The words of former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Connally in 1971 ring true: "The dollar is our currency, but it's your problem."

Taipei should understand that cash diplomacy is an abuse of people's wealth, and buying is not how you get some new friends.

The US has fallen into an abnormal state in which former officials tell the truth, while incumbent ones only say politically correct things.

The "wandering balloon incident" continues to receive a great deal of attention recently. On the first day of the incident (Feb. 2), a Pentagon spokesman stated that the U.S. government has discovered and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that has been flying over the U.S. mainland for several days, and that the U.S. military is "confident" that the high-altitude surveillance balloon came from China.

With one disagreement after another, the meeting between the US and French presidents appeared to be tense. In the face of increasingly protectionist policies, France and other EU countries are clearly a bit uncomfortable.

The Democratic Party's defeat in the House of Representatives and the disagreements within the party remain a major risk to Biden's future plan. And what can be done about the stubborn problem of inflation?

The organisers of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series in Incheon, South Korea, played a song closely associated with the widespread violent protests and "Hong Kong independence" in 2019 as the Chinese national anthem.

In the face of declining support and possible defeat in the midterm elections, the road ahead for US President Biden is extremely difficult.

American comedian Tim Heidecker created the hashtag #TrumpIsDead on Twitter on Tuesday (Nov. 1), claiming that Trump is dead (dead badly). He also mentioned Musk, saying he suppressed the news.

Rishi Sunak became the new prime minister after his two predecessors were ousted due to scandals and grossly flawed economic policies. Will he be able to reverse Britain's economic downturn and restore the country's strength in the face of the ensuing difficulties?

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has recently said that it will cut crude oil production in order to stabilize oil prices.

As one of the decisive forces in redistributing productive resources, the government should "rob the wealthy to relieve the indigent" by taxing the rich more for the country's infrastructure, welfare protection, and subsidies for the poor to ensure social development.

Meta Platforms said it disrupted the first known "China-based influence operation" which focused on targeting users in the US with political content ahead of the midterm elections in November.

The US government last week banned two Chinese companies, China Unicom and Pacific Network, from providing international telecoms services in the country, citing national security concerns. Using national security as a pretext, the U.S. once again damaged its own image of a 'market-oriented' country and has also harmed the legitimate rights and interests of global consumers. The same old trick has been used against China's Telecom and Tik Tok earlier.

Gun deaths have spiked in the United States over the last two years. The United States reported 20,794 gun violence deaths in 2021, up from 19,490 deaths in 2020 and 15,474 fatalities in pre-pandemic 2019, according to the Gun Violence Archive. There have been 1,554 gun violence deaths in the United States so far this year, data showed.