The way the U.S. views Taiwan under the “One China” policy recognizes the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of China, while still allowing for informal U.S. relations with the self-governing island. It is intended to be vague — built on what’s become known as strategic ambiguity. That is, the U.S. has agreed to ensure…
article President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One on May 12, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) President Donald Trump departed Tuesday for Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. Trump and Xi are meeting in a two-day summit on May…
NAIROI, Kenya (AP) — France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent. But Paris is expected to use…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attempt a political fightback on Monday (11 May) with a speech promising closer ties with the European Union after Labour suffered heavy local election losses and growing calls for his resignation. Starmer will promise to rebuild ties with the EU and put Britain “at the heart of Europe” in…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to carry on as leader on Friday (8 May) after his ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections. Labour lost hundreds of councillors across the country, as some figures in the party said he should stand down. Labour’s election bloodbath Right-wing populists Reform UK gained…
HAVANA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday defended the Trump administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on Cuba, the largest of which is against GAESA, or Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., a business conglomerate operated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. In addition to GAESA and its leader, the sanctions announced…
Glasgow, United Kingdom – Voters in England’s local council elections have delivered a damning verdict of Labour as it took hundreds of seats from the UK’s governing party, in what is seen as another major blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. While many results from Thursday’s municipal poll in England have yet to be declared, the…
“As you can see, we are scoring stunning percentages in traditional old Labour areas” 04:26, 08 May 2026Updated 04:38, 08 May 2026 Nigel Farage has said that the local elections mark a ‘historic change’ in British politics(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire) Nigel Farage is celebrating a ‘historic change’ in politics after Reform UK gains a swathe…
President Donald Trump is set to be accompanied by multiple CEOs on his high-stakes visit to China next week, sources told CNBC on Thursday. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, whose company is poised to ink a large aircraft order with China, is set to head to that country to join Trump, a source familiar with the…
An employee works on core components of circuit breakers for wind turbines at Siemens Energy’s Hangzhou Plant on February 28, 2026 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The Iran war appears to have supercharged the clean energy transition, providing a catalyst for wind power giants…