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BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Laura Fernandez on her election as president of Costa Rica. In his message dated Thursday, Xi said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 18 years ago, China and Costa Rica have made rapid progress in bilateral ties, with fruitful …

LIVIGNO, Italy | Xinhua | With the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics almost underway, China’s athletes are ramping up their final preparations, with the likes of Su Yiming, Xu Mengtao and Gu Ailing leading the country’s push for success. Su is aiming to build on his gold medal in the men’s big …

CAIRO | Xinhua |  U.S. and Iranian officials concluded a round of talks on Friday, with both sides agreeing to continue negotiations, on which regional countries have pinned high hopes to help steer the Middle East back from the brink of a wider war. Regional countries welcomed the renewal of …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday vowed that the United States will maintain a credible and modernized nuclear deterrent after the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). He accused Russia of noncompliance with the New START, the last U.S.-Russia nuclear …

  SHENZHEN, Xinhua | THE INDEPENDENT | When a Chinese robotics innovator faced an urgent space crunch for his laser sensor startup a few years ago, he did what many entrepreneurs in the country’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen do: he called the local government. By the next day, multiple authorities …

BEIJING | Xinhua | China and Russia should increase high-level exchanges and strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Xi extended New Year greetings to Putin and the Russian people, stating that Wednesday coincided with …

  Xi says ready to work with Trump to steer giant ship of China-U.S. ties steadily forward BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that he hopes to work with U.S. President Donald Trump in the new year to steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations …

The U.S., Allies, and Africa in the Spotlight   Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States has taken a decisive step to secure its place in the global critical minerals market with the launch of Project Vault, a $12 billion strategic reserve aimed at stockpiling essential minerals for …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China and Uruguay should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Both sides should explore the potential for …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that if Iran does not reach a deal over its nuclear program, “we’ll find out” whether Iran’s supreme leader was correct in predicting that a U.S. attack on the country would spark a regional war. Iran’s Supreme …