Top Russian and Chinese envoys meet in Beijing to discuss Iran, Ukraine and Taiwan
Russia and China’s top envoys met in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss the Iran war, Ukraine and Taiwan as Beijing stepped up its Iran...
Stunned Frenchman wins US$1 million Picasso with US$117 raffle ticket
A Parisian man could not believe his luck on Tuesday when he found out he had won a Pablo Picasso painting worth US$1 million...
Men with higher IQs are less conservative, study finds
New research suggests that gifted men are less conservative in their political views than men of average cognitive ability. A study conducted in Germany...
Trump’s son Eric to join father’s state visit to China
US President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, will accompany the president on his trip next month to China, a spokeswoman...
Brazil demands rare earths be processed at home as US and China compete
Brazil will require foreign partners to process rare earth minerals domestically as a condition for access to its reserves, a senior government official said...
Germany jails Chinese student in Pelicot-like rape case
A German court on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old Chinese student to 11 years and three months in jail for repeatedly drugging and raping his...
Israel-Lebanon talks a rare historic moment amid hopes of conflict resolution
Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held rare direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, a tentative step towards broader negotiations to end the conflict in Lebanon,...
Trump-Xi summit shaped by uncertainty, not strategy: experts
As US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping prepare to sit down in the coming weeks, negotiations on deliverables and scheduling have...
Trump turns on Italy’s Meloni, says he is ‘shocked’ by her
US President Donald Trump told an Italian newspaper on Tuesday he was “shocked” by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and had expected her to be...