BUSAN (South Korea) – Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) VIDEO. (To December 1) SIEM REAP (Cambodia) – Summit on landmines VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 29) HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam) – Verdict in appeal for property tycoon Truong My Lan after being sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in Gaza, as he visited Brazil’s capital, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Xi expressed concerns about the spread of the conflict in Gaza, and “called for a ceasefire and an end to the war at an early date,” the agency said, as…
Visitors look at a video about battery-powered ships in the showroom at the headquarters of Chinese EV battery maker CATL in Ningde, Fujian province on November 15, 2024 GREG BAKER Text size With Donald Trump expected to take the United States again out of climate diplomacy, China, the world’s largest emitter but green energy powerhouse,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke shortly after the latter’s election Attila KISBENEDEK, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Text size Donald Trump’s allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation. With two months left…
Text size A stampede at a middle school in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region has left 14 people injured, according to local authorities. The incident occurred at around 3:25 pm (7:25 am GMT) on Monday at the No. 8 Middle School in Kashgar, a statement on a social media account affiliated with the city government said….
Text size UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet China’s Xi Jinping on Monday at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, the premier’s office said. Starmer will meet the Chinese president “for the first time” and “seek serious, stable and pragmatic engagement with China”, Downing Street said in a statement. ctx/rsc/lb Source link
Text size CORRECTS number of years Lai in jail in par 12 and numbers of Apple Daily executives who testified in par 15 The erosion of political freedoms in Hong Kong will come under the spotlight this week with key developments in two high-profile national security trials. On Wednesday, jailed tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy…
Text size China will “strive for a smooth transition” in relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Joe Biden on Saturday, shortly before Donald Trump regains the White House, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Both countries should “continue to explore the correct way” to get along and “achieve long-term peaceful…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday warned the world was entering an era of growing “unilateralism” and “protectionism,” in comments at a major Asia-Pacific trade summit in Peru. Xi was in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, and is due to hold talks with his US counterpart Joe Biden on Saturday….
Text size Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed satisfaction Friday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that nothing could be decided about Ukraine without Kyiv’s participation. “Scholz… gave me an account of his talk with V.Putin,” said Tusk on X, referring to a phone call earlier Friday between the two…