19+ hour, 6+ min ago   (295+ words) Dimsum Daily 12th September 2026 – (Dublin) US President Donald Trump opened a two‑day, non‑state visit to Ireland by saying he would “love to see” a united Ireland and that unification “may as well happen now”, remarks delivered…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (194+ words) Dimsum Daily 10th September 2026 – (Frankfurt) The European Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter point to 2.5 per cent, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than a year as policymakers move to contain inflation intensified by elevated energy…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (394+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Beijing) The Chinese mainland has welcomed what it describes as increasing discussion in Taiwan about national reunification and the proposed one country, two systems framework. Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said on…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (430+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (New York) US stocks retreated on Wednesday as a renewed jump in crude prices unsettled investors and reignited worries over inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 300 points, or roughly 0.6 per cent, while the S&P…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (217+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Beijing) China has urged the United States to cease making unfounded allegations and to focus instead on practical cooperation in artificial intelligence, after US agencies reportedly claimed that Chinese companies had systematically extracted from American AI models....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (224+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Beijing) China’s President Xi Jinping sent a message to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un to mark the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s 78th founding anniversary, praising the country’s development under the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (177+ words) Dimsum Daily 8th September 2026 – (Helsinki) Iceland’s leadership has condemned a social media post by US President Donald Trump that depicted a map with the Stars and Stripes draped over Iceland alongside Greenland, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean. Prime Minister Kristrún…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (858+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Beijing) For decades the security architecture of the Persian Gulf rested on a single, unspoken assumption: that Washington would always be the ultimate guarantor, and that everything else, from oil sales to arms deals to diplomatic posture,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (175+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Washington) US forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on Tuesday in response to two attempted ballistic‑missile attacks on a US Navy warship over the previous 48 hours, US Central Command said. The command added that crews…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (314+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Washington) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had instructed the General Services Administration, working with the Office of the United States Trade Representative, to take all necessary steps to strip Canadian‑origin products from the…...