China and Australia claimed to have stabilised long-strained relations after talks in Canberra on Wednesday, despite tensions over a high-profile prisoner, trade and China’s crackdowns in Hong Kong and elsewhere remaining evident. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Australia for the first time since 2017, marking a diplomatic thaw between two trading partners who have […]
Israel has dispatched a delegation, led by Mossad chief David Barnea, to Qatar for mediated talks with Hamas aimed at securing a six-week truce in Gaza. Barnea will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Egyptian officials in Doha to discuss the potential truce and captive exchange deal. The negotiations are expected to last at least two weeks, with challenges foreseen in communication between both sides due to the five months of the Israeli war on Palestine....
The Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a cease-fire through the end of Ramadan in two weeks. The United States abstained from the vote, allowing the measure to pass.
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John Kirby said the White House was 'perplexed' by the fact Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a high-level meeting after the U.S. abstained on a UN ceasefire resolution.
China said the United States must refrain from "stirring up trouble" or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine coast guard. Blinken called the U.S. security commitment with the
by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2024 The House Oversight Committee has launched a “government-wide” investigation of communist China’s ongoing and nationwide influence campaign in the United States, committee chair James Comer said on Thursday. “Without firing a single bullet, the Chinese Communist Party is waging war against the U.S. by targeting, influencing, and infiltrating every […]
Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than a decade ago. In 2021, the
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than
In responding to China’s aggression, the U.S. has to, in the words of one expert, “draw a balance between doing nothing and doing too much.”
NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing, where a number of U.S. business leaders, including the CEOs of Blackstone, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, Chubb and FedEx, met with the Chinese president