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MOSCOW  | Xinhua |  There is no need to rapidly organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview released Sunday. Peskov said that promptly preparing such a meeting is possible, but there is no need for it, …

Xi, Trump meet in Busan to steady ties, shore up global confidence BUSAN, South Korea | Xinhua | Under global gaze and before flashing cameras, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, shook hands here Thursday for a highly anticipated meeting, the first since Trump was sworn …

BUSAN, South Korea | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Thursday that the Chinese economy is like a vast ocean, big, resilient and promising, and that we have the confidence and capability to navigate all kinds of risks and challenges. He made the remarks during a meeting with …

TOKYO | TASS |  The United States would prefer to avoid involvement in any wars, but if it must fight, it will win decisively, US President Donald Trump said while addressing US servicemen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, based in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, at the Yokosuka naval …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO | Xinhua |  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across 2,700 U.S. cities and towns on Saturday for the second round of the nationwide “No Kings” protests, the largest single-day demonstration in American history. Following the first nationwide “No Kings” protest on June 14, …

From ‘dead cat diplomacy’ to a ‘strangle contract’ COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | When Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu on October 4 to tell him that Hamas had agreed to at least some of his 20-point ceasefire plan, the Israeli prime minister’s equivocal response was he saw …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua  | Hamas on Monday morning began releasing the first batch of hostages who had been held in Gaza for more than two years, as part of a major prisoner swap under a newly implemented ceasefire, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV reported. The prisoners were handed over to the …

  CAIRO | Xinhua |  A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) arrived in Egypt on Sunday to prepare for negotiations with the Egyptian side on Monday in the Red Sea city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egyptian sources told Xinhua. The two sides will hold talks on implementing …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | As the U.S. federal government entered a shutdown — the first time in nearly seven years — the confrontation between President Donald Trump’s administration and the Democratic Party has further escalated. The Trump administration has cut funding and programs in Democratic-led states and sought to dismantle …

  WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in the Gaza Strip to give hostage release and the 20-point peace deal a chance to be completed, according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday. “Hamas must move quickly, or else all bets will be …