Even company insiders concede that TikTok’s new iteration – spinning off the US portion of its global operations into a new company – is anything but normal.

China will levy phased fees on US-linked vessels calling at its ports starting next Tuesday, a retaliatory action set to take effect the same day as similar surcharges that were announced in April by the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Having been granted approval by the State Council, China’s cabinet, Beijing will apply the fees to vessels under several classifications: those owned or operated by US enterprises, organisations and individuals; those whose owners or operators…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been named Humanitarians of the Year for their charity work. 

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Infini Resources after it nailed eye-popping uranium visuals and XRF hits at its Canadian drill blitz at Portland Creek.

The “Asean plus three” group of countries achieved solid economic growth in the first half of 2025, but unpredictable policy shifts in the United States could still send tremors through the region this year, a top economic surveillance body said.
Growth in the grouping – the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, along with China, Japan and South Korea – is projected to reach 4.1 per cent in 2025, the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said in a new quarterly…

Russia has built up a massive gold stockpile. Now, as the world shuns the country over its war in Ukraine, Putin is cashing in.

(RTTNews) – The Malaysia stock market on Thursday ended the two-day slide in which it had slipped more than 10 points or 0.6 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,630-point plateau although it may head south again on Friday.

Paramount Skydance is particularly worried about a possible Comcast bid because WBD’s deal-savvy CEO David Zaslav already has a strategic relationship with Comcast.