TAIPEI, May 14 (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump on Thursday that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and that “Taiwan independence” and cross-Taiwan Strait peace are as “irreconcilable as fire and water”. Below are some questions and answers about what is meant by the term “Taiwan independence”…
By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – French authorities are examining whether a foreign interference campaign aimed at a hard-left party ahead of March’s municipal elections was carried out at least in part by an obscure Israeli firm called BlackCore, according to three sources familiar with the matter. French intelligence agencies are…
LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s grand State Opening of Parliament ceremony does not normally feature an elephant. But on Wednesday, there was a large figurative elephant in the room: an imminent leadership challenge that could put Prime Minister Keir Starmer out of a job before the summer and consign his freshly minted plan for…
GDANSK, May 13 (Reuters) – Australia in December became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. The ban comes amid mounting concerns over the impact ofsocial media on children’s health and safety. Below is a summary of…
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that many positive things were being said about the enormous potential of U.S.-Russia relations, but that in reality “nothing is happening”. After winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump re-established U.S. dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly promised…
BISHKEK, May 12 (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan authorities have charged eight people, including powerful ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, with plotting to seize power from President Sadyr Japarov, who has consolidated power in the historically volatile central Asian country. Tashiev had ruled the former Soviet republic of 7 million in a de facto tandem with Japarov since…
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will have a long talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the war in Iran during his upcoming trip to China, but added that he does not think he needs Xi’s help. “I don’t think we need any help with Iran. We’ll…
By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – European governments on Monday rejected suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could represent them in possible future talks with Moscow on the continent’s security. Putin said on Saturday he believed the war in Ukraine was coming to an…
KYIV, May 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 20 countries are interested in drone deals with Ukraine and four agreements have already been signed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Zelenskiy has managed to leverage Ukraine’s expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic…
WARSAW, May 11 (Reuters) – Poland will seek answers about how a former minister wanted on abuse of power charges managed to travel from Hungary to the United States, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after Warsaw’s hopes of bringing him to trial were thwarted. Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his deputy…