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China and Canada's leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported.
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US President Donald Trump's surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing provoked global criticism on Friday, as it raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions.
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Xi primed to meet Japan, Canada leaders after Trump summit
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A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult.
Russians marking Stalin's repression warn against return to past
Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned Thursday that history could "repeat itself" and criticised attempts to rehabilitate the Soviet leader's legacy.
Turkey says Pakistan-Afghanistan talks to resume
Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week and will maintain a ceasefire until then, Turkey's foreign ministry confirmed late Thursday.
Trump stirs tensions with surprise nuclear test order
US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions.
100 US local leaders will attend COP30 in 'show of force'
More than a hundred American state and local leaders will attend next month's COP30 climate talks in Brazil, including governors, state officials and mayors, even as the Trump administration is expected to stay away.
UN warns of 'atrocities,' 'horror' in Sudan as RSF advances
UN officials warned Thursday that "large-scale atrocities" were underway in Sudan's Kordofan region as paramilitary forces advanced, while residents in El-Fasher, a key city in the neighboring Darfur region, were being subjected to mass "horror."
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President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of controversy and confusion with his announcement that the United States will begin nuclear weapons testing.
'Better to go to prison': Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against army service
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription for their community, an issue that has caused a major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition.
Trump stirs tensions with surprise order to test nuclear weapons
President Donald Trump landed back in the United States Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions.
Netherlands nailbiter as far-right, centrists in election dead-heat
The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party.
No GDP data released as US shutdown bites
A US federal data blackout deepened Thursday as a government shutdown halted the release of third quarter GDP figures, forcing policymakers, financial institutions and business owners to continue flying blind.
Trump orders US to start nuclear weapons testing
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing "on an equal basis" to China and Russia -- an announcement made just minutes before he held a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
'Significant' Xi, Trump talks win cautious optimism in China
A rare meeting between leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has succeeded in temporarily stabilising US-China relations, analysts said on Thursday, with the talks drawing cautious optimism on the streets of Beijing.
Dutch election a photo finish between far-right, centrists
The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party.
Pakistani security source says Afghanistan talks 'likely' to resume
Pakistan and Afghanistan will likely hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul, a Pakistani security source told AFP on Thursday, after Islamabad's announcement that previous negotiations had failed.
Fentanyl, beans and Ukraine: takeaways from Trump-Xi's 'great meeting'
From a deal to reduce tariffs slapped on China to planned cooperation on ending the war in Ukraine, here's what Beijing and Washington say was achieved during Donald Trump and Xi Jinping's first face-to-face talks in six years:
Russia hits Ukraine energy sites, killing one, wounding children
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed one person, wounded 17 and caused emergency power outages across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
'Fight fire with fire': California mulls skewing electoral map
In the heart of Los Angeles, a team of canvassers tirelessly knocks on doors, asking voters to let California redraw its electoral map to favor Democrats and resist US President Donald Trump.
Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths feared
Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout Thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead.
Trump hails tariff, rare earth deal with Xi
US President Donald Trump called the meeting Thursday with China's Xi Jinping a "great success", after the world's top two economies agreed a deal to trim fentanyl-related tariffs and keep supplies of critical rare earths flowing.
Trump, Xi talks wrap up with outcome unclear
Crunch talks between US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping focused on their trade war wrapped up in under two hours Thursday with no immediate public comment from either leader on whether progress was made.
UN calls for end to Sudan siege after mass hospital killings
UN chief Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to military escalation in Sudan on Thursday after reports that more than 460 people were shot dead in a maternity hospital by paramilitary forces.
As Russia advances on Kupiansk, Ukrainians fear second occupation
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Trade truce in balance as Trump meets 'tough negotiator' Xi
US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping opened on Thursday their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy.
Far-right and centrists neck-and-neck in Dutch election: estimates
The far-right party of Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders was running neck-and-neck with a pro-European centrist party in a nailbiting election, according to an estimate Thursday with more than 90 percent of votes counted.