‘We’re Your True Friends,’ Xi Tells Putin, as Trump Courts Russia
The Chinese and Russian leaders reaffirmed their relationship in a video call on Monday, an apparent rebuff to the idea that ...
China, anxious about Trump and Putin, tells Russia it is ‘true friend’
President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and ...
Hong Kong, Asian stocks drop as US pressures China
Equity indexes in Hong Kong and mainland China dropped at the open and a regional gauge of shares fell for a second ...
Trump cracks down on Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ with new sanctions
The Trump administration announced new sanctions aimed at Iran‘s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers that it said are used to fund destabilizing activities around the world.  “Iran continues to rely on a ...
China’s Xi stresses strength of Russia ties in Putin call as Washington warms to Moscow
China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin ...
German election day 2: Result lays bare a gender divide among younger voters
One-quarter of men aged 18-24 voted for the far-right AfD compared with 14 per cent of women in the same age group. There was a bigger gap in support for hard-left Die Linke, which was backed by 34 ...