Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with …
WEB2 days ago · Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war. Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of ...
N. Korea pledges deeper ties with Russia as security chief visits
WEB2 days ago · STR. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen ties with Russia as he held talks with visiting security chief Sergei Shoigu, state media reported Saturday. Western powers have accused cash-strapped North Korea of selling ammunition to Russia in defiance of sanctions over the more than 30-month war in Ukraine.
Biden to use rest of term putting Ukraine in 'best position': advisor
WEB2 days ago · Anton Shtuka. US President Joe Biden will use the remaining four months of his term "to put Ukraine in the best possible position to prevail", a close advisor said Saturday. Speaking remotely to a forum in Kyiv, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also said Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in late September at …
US climate envoy John Podesta to visit China this week
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Joe Klamar. US climate envoy John Podesta will visit China this week for talks with counterpart Liu Zhenmin, state media said Tuesday, ahead of the COP29 summit in Baku in November. The two officials will "have an in-depth exchange of views on practical cooperation", state broadcaster CCTV said. They will …
China nears peak emissions as climate envoy meets US counterpart
WEBSep 5, 2024 · A worker sorts coal near a mine in Datong, in China's northern Shanxi province, on November 2, 2021. As climate envoys from the world's top two greenhouse gas producers meet in Beijing this week, experts say China's emissions may finally be nearing their peak. US climate envoy John Podesta will be looking to solidify Beijing's commitments ...
US military warns Beijing against 'dangerous' South China Sea …
WEB6 days ago · A senior US military official warned his Chinese counterpart against Beijing's "dangerous" moves in the South China Sea during the first talks of their kind between the commanders. Washington and Beijing remain at odds on issues from trade to the status of self-ruled Taiwan and China's increasingly ...
Biden 'looking forward' to talks with Xi in coming weeks: Sullivan
WEBAug 29, 2024 · ADEK BERRY. US President Joe Biden is looking forward to talks with Xi Jinping in the "coming weeks", top White House aide Jake Sullivan told the Chinese leader Thursday as they met for rare talks in Beijing. Sullivan, the first US national security advisor to visit China since 2016, met Xi as he wrapped up three days of talks in Beijing which ...
Top Chinese, US officials hope for productive talks in Beijing
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Ng Han Guan. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Tuesday they were hoping for productive talks as they met in Beijing. Washington allies Japan and the Philippines have blamed China in the past week for raising regional tensions, with Tokyo accusing Beijing of violating its airspace and Manila ...
China's underwhelming data dampens hope of economic recovery
WEBAug 15, 2024 · China's underwhelming data dampens hope of economic recovery. Chinese industrial production growth slowed in July while unemployment rose, official data showed Thursday, highlighting an uneven recovery in the world's second-largest economy despite recent government measures to try to stimulate expansion. More than a …
China's solar sector blazes trail in commitment to renewables
WEBAug 28, 2024 · China increased its installed solar capacity by more than 55 percent last year, according to the National Energy Administration. Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote northern Chinese desert -- once the biggest solar farm in the world.