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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, …

MOSCOW | Xinhua) |  Russian air defense shot down 164 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. According to the ministry, 39 drones were destroyed over the Black Sea and 32 over southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. The drone attacks caused damage to port infrastructure and an apartment building …

TASS FACTBOX | On October 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing because “other countries are doing the same,” without specifying which countries he was referring to. TASS FACTBOX editors have compiled a nuclear testing history digest. …

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 …

GYEONGJU, South Korea | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday put forward a five-point proposal for promoting a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization and building an Asia-Pacific community. Xi made the proposal in his speech titled “Building an Inclusive Open Asia-Pacific Economy for All” at the first …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | An international research team has discovered that the total movement of humans is about 40 times greater than that of all wild land mammals, birds, and insects together, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) said in a statement on Monday. The study, published in Nature Ecology …

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 …

BUSAN, South Korea | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Thursday that he is ready to continue working with U.S. President Donald Trump to build a solid foundation for bilateral ties, and create a sound atmosphere for the development of both countries. In a meeting with Trump, Xi …

  SEOUL | Xinhua |  China, Japan and South Korea should lead new growth in the Asia-Pacific region through innovative cooperation within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) framework, while working toward global economic recovery, the chief of a Seoul-based trilateral group has said. Today’s world is facing unprecedentedly multifaceted and …

BERLIN | Xinhua |  About 13 percent of German retirees aged 65 to 74 remained employed last year, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Destatis said the data show employment falls sharply with age among retirees, with 18 percent of 65- and 66-year-olds still …