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Putin and Xi hail their friendship and growing energy trade at their meeting in Beijing
BEIJING | Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China. Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology […]
Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable US relations after Trump summit
BEIJING | Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin is scheduled to be in China on Tuesday and Wednesday in a visit likely to be closely watched as Beijing seeks […]
Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump returned from the spectacle of a Chinese state visit to a less than welcoming U.S. economy — with the military band and garden tour in Beijing giving way to pressure over how to fix America’s escalating inflation rate. Consumer inflation in the United States increased to 3.8% annually in April, […]
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened […]
Trump and Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilizing US-China relations as differences persist
BEIJING | U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the world’s two biggest powers on Iran, Taiwan and more. Following the trip, Trump said he had not yet made a determination on whether a […]
What to know about Xi’s warning to Trump over the ‘Taiwan Question’
HONG KONG | China on Thursday stepped up its tough stance on Taiwan, an island democracy it deems its territory, warning the United States that Beijing and Washington will “have clashes and even conflicts” if the issue is not handled properly. China’s President Xi Jinping stressed during his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that […]
China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
BEIJING | hina’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American leader’s praise for his counterpart. The exchange at a highly anticipated summit in Beijing underscored just how far […]
Ship is reported seized off the coast of the UAE and is heading toward Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian waters, the British military said Thursday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it received reports that the vessel was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 nautical miles […]
With ceasefire talks stalled, Trump and Hegseth claim ‘control’ over Iran and Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation. The accusation brought Tuesday came just before U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Beijing where he’ll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a […]
Kuwait alleges that Iran attacked an island hosting a China-funded port before Trump’s Beijing trip
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Kuwait accused Iran on Tuesday of sending an armed paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team to launch a failed attack earlier this month on an island in the Middle East nation home to a China-funded port project. The accusation by Kuwait of an Iranian link to the incident came just before U.S. […]