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US-China ties sour as Xi, Trump friendship fades
Sep 27, 2018 (AFP)
But after a turbulent week of sanctions, tariffs, cancelled meetings and accusations of election meddling, Trump suggested the honeymoon was over as US-China re...
Outspoken Hong Kong cardinal warns Vatican will 'abandon' Taiwan
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Zen, the former Bishop of Hong Kong, is well-known for his vocal opposition to political suppression and his support for democratic reform. He has consistently ...
Chinese interference in US at 'unacceptable level': W.House
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Signalling that Washington's trade war with Beijing has spilled into an ever growing number of areas, the official, who asked not to be named, told journalists ...
Michael Bloomberg, against climate change and anti-Trump
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
The 76-year-old businessman, activist, philanthropist and potential presidential aspirant spoke with AFP on the sidelines of the One Planet Summit featuring sev...
Skripal poisoning suspect is colonel in Russian GRU: report
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Bellingcat, a Britain-based team of investigators that specialise in trawling through online data to expose Russia's involvement in foreign conflicts, said the ...
US B-52s fly over South and East China Seas
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Late Tuesday the heavy bombers "participated in a regularly scheduled, combined operation in the East China Sea," Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eas...
Trump admits friendship with China's Xi could be over
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
With tensions growing sharply between the two sides on a range of issues, Trump said China wanted him to suffer an electoral setback as payback for his hard lin...
Pope confirms he will have last word on naming China bishops
Sep 25, 2018 (AFP)
Roman Catholics belonging to the underground church in China that recognises only the authority of the Vatican will also "suffer" because of the deal signed on ...
Macron at UN rebukes Trump's 'law of the strongest'
Sep 25, 2018 (AFP)
Macron did not refer to the US president by name but his address to the UN General Assembly outlined positions that were polar opposites to Trump's world view. ...
China nixes US warship port visit, recalls admiral from US
Sep 25, 2018 (AFP)
The moves come as trade tensions soar between Beijing and Washington, which this week enacted new tariffs against China covering another $200 billion of its imp...
China congratulates Maldives on successful election
Sep 25, 2018 (AFP)
Solih, a candidate from the main opposition alliance, won 58 percent of the vote on Sunday in a surprise defeat for Yameen, who had cultivated closer ties with ...
China comes out ahead in Vatican deal: analysts
Sep 23, 2018 (AFP)
The two sides signed a provisional agreement on Saturday on who gets to name senior churchmen, an issue that has bedevilled ties for decades, and China quickly ...
China-Vatican ties: From broken churches to deal on bishops
Sep 22, 2018 (AFP)
AFP takes a look at four key points in the complex, centuries-old relationship between Beijing and the Holy See: - Italian Jesuit - In the west of Beijing lies ...
China, Russia warn US of consequences over sanctions
Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman accused Washington of playing unfairly and using new measures to squeeze Moscow out of the global arms market, after the Un...
Turkey detains 85 military personnel over Gulen ties
Sep 21, 2018 (AFP)
Prosecutors in Ankara issued arrest warrants for 110 active duty personnel in the air force, state-run news agency Anadolu said, as part of a probe into followe...
Australia eyes PNG military base to curb China's Pacific influence
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
Canberra was aiming to finalise an agreement on the joint facility -- to be built on the Pacific nation's Manus island -- ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coo...
US sanctions Chinese military unit for buying Russian jets, missiles
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
Stepping up pressure on Moscow over its "malign activities," the US State Department said it was placing financial sanctions on the Equipment Development Depart...
China denies meddling in US elections, demands 'respect'
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
The comments follow a combative series of tweets claiming Beijing's retaliatory tariffs on US goods were seeking to influence knife-edge midterm congressional e...
Poland may not be ready for 'Fort Trump': US Army head
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Duda went to the White House on Tuesday to reiterate Poland's long-standing desire for a permanent US troop deployment to the eastern European country -- a cont...
Poland offering $2 billion to host US military base: Trump
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
At a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the White House, Trump said Poland is offering to pay Washington at least $2 billion to help m...
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