Before President Trump’s visit to Beijing, Global News Insight compares the US and China on economics, military and resources.

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Before President Trump’s visit to Beijing, Global News Insight compares the US and China on economics, military and resources.

On Mother’s Day, Global News Insight details the high cost of motherhood in the US compared with the rest of the world.

The West African country holds Africa’s third-largest gold reserves, plus vast lithium and uranium deposits.

Global News Insight breaks down the human and financial cost of decades of US-led wars and its latest war on Iran.

Nearly 10,000 men, women and children are held in Israeli prisons, a third without charge or trial.

Ship-tracking data shows 279 ships have passed through the strait and 22 have been attacked since the war on Iran began.

Israel killed 107 people, permitted only 8 percent of medical evacuations, and admitted just 20 percent of trucks.

US President Trump threatens to destroy power plants, bridges by 8pm Tuesday if Iran doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz.

The US has deployed thousands of additional Marines and airborne troops to the Middle East since the Iran war began.
![US Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Philippine Marines take part in a boat raid exercise during a joint military exercise [File:Bullit Marquez/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP565680796683-1775042266.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Natural gas powers a quarter of the world, and almost a fifth of LNG moves through the Strait of Hormuz.
