RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for nearly four hours Tuesday in Saudi Arabia as President Donald Trump sought to advance his goal of ending the fighting in Ukraine and mending ties with Moscow….
Washington: Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday dismissed as bluster President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal, instead anticipating a more traditional strategy of diversifying supply chains. “On the Panama Canal, we have a treaty, we have a settled policy of many years, and that’s not going to change,” Blinken…
Biden celebrates ceasefire deal in farewell address – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden praised the ceasefire and hostage release agreement reached between Hamas and Israel in his farewell address to the nation. Weijia Jiang reports from the White House. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and…
The 27-year-old doctoral student had been trying for more than eight years to get his father, Kai Li, out of China, where he was imprisoned on espionage charges the U.S. government viewed as baseless. Around the same time, 6,500 miles away, Chinese officials showed up at 73-year-old Ayshem Mamut’s home in Xinjiang, to transport her…
U.S. Representative Michael Cloud SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Representative District 27 Michael Cloud met Mark Swidan this morning. Congressman Cloud presented to Swidan House Resolution 90. Cloud led this bipartisan letter urging Secretary Of State Antony Blinken to prioritize Swidan’s case in all dealings with China. The resolution calling on his release from China passed in the House unanimously last…
The G7 major industrialised nations are increasingly aligned on the “economic and security risk” posed by China and the policies it is pursuing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday at the conclusion of a foreign ministers meeting. In comments at his last meeting as Washington’s top diplomat, Blinken praised the group’s accomplishments…
As Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated the US$3.5 billion Chancay port in Peru last week that promises to jump-start exports in the region and create a gateway to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken oversaw a ceremony just a few miles away to give US$6 million in 1980s diesel locomotives to the Andean nation….
A bipartisan effort in the US that was meant to unite both sides of politics against foreign propaganda has backfired, with critics accusing it of censoring Americans, especially those on the right. While the little-known branch of the State Department may shut down next month before president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, analysts…
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, supporters of President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday to react to President Joe Biden‘s reported authorization of Ukraine to use U.S. ATACMS rockets to launch strikes into Russian territory. According to Reuters, who spoke to three sources familiar with the decision on Sunday, Biden will authorize Ukraine…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for reform of global institutions and emphasised his government’s shared views with Brazil on international matters, including the Ukraine war, ahead of his state visit to the South American nation. In a wide-ranging opinion piece published in Brazil’s leading newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Xi stressed the importance of increasing…