Economics
Beijing warned it would retaliate after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports in response to China's new export controls on rare earths.

The Nobel Committee said it opened an investigation into suspected insider betting that preceded awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
U.S. economic undersecretary Helberg said Europe’s economic problem was China and urged leaders to react to industry flight, as Washington moved to shore up domestic chipmaking.

Bärbel Bas proposed a municipal per-square-meter cap on Bürgergeld rent reimbursements across Germany to curb welfare fraud that exploited shoddy, overcrowded rental properties.

Norwegian Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken said in Oslo that spies may have obtained Peace Prize information, citing suspicious large bets placed on the laureate before the award.
