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Top US, China officials meet in Vienna for 'candid' talks
May 11, 2023 (AFP)
The two held eight hours of talks stretching over Wednesday and Thursday in the Austrian capital, ending an unofficial pause in high-level contacts since the Un...
France insists on China's role for peace in Ukraine
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is visiting Germany, France and Norway this week, and met his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Paris on Wednesday. "We ...
Revisionism in Turkish parties' 'DNA', says Greek PM
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking during a televised debate of political leaders, Mitsotakis said he had faced an "exceptionally aggressive" Turkey during his four-year term. The outgoi...
Scholz says EU won't be intimidated by Russia 'show of force'
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
The EU should stay "steadfast in our support for Ukraine, as long as it is necessary", Scholz told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. His speech was...
Germany, China clash over Ukraine
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
At their second meeting in a month, the foreign ministers of the two countries, Qin Gang and Annalena Baerbock, clashed repeatedly over major powers' responsibi...
Canada, China expel diplomats in escalating row
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
The expulsions have plunged the two nations into a fresh diplomatic row after years of souring relations. They follow an outcry in Canada over allegations that ...
Ukraine looms over Chinese foreign minister's European visit
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing has sought to portray itself as a neutral party in Russia's war in Ukraine, with President Xi Jinping last month holding his first call with Kyiv's lead...
US backs another Marcos in tussle for Asia influence
May 05, 2023 (AFP)
Nearly 40 years later, Marcos used his presidential jet to fly to Washington where he was given a red-carpet welcome and hailed by President Joe Biden as the be...
US ambassador to Russia visits imprisoned ex-marine Paul Whelan
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
The visit comes just over two weeks after Tracy was given access to US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia in March on espionage charges. The prison...
Ukraine 'realistic' about not joining NATO during war: Zelensky
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
"We are realistic, we know we will not be in NATO during the war," Zelensky said after meeting Dutch and Belgian Prime Ministers Mark Rutte and Alexander De Cro...
China's elders savour twilight years as the young toil
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
The members of this table tennis club in Rudong, a sleepy seaside county with one of the highest proportions of elderly residents in China, gather to exercise a...
Ex-Pentagon chiefs call on US Senate to approve military nominees
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, pledged in February to block Senate confirmation of Defense Department nominees after the agency said it wo...
Denmark to send NATO battalion to Latvia in 2024
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
"As of mid-2024, Denmark will make a battalion available to NATO for the defence of the Baltic states, which will be deployed in Latvia part of the year and the...
Chinese FM to visit Myanmar: ministry
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
Myanmar has been riven by violence and turmoil after its military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government in a coup over two years ago. China is a major ally and ...
Philippines won't become military staging post: Marcos
May 01, 2023 (AFP)
Manila recently granted Washington access to more Filipino military bases as the allies seek to counter China's growing assertiveness in the region and its swee...
Biden, Marcos to discuss countering Beijing in S.China Sea
May 01, 2023 (AFP)
Marcos is on a four-day trip that follows last week's state visit to Washington by President Yoon Suk Yeol and a meeting at the White House between Biden and Ja...
Philippine leader travels to US to bolster ties amid China tensions
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
Marcos's visit comes as the United States had called on Beijing to stop "provocative and unsafe conduct" in the disputed waterway after a recent near-collision ...
Philippine leader travels to US to bolster ties
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
Manila and Washington recently agreed to expand their cooperation in "strategic areas" of the Philippines as they seek to counter Beijing's growing assertivenes...
US demands Beijing stop 'provocative and unsafe' acts in South China Sea
Apr 29, 2023 (AFP)
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, in a statement two days before President Joe Biden is to host his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said t...
India presses China on Himalayan border disputes
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
Relations between the two Asian powers have been fraught since a high-altitude clash that left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops dead in June ...
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