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May 7, 20243 min read
Macron, von der Leyen press China's Xi on trade in Paris talks
PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to...


May 6, 20242 min read
China's Xi in Paris to meet Macron, with trade, Ukraine talks planned
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were set to press China's President Xi Jinping on...


May 6, 20242 min read
China's Xi praises French ties as Macron prepares to talk trade
PARIS -President Xi Jinping lauded China's ties with France as an international model on Sunday as he arrived in Paris for a rare visit...


May 5, 20242 min read
France's Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine
PARIS - China's President Xi Jinping heads to Paris on Sunday for a rare visit, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set to press...


May 4, 20242 min read
Taiwan will have Trump's support if he wins, ex-appointee says
TAIPEI - A former U.S. ambassador appointed by Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed the former president would again support...


May 4, 20241 min read
India's foreign minister rejects Biden's 'xenophobia' comment
NEW DELHI - Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" was hobbling...


May 3, 20245 min read
Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea and Ukraine...


May 3, 20243 min read
China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
WENCHANG, China - China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the...


May 2, 20241 min read
Taiwan reports second Chinese 'combat patrol' in a week
TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry on Thursday said that China had carried out a "joint combat readiness patrol" near the island for the...


May 2, 20243 min read
Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind
KABUL - The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed at making the...


May 2, 20242 min read
US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons
HONG KONG - A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the United States and others that only...


May 2, 20242 min read
Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank
SYDNEY - The World Bank has urged the largest Pacific Island nation, Papua New Guinea, to address a "human capital crisis" and invest...
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