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Xi Jinping holds surprise meeting with senior Biden aide in Beijing
Chinese leader speaks with Jake Sullivan, who was making his first visit to Beijing as US national security ad…
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Putin and Xi’s ‘no-limits’ friendship will be put to the test on state visit to China
Russia, shunned from the world stage, and China, subject to new US tariffs, want to pivot further from the wes…
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The new world disorder: how the Gaza war disrupted international relations
While the US flounders in a conflict it did not foresee, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join t…
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Biden ‘privately defiant’ over chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, book says
The Internationalists details how the president was determined to leave a country in which 2,324 US troops wer…
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China praises ‘warm’ Xi-Biden meeting in change of rhetoric
Foreign ministry says US and China have ‘most important bilateral relationship in the world’ after leaders’ ta…
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China and US pledge to fight climate crisis ahead of Xi-Biden summit
Announcement fuels hope rivals can use Apec summit as a chance to reduce tensionsChina and the US have pledged…
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Biden renews effort to woo India’s Modi in talks before G20 summit
Meeting in Delhi overshadowed by press freedom questions as US journalists kept awayJoe Biden took fresh steps…
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Biden bans range of US high tech investments in China citing national security risk
The order – to be implemented next year – restricts investments in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantu…
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US and Micronesia to renew Cofa pact as Washington seeks to counter China in Pacific
Formal signing to take place in Papua New Guinea next week when Joe Biden holds summit with Pacific leaders to…
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US and Philippine presidents meet amid China’s ‘aggressive tactics’
Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Joe Biden are expected to discuss the security situation in the South China SeaThe pre…
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White House blames Trump for 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal chaos
Biden administration releases review saying president’s options were ‘severely constrained’ by decisions of pr…
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Afghans resettled in US fear being sent back as pathway to legal status stalls in Congress
More than 78,000 Afghan refugees relocated to the US as part of Operation Allies Welcome, but few have gained …
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Veterans give searing testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan at hearing
Witnesses described the chaos and panic of the 2021 US departure during the Republican inquiry, which had peop…
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US expected to ease Covid testing for arrivals from China
Improving situation in China prompts decision, say news reports quoting Biden administration officialsThe US i…
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Covid-19 likely emerged from laboratory leak, US energy department says
Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’The …