5 d. ago Trump sets meeting with Machado as Venezuela frees more prisoners

Washington announced Monday that Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet US President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners. Machado has been sidelined by Washington since US forces seized long-term authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro on January 3 and the Trump administration announced it would be “running” Venezuela. Disregarding Machado and her understudy Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, Trump...

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1 week ago China’s ideology chief calls on propaganda officials to focus on the economy

China’s ideology chief has again called on propaganda officials to focus on the economy, as the country grapples with a slowdown, high unemployment and weak consumer demand. Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, told a national meeting of publicity department heads in Beijing on Monday that “a good start should be set” for the next five-year plan, state news agency Xinhua reported. The country’s new blueprint for social and economic development has officially begun and runs until...

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1 week ago China condemns US military action against Venezuela at UN Security Council

China condemns US military action against Venezuela at UN Security Council  chinadailyasia.com

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1 week ago ‘Shocked’ China demands US release Maduro after ‘trampling’ Venezuela’s sovereignty

China delivered a strongly worded message to the United States on Monday at an “emergency” meeting of the UN Security Council, calling on Washington to abide by international law, end its illusion that it is the world’s police force and court, and to immediately release Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The remarks by Sun Lei, deputy permanent representative of China to the UN, came some 60 hours after the couple was seized in an audacious midnight raid on Saturday at their compound in Caracas and...

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1 week ago China backs UN Security Council meeting over U.S. strike on Venezuela

China backs UN Security Council meeting over U.S. strike on Venezuela  news.cgtn.com

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1 week ago Xi Jinping makes veiled swipe at US for ‘hegemony undermining international order’

Chinese President Xi Jinping said major powers should take the lead in respecting the development path of other nations in a veiled swipe at the United States for raiding Venezuela and taking its president, Nicolas Maduro, to New York. Xi made the remarks which add to Beijing’s earlier criticism of Washington’s attacks on Venezuela when meeting visiting Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Monday. “The world today is undergoing changes and turbulence not seen in a century, with unilateral acts...

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2 w. ago U.N., China condemn U.S. strikes on Venezuela ahead of Security Council meeting Monday

U.N., China condemn U.S. strikes on Venezuela ahead of Security Council meeting Monday  Florida Politics

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2 w. ago Lee to meet Xi in China on Monday, seek progress on culture ban

Lee to meet Xi in China on Monday, seek progress on culture ban  upi.com

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2 w. ago China state visit by South Korea’s Lee will ‘push denuclearisation, end to culture ban’

President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea will seek Beijing’s support on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and press to lift an unofficial cultural content ban when he travels to China for a state visit next week, according to Seoul. Lee’s four-day trip from Sunday will make him the first sitting South Korean president to visit China since 2019. Lee will first travel to Beijing, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday afternoon, their second summit in two months. They...

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2 w. ago Trump and Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza ceasefire plan at US talks

US President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel’s concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran. Netanyahu said this month that Trump had invited him for talks, as Washington pushes to establish transitional governance and an international security force for the Palestinian enclave. Trump has said he could meet the Israeli leader soon but the White...

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2 w. ago Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza plan during US visit

US President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel’s concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran. Netanyahu said this month that Trump had invited him for talks, as Washington pushes to establish transitional governance and an international security force for the Palestinian enclave. It will be Netanyahu’s fifth visit to see Trump in the United States...

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3 w. ago Russia and China Strongly Condemn U.S. Pressure Against Venezuela at the U.N. Security Council

Russia and China Strongly Condemn U.S. Pressure Against Venezuela at the U.N. Security Council  Democracy Now!

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3 w. ago China’s Xi urges state giants to be pillars of national development

President Xi Jinping has instructed central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to serve as the bedrock of national development, urging them to drive industrial upgrading and secure critical technologies in the next phase of China’s growth. “Central SOEs must fully recognise the responsibilities and missions they shoulder and better serve the overall priorities of the party and the state,” he stressed in remarks conveyed to a meeting of central SOE leaders in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, though he...

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3 w. ago China, Russia clash with US at UN meeting over Venezuela oil seizures and naval pressure

China accused the United States at the United Nations on Tuesday of violating international law and destabilising the Caribbean region, as Washington defended its seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers and vowed to intensify pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council requested by Venezuela and backed by China and Russia, Beijing said US actions carried out under the banner of counter-narcotics enforcement amounted to unilateral...

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3 w. ago China’s record trade surplus could prompt protectionist response in 2026: report

While China has already logged a record-breaking trade surplus in the first 11 months of 2025, that milestone could be a harbinger of more protectionist pushback, an American research firm said on Monday – a development that could complicate the country’s efforts to meet its economic growth target in 2026. Though export performance remains the “most important” variable for China's real economic growth rate next year, trade measures adopted by other countries and weaker demand will also have an...

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3 w. ago Beijing ‘firmly opposes’ Japanese lawmakers’ trips to Taiwan as tensions spike

Beijing has lodged a protest with Tokyo over a series of visits to Taiwan by high-ranking officials from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) amid a sharp downturn in bilateral relations. Koichi Hagiuda, an LDP lawmaker and the party’s executive acting secretary general, is on a three-day trip to Taiwan that will end on Tuesday. Hagiuda on Monday held a meeting with William Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s leader. In total, about 30 Japanese lawmakers plan to visit the island between the end of...

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3 w. ago Gold takes centre stage as Hong Kong hosts first committee to build commodities ecosystem

Hong Kong is putting gold at the centre of its push to become a global commodities trading hub, with officials prioritising plans for an international gold trading centre alongside a broader strategy to expand the city’s role in physical trade, derivatives and logistics. The government’s newly formed Commodity Strategy Committee held its first meeting on Monday under Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, as Hong Kong looked to build out a commodities ecosystem that would generate new growth...

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3 w. ago Malaysia says Cambodia, Thailand set for Christmas Eve ceasefire talks after Asean push

Malaysia on Monday said senior defence officials from Cambodia and Thailand will meet on Christmas Eve to discuss details of their pledged ceasefire, after Asean’s foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur to push for an immediate end to renewed fighting along their shared border. Fighting reignited in the contested frontier region earlier this month, displacing more than 500,000 people and killing dozens on either side, with Phnom Penh and Bangkok accusing each other of instigating violence and...

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4 w. ago Thailand strikes Cambodia casino, bridge as Asean seeks to de

Thailand bombed a casino and a bridge in Cambodia, according to reports, as clashes between the two sides continued unabated ahead of a special Asean foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday to discuss the conflict. Thai F-16 fighter jets struck O’Chik Bridge in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday night, The Nation Thailand paper reported, citing the Thai army. The bridge is located on a road about 62km (39 miles) from the Thai border and is said to be an ammunition supply route for Cambodian...

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