The South Korean Supreme Court’s ruling dispels uncertainty​ over Lee Jae-yong’s leadership as the tech giant faces challenges from tariffs and chip making rivals.

The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.

As China girds for a deepening global rivalry with the United States, Beijing is testing how far its navy can operate from home, and how well its warships can work together on the open seas. In recent exercises involving two aircraft carriers, China gave a bold display of how it seeks to assert dominance in the western Pacific.

Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s chief executive, is trying to balance his company’s interests as the United States and China compete for supremacy in artificial intelligence.

“Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion from Iran.

Israel, which has intervened in Syria in support of the Druse minority, attacked the entrance of the government military headquarters in Damascus. The death toll in four days of violence rose to more than 200, a war monitor said.

Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.

Official figures showed modest growth in the second quarter as exports shifted to other countries and Beijing invested in manufacturing and infrastructure.

President Trump is formalizing a new plan to sell American weapons to European allies, who would pass them onto Kyiv. But he made it clear this wasn’t his war.