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COMMENT | XINHUA | As U.S. President Donald Trump is kicking off his state visit to China — the first by a U.S. president in almost nine years, the two countries face an opportunity to explore the building of a strategic, constructive and stable China-U.S. relationship. A review of bilateral …

  COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | China–US relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world. The two are the world’s leading economic and military powers. Both carry influence far and wide, across the geographical spread of this pale blue dot. You would imagine it must be in the …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping has been busy this spring, leading efforts to drive international cooperation, share development opportunities and uphold fairness and justice, thereby injecting much-needed stability and certainty into a volatile world. ENHANCING COMMUNICATION TO BOOST TIES Amid a turbulent international landscape, Xi has …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Iran’s latest draft proposal for talks with the United States calls for an immediate cessation of conflict on all fronts, a guarantee for no more “aggression” against Iran, and the lifting of U.S. sanctions and naval blockade, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Sunday. “The proposal …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the United States and Iran tread a bumpy road toward a potential deal to end hostilities, both sides have traded fire over the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, turning the strategic waterway into a tinderbox. The recent tensions over the strait have exposed …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  The Chinese capital city of Beijing received 18.83 million tourist visits during the five-day May Day holiday, up 5.1 percent year on year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday. The total tourism revenue hit 22.36 billion yuan (about 3.26 billion U.S. …

  As countries like the UAE delegate decision-making to algorithms, evidence shows  these systems can cause widespread harm and erode democratic accountability   COMMENT | GABRIELA RAMOS & EMILIJA STOJMENOVA DUH | Earlier this month (April), the United Arab Emirates announced a plan to have half of its government services run …

The WHO estimates 287 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B or C infection   NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Global efforts to tackle viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress, but the disease remains a major public health threat, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report …

COMMENT | NICU POPESCU & FREDRIK WESSLAU |  For decades, much of Europe viewed military engagement through the lens of NATO or the European Union, since these structures have long shaped how Europeans thought about conflict, deterrence, and security. But the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed …

London, UK | ARSENAL.COM |  Arsenal have reached the UEFA Champions League for just the second time in their history after beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-final. Bukayo Saka’s 44th-minute strike was enough to edge Arsenal past the La Liga side in the second leg and means …