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Trump-Xi Summit & US-China Relations > President Trump and Xi Jinping concluded their Beijing summit with a show of cordiality but no major breakthroughs on trade, Taiwan, or the Iran conflict, highlighting persistent geopolitical divides. :::stats $22B | Alphabet's euro-denominated debt ::: President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their two-day summit in Beijing with few concret...

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Trump’s lack of focus on human rights in China is big departure for US diplomacy

Change reflects both transformation of US in Trump era and China’s increasing confidence on world stage Asked before he departed for Beijing if he would raise with the Chinese president the case of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist jailed in Hong Kong, Donald Trump said: “I’ll bring him up.” But, the US president added: “It’s like saying to me, ‘If Comey ever went to jail, would you let him out?’ It might be a hard one for me.” Trump was referring to James B Comey, a former FBI director and

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Where is Dela Rosa? Philippine senator outmanoeuvres president in evading arrest

Chaotic week in which enforcer of ‘war on drugs’ flees senate building leaves government looking ‘incompetent’ The wanted man outran security agents, rallied protesters and even serenaded the media with a military hymn. Then, after a sudden exchange of gunfire, the Philippines’ most controversial lawmaker slipped out of the heavily guarded senate building in the middle of the night. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity, is now no

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Erling Haaland to make film acting debut – as a Viking called Haaland

The Manchester City striker will feature in Viqueens, an animated film by director Harald Zwart, who described him as ‘powerful, fearless and uniquely Norwegian’ Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is to make his feature acting debut, in an animated film as the voice of a Viking – called Haaland. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Norwegian international is to play “an animated version of himself” in Viqueens, directed and co-written by Harald Zwart, the Dutch-Norwegian director of The

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2026 NFL Schedule Release: Win-Loss Predictions, Analysis For Every Team - FOX Sports

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Trump, Xi make remarks at state banquet on day two of critical China visit - Fox News

Trump, Xi make remarks at state banquet on day two of critical China visit  Fox News China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict  Yahoo Xi Warned of the ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What Is It?  The New York Times In diplomacy, pomp and protocol matter, especially when Trump goes to China  AP News China and U.S. agree Hormuz should not be ‘militarized,’ Marco Rubio says  NBC News

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A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court flees from Senate - NPR

A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court flees from Senate  NPR Chaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest  The New York Times Philippine politician wanted by ICC makes 'escape' after Senate chaos  Reuters Bato dela Rosa: What we know about Senate shooting in Philippines  BBC Philippine politician wanted by ICC flees senate after days holed up in building  The Guardian

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Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court flees from Senate - NBC News

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UN urges Equatorial Guinea to halt plans to return US deportees to home countries

Human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’ conditions Human rights experts at the United Nations issued a rare public appeal to Equatorial Guinea, urging the West African country to halt its plans to return US deportees to their home countries where they face political violence, torture and death. The statement, cosigned by a representative of the African Commission on Human and People’s rights, adds diplomatic pressure on Equatorial Guinea,

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Latvian PM Evika Silina resigns over response to drone incursions - BBC

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King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University

Merged insistutions, whose name has not yet been formally decided, will be second largest mainstream university in UK King’s College London has signed an agreement to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK “super-university” that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output. The merger would result in KCL taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and become the second largest mainstream university in the UK, with about 47,000 students, over

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‘Inevitable’ jet fuel shortages will drive up air fares this summer, says Willie Walsh

Impact of disruption caused by US-Israeli war on Iran may be felt into 2027 even if strait of Hormuz reopens, says aviation body head Increases in air fares for travellers in Europe are “inevitable” over the peak summer period because of the high cost of jet fuel, according to the head of the international aviation body. While some airlines faced with weak demand have reduced their European fares recently, Willie Walsh, the former British Airways boss who leads the International Air Transport As

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Philippines authorities investigating reports lawmaker wanted by ICC has fled after taking refuge in senate

Senator Ronald dela Rosa is wanted by the ICC for his alleged role in country’s deadly anti-drug crackdown that saw thousands killed Philippine authorities are seeking to confirm reports that a lawmaker wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) secretly left the Senate premises where he had spent days evading arrest, an official said. Presidential communications undersecretary Clare Castro told a press conference that authorities were trying to confirm the whereabouts of senator Ronald

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The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive

Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation East Jerusalem to Amman should have been an easy trip: a short drive down to the Dead Sea, across the border checkpoint and swiftly on to the Jordanian capital. But in the early summer of 2024, the distance appeared an almost insurmountable obstacle to humanitarian workers from Unrwa (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees), as they sought to safeguard

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Wife of Briton pleads for Saudi Arabia to release him from ‘arbitrary detention’

Ahmed al-Doush’s health said to be in sharp decline since his arrest in 2024 in relation to social media posts The wife of a British national who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since 2024 for social media posts, has pleaded for his release as his wellbeing declines. In November, the UN working group on arbitrary detention found Ahmed al-Doush was being detained arbitrarily under international law and recommended his immediate release, as well as the payment of compensation. The findings fol

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