U.S. Secretary of State buys Taylor Swift album in China to wrap up key visit after warning on EV overproduction, Russia
by Fortune
Fortune— Antony Blinken stopped at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges.
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP—France’s Macron seeks to sway China’s Xi on Ukraine during state visit. By Stuart Williams French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday set to warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping against backing Russia in the conflict over Ukraine but also seek to enlist his help in finding an end to the war. Xi is making a state visit to France marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between France […]
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—U.S. soldier detained in Russia, U.S. Army says. WASHINGTON >> A U.S. soldier has been detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct, the U.S. Army said today, that country’s latest high-profile detention of an American.
Manila Standard—US state deputy secretary set to visit China, PH. United States Department of State Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard Verma will visit China and the Philippines from May 6 to May 10, according to US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson. In a post on X on Sunday, the US ambassador announced the deputy secretary’s impending visit to the two Indo-Pacific countries