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The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, was evacuated unharmed after a blast at a western port. A suspect was apprehended for allegedly throwing an explosive device, local media reported. NHK said the explosion occurred just before Kishida was abou…
Annalena Baerbock has described any potential military conflict in the Taiwan strait as a ‘horror scenario’ that would directly affect Germany. Baerbock’s comments came after meeting her Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, in Beijing, and struck a different…
China’s foreign minister has said the country will not sell weapons to parties involved in the conflict in Ukraine and will regulate the export of items with dual civilian and military use.Qin Gang was responding to concerns that China was considering …
China has sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan for a second day of military drills, launched in retaliation to the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, meeting the US House speaker during a brief visit to the US.Late on Saturday, Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs…
European Commission president says China risks significantly harming its relationship with the European Union. ‘Arming the aggressor is a clear violation of international law,’ she said after attending talks with Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron in Beiji…
The French president said to his Chinese counterpart: ‘I know I can count on you … to bring Russia back to reason and everyone to the negotiating table’, as the two held the first of a series of high-level meetings in Beijing. Macron said: ‘We need t…
Hundreds of firefighters have been battling a fire that tore through a crowded shopping complex in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Images from the scene showed black smoke billowing from the burning complex as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. N…
Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8km underwater, setting a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded. The animal, an unknown snailfish species belonging to the genus Pseudoliparis, was filmed at a depth of 8,336 metres …
Charity medic, hotelier and ‘danger tourist’ reportedly arrested by Taliban’s secret police in JanuaryThree British men including a charity medic and a self-styled “danger tourist” are being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, it has been re…
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen arrives at the Lotte hotel in New York City with her security keeping a close watch. Supporters greet her while some anti-Taiwan independence protesters gathered across the street. Tsai is meeting overseas Taiwanese repres…
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has shaken much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people, officials have said. The powerful tremors sent many people fleeing from their homes and offices in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Footage shared…
Xi Jinping has invited Vladimir Putin to visit China this year in a symbolic show of support after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s president over accusations of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.Pu…
In remarks at the Kremlin, Putin told the Chinese leader that Russia was ‘a bit jealous’ of China’s rapid development in recent decades.During a meeting in which he invited Xi to sit close to him – in contrast to the long white table at which he s…
Vladimir Putin will provide Xi Jinping with ‘clarifications’ on Russia’s point of view on the Ukraine conflict during the Chinese leader’s state visit to Russia, the Kremlin has said. During a call with reporters, the Kremlin spokesperso…
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, arrived in Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, days after the international criminal court charged the Russian president with war crimes in Ukraine.Xi and Putin declared they had a ‘no-limits friendship’ before the Februar…