In a high-stakes bilateral exchange where Taiwan has historically been an enduring flashpoint, the unusual silence was deafening. Last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump produced a rare omission – no mention of Taiwan at all in official readouts from both Washington and Beijing. The rare departure from diplomatic…
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China appear to have cooled, just days ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump, who arrived in Malaysia on Sunday for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with both sides saying they were close to a potential agreement. If a trade…
Administration officials said a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been called off.Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington seeking more military support. Before that, Trump had announced he and Putin planned to meet within two weeks in Hungary to discuss the war in Ukraine. On Tuesday, the Kremlin…
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LONDON — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday in a strong show of support on the eve of a key United States-Russia summit from which Kyiv and its European allies have been excluded. Starmer greeted Zelenskyy with a warm hug and handshake on the…
The White House has released new details of the upcoming Alaskan summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The lead-up to the talks has seen Russia make gains on the battleground in Ukraine, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out any deal that involves giving up land. Here’s what we know. Where and when is the…
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By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can…
Putin BOMBARDS Kharkiv; Ukraine Emergency Services Take Cover As Russian Kamikaze Drones Strike Russia unleashed a wave of destruction across Ukraine using guided bombs, ballistic missiles, and kamikaze drones, striking multiple cities overnight. Kharkiv suffered the brunt of the assault, with dramatic footage showing emergency workers taking cover amid renewed Russian attacks. Fires erupted, buildings…
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met in Beijing with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who are in China to attend the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of SCO Member States, according to Chinese state media outlet…