Owen Fairclough reports for CGTN from our Washington, D.C. office.
From election trails to Brexit, (nearly) Grexit and even Africa’s first World Cup, Owen has been a reporter for nearly 20 years in the UK, France and now in the United States, trying to make sense of perhaps the most defining story of our times: the Trump administration and the rise of populism.
Owen began his career as a newspaper and newswires reporter before betraying print journalism purists by crossing the aisle into TV with the BBC. He left the UK in 2008 to become business editor at France 24 and then moved across the Atlantic in 2014 to join CGTN America.
Scores of U.S. universities are being threatened with huge federal funding cuts unless they meet what they consider ideological demands from the Trump administration. But where some have agreed, Harvard is refusing. CGTN’s Owen Fairclough has the latest. Read More...
The International Monetary Fund on Monday warned that trade wars threaten to destabilize the global economy while depressing stock prices. The IMF did not name the U.S. but released part of a new report after global markets crashed in the wake of President Donald Trump’s […] Read More...
Two U.S. universities have become the latest to have research funding frozen by the Trump administration. Cornell and Northwestern have both confirmed a pause in federal funding, similar to actions implemented or threatened at other universities following student protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in […] Read More...
Before U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled tariffs that are rocking the global economy, he had long complained about the balance of trade with other countries.
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Pickleball has become one of the world’s fastest growing sports. On Wednesday, April 9, a group of U.S. students will begin a pickleball tour of China, where the sport is also quickly developing. As CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports, this cultural exchange follows a deep tradition […] Read More...
Boeing’s new chief executive on Wednesday, April 2, admitted to what he called serious missteps by his embattled company. Kelly Ortberg told lawmakers changes were underway to change a culture of chasing profits over safety. He testified before the U.S. Senate amid deep uncertainty over […] Read More...
One year ago six maintenance engineers were killed when a cargo ship crashed into a bridge in the middle of the night. The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge was a devastating blow to a key trade hub for the U.S. as it […] Read More...
On March 4, Donald Trump promised the U.S. Congress that he’d deliver the “greatest economy in history.” Right now, investors clearly disagree their doubts have triggered a market plunge so steep that analysts are calling it a “rout.” Losses on Monday, March 10, alone exceeded […] Read More...
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