There were plenty of choreographed ceremonies but no sweeping trade breakthrough as Trump met Xi in Beijing.
Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.
“I did two basic things right: I married the right person and chose a trade I can practice until I die.”
Trump says ‘a lot of good’ has come from summit and ‘we’ve made some fantastic trade deals for both countries’Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over TaiwanAnalysis: For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcomeJamieson Greer also said US export controls on semiconductor chips were not a major topic of discussions with Chinese officials in Beijing.The US trade representative’s comments to Bloomberg on Friday suggest a breakthrough on selling Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips to China remains far away, Reuters is reporting, despite Nvidia chief Jensen Huang’s last-minute invitation to Donald Trump’s Beijing trip this week.This was not a major topic of discussion at the bilateral meeting. We did not talk about chip export controls at the meeting.”First of all, it’s really important for China to have the strait of Hormuz open – no tolling, no military control. That was clear from the meeting, so we welcome that.With respect to Chinese involvement with Iran, our view is the Chinese are being very pragmatic – they don’t want to be on the wrong side of this. They want to see peace in that area, President Trump wants to see peace in that area, so we have a lot of confidence that they will do what they can to limit any kind of material support for Iran.” Continue reading...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.
Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province.
The US securities regulator had accused the Adanis of paying bribes and misleading investors, which they denied.
India has raised fuel prices by 3 rupees per liter to offset losses from higher global oil prices.