China's shadow navy

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2025-11-20 13:09

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By Kate Turton

Hello. Europeans push back at a plan that would force concessions from Ukraine, and the US deviates from its traditional stance on human rights under Trump. Elsewhere, Nvidia's strong forecast calms AI bubble jitters, for now.

Plus, how China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion

Today's Top News

Electric candles glow at a makeshift memorial in front of an apartment building that was hit by a Russian missile, Ternopil, Ukraine November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

European countries pushed back against a US-backed peace plan for Ukraine that sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm, conditions long seen by Ukraine's allies as tantamount to capitulation.
President Donald Trump signed legislation ordering the Justice Department to release documents from its long-running investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — files eagerly sought by both his political opponents and members of his own base who have pressed for greater transparency in the case.
When Trump defended Saudi Arabia's crown prince this week over the 2018 killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it threw into stark relief just how far his administration has shifted away from the traditional US support for human rights globally.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website to say that claims about vaccines not causing autism are not "evidence-based." Vaccine skeptic and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted the theory - contrary to scientific evidence - that childhood vaccines are a cause of autism.
An off-the-cuff comment has triggered a bust-up between Japan and China. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned a Chinese attack on Taiwan could result in a military response - a comment Beijing says crosses a line. Kevin Krolicki tells the Reuters World News podcast that the Chinese exports Japan's manufacturing industry relies on could be at risk.
Israeli airstrikes killed four people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, local health authorities said, as Hamas and Israel accused each other of violating a near six-week-old, US-brokered ceasefire.
Indonesian authorities evacuated more than 900 people and were facilitating the safe return of 170 climbers stranded after the eruption of its Semeru volcano, one of the country's tallest mountains.
Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push, a study shows, with many slashing aid budgets and cash funnelled through multilateral lenders.

Business & Markets

Drivers chat next to taxis charging at a Shell electric vehicle charging station in Beijing — REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shrugged off concerns about an AI bubble as the company surprised Wall Street with accelerating growth after several quarters of slowing sales.
Italian prosecutors have placed luxury group Tod's and three of its executives under investigation for suspected labour abuses and are seeking a temporary ban on some company advertising, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
US job growth likely picked up moderately in September, while the unemployment rate held steady near a four-year high of 4.3%, consistent with sluggish labor market conditions that economists and policymakers have blamed on low supply and demand for workers.
IBM and Cisco Systems said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030.
Tesla's $1 trillion executive-compensation package for CEO Elon Musk has obscured a more pressing concern: Musk's 2018 pay package -- still tied up in court -- could eat up years' worth of the electric vehicle maker's future profits.
For more on global markets, watch our daily rundown.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves, seeking to bridge a 20 billion pound budget gap to meet byzantine rules, is already wavering on raising income taxes and other policies. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what to expect and why the economic picture is so glum.

Graphics: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion

Satellite images from BlackSky and Planet Labs PBC.

China is mobilizing an armada of civilian ships that could help in an invasion of Taiwan – a mission that could surpass the Second World War’s Normandy landings.

Reuters used ship tracking data and satellite images to monitor the role civilian vessels played in Chinese maritime exercises this summer.

The drills revealed that China is devising concrete invasion plans, naval warfare experts say, and rehearsing new techniques aimed at speeding up beach landings of troops and equipment in a bid to overwhelm Taiwan’s defenders.

Read our visual investigation

And Finally...

A restoration specialist works on-site at the Darb al-Labbana restoration project, Cairo, Egypt, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian restorers are reconstructing a dilapidated neighbourhood in Cairo's historic centre, dismantling houses and then rebuilding them with materials from the old structures in a model they hope can be applied to other districts.

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