Xi Seizes Role as Global Defender of Free Trade Against Trump
As Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on the entire world, Xi Jinping is once again wasting no time in positioning ...
Biden, Xi set for tense final meeting in Peru as Trump era looms
Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as U.S. president on Saturday, but the leaders' goal of ...
Trump proclaims Argentina’s fascist President Milei a model for incoming US administration
Milei’s appearance as the star guest at Mar-a-Lago provides a glimpse of what the incoming Trump administration has in store ...
Language barriers and inexperience may hamper North Korean troops on Russia’s battlefield
The troops could boost Russia’s depleted forces, but North Korea’s vast army has not seen major combat since the Korean War, ...
Why Chinese companies are also waiting for Sudan's civil war to end
Chinese companies are ready to return to Sudan at a moment's notice, according to a Chinese official, once security and ...
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Phone conversation between Putin, Scholz lasted one hour — Kremlin
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, marking their first phone conversation since December 2022 ...
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Difficult But Doable
This is a remarkable achievement and yet in many countries it is not reflected in public sentiment. Inflation may be falling but the higher prices people feel in their wallets are here to stay.
APEC leaders hold Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office
Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China have gathered in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ...
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Colombia’s government is eager for a post-fossil fuels economy. But costs are a barrier
His opposition is long-held, but it's also practical. Colombia's oil reserves are projected to last only about seven years, ...
UN climate chief asks G20 leaders for boost as COP29 finance talks lag
The plea, made in a letter to G20 leaders from UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, ...
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Situation at OSCE security forum worsens under Danish chairmanship — Foreign Ministry
"The language of hostility and hatred was heard with renewed vigor at the Forum along with calls for the 'punishment' of the Russian leadership, which the Danish ambassador openly called 'a source of ...