South China Morning Post - United States & Canada

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are also serving a defensive ...

President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands ‌covered by the US flag. Macron’s visit to the archipelago off Canada’s Atlantic coast is the first there by a French president since 2014 and comes as Canada se...

The prospect of United States, Chinese and Russian leaders meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen this November has revived the Yalta analogy. Talk of a Trump-Xi-Putin summit – echoing the 1945 meeting that reshaped the world – surfaced during the first Trump term, and speculation returned last year with the 80th anniversary of the second worl...

Ed Sheeran opened a solo concert in Philadelphia on Saturday with comments about Gaza, saying what is happening is “catastrophic and unjustifiable”. “My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians’ lives, of children’s lives,” Sheeran said in the night at Lincoln Financial Field. Sheeran also said he wants his music and shows to be about unity and hum...

US President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday that he is creating an “AI Force” to oversee regulation of AI and will appoint ‌an AI “tsar” in the near future. “We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry,” Trump said. “Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as ⁠it grows! However, we will also be looking for...