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President Trump secured key economic victories in China, including energy and aircraft deals, while maintaining strategic positions on Taiwan and technology. The summit bolstered U.S. economic and global standing.

President Trump's visit to China featured symbolic gestures and discussions on trade and Taiwan, but failed to resolve key tensions. Business leaders joined talks, highlighting economic stakes.

The FBI has announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force specialist accused of defecting to Iran and sharing classified information.

President Trump and President Xi concluded talks in Beijing with agreements on trade but no breakthroughs on key issues like Taiwan and technology. The summit focused on tactical stabilization.

Oil prices remain above $105 per barrel due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the Trump-Xi summit, affecting global supply and demand dynamics.

A viral photo from the U.S.-China summit in Beijing shows Elon Musk with Trump and Xi, highlighting the intersection of politics and tech at a crucial diplomatic moment.

President Trump and President Xi Jinping's summit in Beijing focuses on trade, security, and technology, aiming to shape U.S.-China relations amidst global challenges and strategic competition.

President Trump and President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing to discuss trade, Taiwan, and Iran. The summit highlights evolving US-China relations amid strategic competition and global economic concerns.

President Trump visits Beijing for a summit with President Xi, focusing on trade, technology, and geopolitical tensions. The meeting aims to stabilise relations amidst ongoing global challenges.

Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi operates smoothly, introducing a Shopping Pass for non-travellers, transforming the airport into a lifestyle destination with luxury shopping and dining.

President Trump visits Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping, amid heightened tensions and a focus on trade, technology, and geopolitical issues, contrasting with his 2017 visit's pageantry.

Cuban border guard troops fatally shot four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban territorial waters Wednesday morning, the country's Interior Ministry said, describing the incident as a foiled "armed infiltration with terrorist purposes" by Cuban nationals living in the United States.

Mexican army forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel known as "El Mencho," during a military operation Sunday in the western state of Jalisco, the country's Secretariat of National Defense confirmed.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled U.S. fighter jets Thursday to intercept and escort five Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), a standard buffer area outside U.S. and Canadian sovereign airspace.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marked his 66th birthday on February 19, 2026, under dramatically different circumstances than in years past.

A restored angel fresco bearing a striking resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was painted over and effectively "scrubbed" from a historic church wall on the orders of the parish priest, following days of political controversy, clerical dismay and public curiosity that drew crowds to the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina.

Chinese people on the streets of Beijing said Monday they were keeping expectations low ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump, as his second White House stint could push China-US ties into a new era of uncertainty.

While speaking to reporters in Canberra, Xiao Qian said China and Australia should not jeopardize their national priorities "for the sake of a third party."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the International Criminal Court as "anti-Semitic" on Thursday afer it issued arrest warrants for him and his former defence minister, vowing it would not deter him from defending Israel.

US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling him a "warrior for Free Speech" in a statement on Sunday.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris hold dueling campaign rallies Friday in Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee, as both candidates make frantic last-ditch appeals to wavering voters with Election Day just around the corner.

The US economy undershot expectations in the third quarter even as growth remained resilient, according to government data Wednesday, weighing on inflation-weary voters less than a week to the presidential election.

Political uncertainty after Japan's election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan's exit from its outlier monetary policy, economists said.

The US election takes a detour from the swing state circuit to decamp to Texas on Friday as Kamala Harris rallies with pop superstar Beyonce and Donald Trump sits down with the world's biggest podcaster.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a strategic missile base, state media said Wednesday, releasing images of him viewing transport and launch vehicles for the country's largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic weapons.

Kamala Harris faces voters' questions at a live forum Wednesday in must-win Pennsylvania as the vice president and her rival Donald Trump battle for undecided voters in the closing stretch of an extremely close White House race.

Iraq's Kurdistan voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the autonomous oil-rich region, where voters expressed concern over economic struggles and disenchantment with the political elite.

"Breaking" news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods.

Former US president Donald Trump hits the campaign trail in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Monday, having heavily criticized the government's disaster response after at least 124 people were killed there by storm Helene.