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CGTN: Bridging dialogue: China promotes integration, mutual learning among civilizations | Foreign Policy International Affairs

Cs news2 weeks ago07 mins

With the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting taking place in Beijing on July 10 and 11, CGTN published an article highlighting how China’s Global Civilization Initiative is offering a constructive platform for bridging differences, promoting people-to-people exchanges, and building a more inclusive, cooperative international community amid rising global uncertainties. BEIJING, July 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —…

Angola Rail Line Offers Clues to Trump’s Africa Policy

Cs news4 months ago09 mins

An 800-mile rail corridor stretching from Angola’s northern border to the Atlantic Ocean was former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s signature project in Africa, meant to counter Chinese influence and reshape America’s engagement with the continent. When President Trump came into office this year, he quickly moved to dismantle decades of American aid to Africa,…

2025 Travel Destinations: 52 Places to Go This Year

Cs news7 months ago02 mins

Jane Austen fans have a good reason to explore the southwest of England this year: It’s the 250th anniversary of her birth, and celebrations abound. Hampshire was both Austen’s birthplace and a source of inspiration; as a novelist, she was most prolific in this bucolic setting. Start out at Jane Austen’s House, her former cottage,…

Joe Biden ducks questions on his decision to pardon his son Hunter

Cs news8 months ago8 months ago03 mins

LUANDA, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ducked questions on his decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter, ignoring calls for him to explain his reversal as he was making his first presidential trip to Angola. Dismissing shouted questions with a laugh during a meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço…

Biden to spotlight Angola’s Lobito Corridor, his legacy to counter China in Africa

Cs news8 months ago012 mins

WASHINGTON — When U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola in early December, he will put into focus his legacy infrastructure project aimed at securing crucial supply chains on the African continent. Called the Lobito Corridor, the project is the centerpiece of his administration’s strategy to counter China’s clout in global development. The Lobito Corridor is…

What Biden’s visit to Angola says about Lobito Corridor and US-China rivalry

Cs news8 months ago8 months ago03 mins

When Joe Biden arrives in Angola on Monday on his first African visit as US president, he is likely to land at a China-built airport and then be driven along a highway also built or financed by China. That goes to show how deep Chinese influence runs in Angola, where post-civil war reconstruction was largely…

Biden to make historic first visit by US president to Angola

Cs news8 months ago8 months ago01 mins

President Joe Biden’s visit to Angola – the first by a U.S. president to the southwest African nation – centers on a rail corridor for transportation of valuable minerals from the heart of the continent to a burgeoning Angolan port. VOA White House Correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington. Source link

Biden makes historic first visit by US president to Angola

Cs news8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden is “excited” to make his first trip to the African continent next week and will first stop briefly in the small island nation of Cabo Verde before making landfall in the Southwest African nation of Angola, a top White House official told VOA Friday. “He is excited…

Could China-US rivalry go off the rails in Africa over a resourceful train route?

Cs news9 months ago02 mins

Chinese presence in the South African country became apparent in 2002, when former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos invited Beijing to invest following the end of the 27-year Angolan civil war that devastated the country’s infrastructure and economy. Now, the United States is challenging the dominant Chinese foothold in the region, by betting on a…

Why hasn’t US President Biden made any state visits to Africa? | Joe Biden News

Cs news9 months ago9 months ago017 mins

Joe Biden’s planned trip to Angola on October 13 was meant to be historic. It would have been his first visit to Africa during his tenure as president of the United States. But as Hurricane Milton advanced on Florida last week, the White House postponed the trip to an unspecified date, alongside a visit to…