China no longer has a de minimis trade exemption. What is it?
The trade loophole is meant to ease small-scale sales — but critics say it's been abused and gives Chinese firms an unfair advantage.
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Sex Pistols aim to give Queen Elizabeth's jubilee a touch of punk
LONDON — In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols.Queen Elizabeth II and the… -
In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control
As Americans continue to reel from the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and 2 teachers dead, headlines and commentators repeat a… -
Canada's new bill would freeze handgun sales and imports
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government introduced legislation Monday that would put a national freeze on importing, buying or selling… -
1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia
BANGKOK — The number of methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia exceeded a billion last year for the first time, highlighting the scale… -
How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs
SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France — It all started with a distressing photo of a man and his dog, trying to board a train out of Ukraine in the early days of the… -
Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores
Updated May 23, 2022 at 11:09 AM ETStarbucks is leaving Russia after 15 years in business. The coffee chain had temporarily shut down its stores in March… -
A record 100 million people have been forced from their homes
An estimated 100 million people around the world are forcibly displaced, the highest number on record, according to the United Nations. The figure… -
How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate
BORODYANKA, Ukraine — Viktoria Timoshenko's biology classroom is a surreal sight. She didn't recognize it at first, she says.In March, while her small…
