By Liz LeeBEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top security agency has hinted that any meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S.President Joe Biden in San Francisco later this year will depend on the…
Explainer-Why North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia
By Josh SmithSEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may soon meet with President Vladimir Putin and discuss potential arms deals, a U.S.national security official has said, signalling deeper ties…
More than weapons would be riding on Kim Jong-un’s train journey to meet Vladimir Putin
Kim Jong-un’s reported plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month reveal the lengths the North Korean leader would be willing to go to woo Moscow as a strategic partner in…
South Korea says it’s making efforts to transfer Iran’s frozen funds
SEOUL (Reuters) – Efforts are under way to transfer Iran’s funds that had been frozen in South Korea, foreign minister Park Jin said, after Teheran reached a deal with the United States…
Putin and Kim Jong Un plan to meet to talk military cooperation: officials
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are set to meet this month to discuss plans on military cooperation between the two countries.Sources told the New York Times…
South Korea’s Yoon to push for stronger response to North Korea at ASEAN
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will push for a stronger response to North Korea’s missile and nuclear programmes at summit talks this week, arguing that the weapons pose…
Italy Reassures China on Ties Even as It Inches Toward BRI Exit
(Bloomberg) — Italy’s top diplomat tried to reassure China on ties even as Rome looks increasingly likely to withdraw from President’s Xi Jinping’s flagship infrastructure initiative.Most Read from BloombergHuawei Teardown Shows Chip…
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden’s results negative so far
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said.President Joe Biden was tested for the virus following his wife’s positive…
From non-native bluegrass in Antarctica to beautiful spotted bugs in the middle of NYC, here are 5 invasive species that are as stunning as they are threatening to humanity
The spotted lanternfly, a hopping bug native to China, was first detected in the US in 2014.Michael M.Santiago/Getty ImagesInvasive species are costing the world more than $423 billion annually, according to a…
Secret Belief Means Wagner’s Most Dangerous Men Won’t Back Down
All eyes are on the Russian mercenary group Wagner in the aftermath of a mysterious plane crash that presumably killed the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his right-hand man, Dmitry Utkin, last…