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Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast
BEIJING - After sealing pledges of a "new era" of strategic partnership with China's Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
May 17, 20242 min read


Factbox-Top takeaways from Putin's trip to China
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on Thursday where he was greeted by China's Xi Jinping. What are...
May 17, 20242 min read


Taiwan's incoming president faces angry China, fractured parliament
TAIPEI - Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped...
May 17, 20243 min read


Factbox-What is Putin and Xi's 'new era' strategic partnership?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Thursday to deepen their "strategic partnership"...
May 16, 20243 min read


Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States
BEIJING/MOSCOW - China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most...
May 16, 20244 min read


Putin arrives in China to deepen strategic partnership with Xi
MOSCOW/BEIJING -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes...
May 16, 20243 min read


Explainer-Why is Russia holding nuclear exercises - and what to watch for?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what...
May 15, 20243 min read


Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major...
May 14, 20243 min read


Erdogan, Greek leader begin talks in Turkey to maintain positive momentum
ANKARA/ATHENS -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis began talks in Ankara on Monday aimed at...
May 13, 20242 min read


Seven killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian apartment block
MOSCOW -At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck...
May 12, 20242 min read


Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said one woman was killed, 29 people were wounded and several hundred flats...
May 12, 20241 min read


Five killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border regions, Donetsk, officials say
MOSCOW -Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces...
May 11, 20242 min read
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