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China insists no trade talks with US, despite Trump claim
China repeated Saturday that it had held no talks with the United States on trade issues, despite President Donald Trump's claim that he had taken a call from Xi Jinping.
In an interview conducted on April 22 with Time magazine and…
As world mourns, cardinals prepare pope’s funeral
Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the election of a new Catholic leader within three weeks.
Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics,…
India imposes temporary tariff on some steel to stem cheap imports from China
India, the world's second-biggest producer of crude steel, on Monday imposed a 12% temporary tariff on some steel imports, locally known as a safeguard duty, to curb a surge in cheap shipments primarily from China.
A flood of Chinese…
Trump’s first 100 days in 10 key moments
Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy upside down, sent shock waves through the financial markets and turned the Oval Office into one "happening" after another.
Here are 10 of the…
El Salvador offers to swap US deportees with Venezuela
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered Venezuela Sunday a trade of 252 Venezuelans deported to his country by the United States for an equal number of political prisoners held by President Nicolas Maduro's regime.
The offer followed a…
Israel carried out ‘summary executions’
Gaza's civil defence agency yesterday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
The medics and other rescue…
Israel still eyeing an attack: report
Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US was, for now, unwilling to support such a move, according…
Harvard says Trump admin doubled down after sending letter reported as unauthorised
Harvard said on Saturday the Trump administration was "doubling down" on far-reaching demands on the university despite a published report that government officials had sent a letter spelling out those demands without authorisation.
The…
Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Putin’s Easter truce but claims violations
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight on Sunday, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv.
The 30-hour…
Netanyahu says military to increase pressure on Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce, instead…