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China eyes 'positive signals' from Japan; as Takaichi, Trump swap praise for 'new golden age'
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
Japan last week named conservative Sanae Takaichi, who has previously said that Tokyo must "address the security threat" posed by Beijing, as its first woman pr...
Trump throws China assumptions in air as he meets 'brilliant' Xi
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump, as he has on so many topics, has scrambled many long-held assumptions as he plans to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday in ...
Trump to U.S. sailors in Japan: 'I don't like good-looking people'
Oct 28, 2025 (UPI)
Speaking to service members aboard the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base, he said, "We have cities that are troubled, we can't have cities that are t...
Takaichi, Trump swap praise for 'new golden age' of ties
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
Takaichi -- Japan's first woman prime minister -- pulled out all the stops for Trump in her opening test on the international stage, and even announced she woul...
China hails coming of 'multipolar world' ahead of Trump-Xi talks
Oct 27, 2025 (AFP)
Global markets are watching closely to see if Thursday's planned meeting between the two presidents can halt a trade war sparked by the sweeping tariffs Trump a...
Troops, trade and 'hot' trucks: Trump descends on Japan
Oct 27, 2025 (AFP)
In his stay from Monday to Wednesday, the US president will also sign deals on critical minerals and shipbuilding, and may even be gifted some gold-plated golf ...
Trump heads to Asia for Xi talks, eyes Kim meeting
Oct 25, 2025 (AFP)
Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his regional swing in a bid to seal a deal to end the bruising trade war between the world's two bigge...
Putin seeks 'dialogue' with Trump as EU seeks to shore up Ukraine as US wavers
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
"Dialogue is always better than confrontation or any disputes, and especially war. We have always supported the continuation of dialogue," Putin told journalist...
Lithuania slams airspace incursion denied by Russia
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
A Sukhoi SU-30 fighter and an IL-78 tanker from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad passed through Lithuanian airspace for 700 metres (2,300 feet) before leaving...
Trump says Xi could have 'big influence' on Putin; as high-stakes meeting with Xi looms
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
"I think he can have a big influence on Putin... Look, he's a respected man. He's a very strong leader, very big country. Yeah, I think it can have a big influe...
Zelensky urges allies against appeasing Russia after US trip
Oct 19, 2025 (AFP)
Zelensky came to Washington after weeks of calls for Tomahawks, hoping to capitalise on US President Donald Trump's growing frustration with Russian counterpart...
Pope Leo visits 'school of peace' sailing the Mediterranean
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
Behind them is the Bel Espoir, a schooner vessel on which the youths -- whether from Libya and Egypt or France and Bosnia -- have been sailing the Mediterranean...
Trump says to meet with Xi at South Korea summit
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
"We're going to meet in a couple of weeks. We're going to meet in South Korea, actually with the President Xi and other people, too," Trump said in an interview...
Trump says to meet Putin in Budapest after 'great' call
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
In his latest abrupt pivot on Russia's 2022 invasion, Trump said he expected to meet Putin in Budapest within the next two weeks for what would be their second ...
Trump says Spain should be 'punished' over NATO funding, considering tariffs
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
"I think it's very disrespectful to NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did, and I may do that...
JPMorgan Chase touts $1.5 tn boost to US critical industries
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
The bank plans direct equity and venture capital investments of up to $10 billion in select companies, and will facilitate funding for ventures "critical to nat...
Russia says no Putin-Trump call planned after Tomahawks warning
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
Trump has been mulling potential supplies of the long-range missiles to Kyiv via European allies since his meeting with Putin in Alaska in August failed to prod...
Trump says US 'wants to help China, not hurt it'
Oct 12, 2025 (AFP)
Trump's statements on Friday as well as his threat to cancel a meeting with Xi later this month sent Wall Street stocks tumbling into negative territory as trad...
Putin says Trump 'doing a lot' to resolve crises
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
Since returning to the White House for his second term, Trump had repeatedly insisted that he deserved the Nobel for his role in resolving numerous conflicts --...
Spain says 'committed to NATO' after Trump expulsion threat
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
In June, the 32-nation military alliance agreed to massively boost defence spending to five percent of annual economic output over the next decade under pressur...
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