A former French diplomat has urged Europe and China to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, describing the issue as “the major challenge” facing the two sides. “The Ukraine war is fracturing the dialogue between two parts of the world,” Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, France’s ambassador to China between 2014 and 2017, said in an interview. “It shouldn’t…
The US-UK technology deal announced in September 2025 promises to accelerate Britain’s AI sector, but critics warn it will happen at the expense of national tech sovereignty. It reflects the steady trend of US government and private interests extending a technologically driven form of hegemony, employing communications, data and AI systems to deepen dependence on…
US President Donald Trump came out in rare praise of his Chinese and Russian counterparts on Sunday. In an interview with CBS news, Trump praised both Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin for being “smart, tough, serious” leaders. The US president drew no distinction between China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, calling them both equally…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top adviser praised President Trump for courting China to “help” end the Russia-Ukraine war — as some experts and European officials urged caution in taking Beijing at its word. Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office in Ukraine, told The Post he supported Trump’s efforts to bring in Chinese President…
US President Donald Trump hailed his high-stakes meeting on Thursday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “great success”, marked by progress on thorny trade issues. Trump agreed to reduce America’s fentanyl-related tariffs on China by 10 percentage points and cut the overall tariff rate on Chinese imports from 57 per cent to 47 per…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday urged the European Union to steer their ties in the “right direction” and address trade discord through dialogue as Beijing and Brussels continue struggling to see eye to eye. At a bilateral meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Li said Beijing was willing to…
Published on: Oct 27, 2025 11:56 am IST Trump’s remarks comes a day after Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and nuclear-powered cruise missile – Burevestnik. US President Donald Trump on Monday called on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war instead of testing new missiles. Speaking to journalists on board the Air…
Published on: Oct 26, 2025 03:33 pm IST Mayor Vitali Klitschko said later that “according to preliminary information, three people died and 27 were wounded” in the attack. An overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed three people and wounded dozens, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said on Sunday. Rescuers work as they search…
US President Donald Trump’s administration has prepared additional sanctions it could use to target key areas of Russia’s economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. US officials have also told European counterparts that they support the EU…
As part of the continued efforts to end the Ukraine war, the Trump administration drew up a fresh set of sanctions ready to hit key sectors of Russia’s economy to maintain pressure on President Vladimir Putin, a US official familiar with the matter told Reuters. US President Donald Trump said that the Ukraine war has…