ramallah in the West Bank, early on Monday, just hours after three Israeli hostages returned to Israel following their release from Hamas captivity in Gaza.

The Israeli Prime Minister's office said in a statement on Sunday that Hamas delivered the list of the names of the first three hostages set to be released later in the day and announced the ceasefire in Gaza will go into effect at 11:15 a.m. local time.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday evening that "if we have to return to war, we will do so in new ways and with great force."

A South Korean court issued a detention warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol early Sunday morning over his failed martial law attempt.

The Israeli government officially approved a ceasefire agreement on Saturday aimed at securing the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, following a lengthy meeting of all cabinet members, the Prime Minister's Office announced.

Israel, Hamas reach deal to release hostages: media reports

India has become the fourth country in the world to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space following the US, Russia and China, as two small spacecraft completed the docking maneuver in low-Earth orbit on Thursday, which the Indian space agency described as “a historic moment” for the nation.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok ban-or-sale law for 60 to 90 days, buying the administration time to negotiate a sale or alternative solution — a legally questionable effort to win a brief reprieve for the Chinese-owned app now scheduled to be banned on Sunday nationwide, the Washington Post reported, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal after intensive mediation efforts by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the Qatari prime minister announced on Wednesday.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal following intensive mediation by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, Qatar's prime minister announced on Wednesday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition, media reported.

South Korean investigators on Wednesday entered the presidential residence to attempt the arrest of the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, TV footage showed.

World Future Energy Summit 2025, hosted by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, opened today at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi as part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).

The South Korean constitutional court started the first hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment trial on Tuesday.

Nine people were injured on Tuesday in a pileup involving 43 vehicles in western South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

The death toll from the ravaging wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 24, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.

At least 16 people have been killed by blazes as thousands of firefighters race to battle spreading wildfires across Los Angeles County, the most populous U.S. county, local authorities said Saturday.

Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement Saturday night that it had launched a new missile and drone attack against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea in the past 24 hours, claiming the attack lasted nine hours.

As wind-driven wildfires rage out of control in the Los Angeles area, creating a perilous situation for California homeowners, two people living in the region shared with the Global Times how the wildfires have affected their lives and caused them inconvenience.

2024 confirmed to be warmest year on record globally - Copernicus

US President-elect Donald Trump's recent intent over Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and the Gulf of Mexico have received a series of oppositions and criticisms from not only Denmark, Panama, Canada and Mexico, but also other members of the West like France and Germany.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held talks at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Thursday with Hiroshi Moriyama, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party and Makoto Nishida, Secretary General of the Komeito Party of Japan. Both are scheduled to visit China from January 13, and they discussed the themes to be addressed in bilateral talks. The Prime Minister reiterated his desire to visit China at an early date, Japanese media The Nikkei reported.

President-elect Donald Trump's plan to "expand" the US by acquiring Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and making Canada the “51st state” has been rejected by not only the countries involved and European leaders, but also by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Democratic politicians.

Panama said on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its interoceanic canal was non-negotiable, while Denmark said Greenland is not for sale, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military or economic coercion to gain control.

Former foreign ministers from various Latin American countries have expressed their support for Panamanian sovereignty over the Panama Canal, in response to recent comments made by US President-elect Donald Trump suggesting the possibility of retaking control of the waterway.

The escalation of geopolitical conflicts and regional instability have brought the level of global cooperation to a low point, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday.

The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has launched Abu Dhabi Registration and Licensing Authority (ADRA) to further enhance and regulate the business sector across the emirate.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 90 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal at 01:05:16 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

India Monday announced the postponement of its much-anticipated Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) by two days.

The US Congress on Monday officially confirmed Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election, four years after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the previous election result.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, according to CNN.

The year 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal. As friendly neighbors and strategic cooperative partners, China and Nepal have witnessed growing cooperation across a range of fields and deepening ties over the years. In December 2024, China and Nepal signed a framework agreement to promote Belt and Road cooperation, demonstrating the strengthening mutual political trust between the two countries. However, this cooperation has, at times, fallen prey to false accusations by certain foreign media outlets. What role do relations with China play in Nepal's foreign policy? How does Nepal stand to benefit from cooperation with China? Global Times reporter Xie Wenting (GT) spoke with newly appointed Ambassador of Nepal to China Krishna Prasad Oli (Oli), who arrived in China on November 21, 2024, on these topics and more.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources.

South Korea's anti-corruption investigative agency said Monday that it entrusted the police with the task of executing a warrant to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. is set to file a lawsuit in response to US President Joe Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp., Kyodo News reported, citing sources. The US president cited concerns the deal could threaten US national security.

A Palestinian was killed and eight others injured, including one critically, by Israeli army gunfire in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Palestinian authorities said.

Myanmar's State Administration Council on Saturday pardoned approximately 6,000 prisoners to mark the country's 77th Independence Day anniversary, according to the council's orders.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Saturday accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of destroying its property and a Lebanese army's infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

At least four people were killed and 32 others injured in an explosion in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday, local media and officials said.