As part of China's latest efforts to attract more FDI, the action plan includes 20 specific measures in four aspects. China will implement pilot programs to open up such sectors as value-added ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan about OPEC+ cooperation and Russia-U.S. talks on Ukraine, the ...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin participates in an annual extended meeting of the Board of the Russian Interior Ministry in ...

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Venezuelan President via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state ...

Carney said he's asking Canadians for a mandate to deal with Trump and build an economy that works for everyone. He still hasn't had a phone call with Trump, pledging not to meet the U.S. leader ...

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the pandemic. We asked students how their lives are different today because of it. By The Learning Network President Trump abruptly stopped providing ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspected navy training in the Caspian Sea and ordered the rapid completion of work on new facilities there, his ministry said on ...

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said last year that the West could deploy some 100,000 troops in Ukraine under the guise of a peacekeeping force to restore Kiev's combat capabilities ...

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Sue Dewar cartoon for Feb. 12, 2025.

Well he may have written The Art of the Deal - but so far Donald Trump is finding that trying to do a deal with Vladimir Putin is a somewhat different kettle of fish. The president held a two-hour ...