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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on February 10, 2026, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
February 11, 2026, 6:54 am
US commerce chief Lutnick acknowledges ‘Epstein Island’ lunch but denies closer ties
White House says Trump still ‘fully supports’ his commerce secretary amid growing calls for Lutnik to resign over his links to Epstein
By Beiyi Seow
Illustrative: A sign reading 'Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed' is posted on a barricade in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, October 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
September 30, 2023, 9:42 am
US on brink on government shutdown, funding chaos
Rightwing Republicans scupper temporary budget deal; shut down will see national parks closed, air traffic controllers asked to work without pay and endanger US support for Ukraine
By Beiyi Seow
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (4th L) attends a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (3rd R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Pedro PARDO and Pedro Pardo / POOL / AFP)
July 9, 2023, 5:33 am
Wrapping up visit, US treasury secretary says ties with China on ‘surer footing’
Trip doesn’t produce specific breakthroughs, but Chinese news agency says Yellen’s meeting with Vice Premier Lifeng yielded agreement to ‘strengthen communication and cooperation’
By Beiyi Seow
Members of rescue organization Bluesky rescue team carry a girl across a flooded street following a heavy rain in Zhengzhou, in China's Henan province, on July 22, 2021. (Noel Celis/AFP)
July 22, 2021, 10:53 pm
25 killed by central China flooding in worst rains since records began
With torrential downpours causing multiple landslides, some 200,000 residents were evacuated from Zhengzhou, which saw the equivalent of a year’s rain in just three days
By Ludovic Ehret and Beiyi Seow
This file photo taken on September 18, 2012 shows a Chinese paramilitary policeman gesturing to photographers at the entrance to the US consulate in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province (GOH Chai Hin / AFP)
July 24, 2020, 8:36 am
In retaliation, China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
As tensions soar, Beijing says move a ‘legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States’
By Beiyi Seow
Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province of China, January 30, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
February 3, 2020, 9:25 am
Virus death toll in mainland China spikes, overtakes SARS
57 people die in most fatal day since outbreak of new coronavirus, bringing China’s toll to 361; 1,000-bed hospital set to open Monday after just 10 days of construction
By Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow
People buying protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila, Philippines on January 31, 2020. (Ted Aljibe/AFP)
February 2, 2020, 7:38 am
Philippines reports first virus death outside China
As total death toll passes 300 and many countries, including Israel, close their borders to travelers from China, another Chinese city is put under complete lockdown
By Helen ROXBURGH and Beiyi Seow
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