A policy that requires passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth will come into play during renewals and first-time applications.
Category: United States
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China’s Exports Unexpectedly Falter as Prices Keep Falling
Exports of cars, solar panels and batteries remain strong, but prices are falling because of factory overcapacity in China.
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Starbucks to Sell 60% of Its China Business to a Private Equity Firm
Boyu Capital will pay $4 billion for a stake in the coffee giant’s 8,000 stores in China.
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Control of Tesla Is at Stake in Vote on Elon Musk’s Pay Plan
Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package. Some investors say it’s excessive and would give him too much sway.
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Will Trump’s Tariff Deal Tilt the Playing Field Back Toward China?
The president’s trade truce with China has lowered U.S. tariffs to a level that could pause a longer-term effort to reduce America’s dependence on Beijing.
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Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way to Tax the Ultra Rich?
Plans for a wealth tax, which is dividing France, have gotten popular around the world as inequality has widened and government debt has risen.
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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures
After Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, the bank reported more than $1 billion in potentially suspicious transactions.
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Study Finds Evidence That Text-Based Therapy Eases Depression
A large-scale randomized trial of texting therapy concluded that its outcomes were as good as video sessions in treating depression.
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Trump and Xi, Hoping to Ease Trade War, Agree to 1-Year Truce
China agreed to suspend for a year some of its limits on exports of rare earth metals, while the U.S. halved its fentanyl-related tariffs.
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As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm
The president signaled he would discuss the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips in a summit on Thursday, a move U.S. officials warned would be a “massive” national security mistake.