Key Moments From the First Day of Trump’s China Visit
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, visiting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday.
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Elon Musk Returns to Trump’s Side in Beijing
Elon Musk arriving in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Inside the Secret Mission to Fly Taiwan’s President to Africa
A photograph provided by the Taiwan Presidential Office showed the Taiwanese leader, Lai Ching-te, waving upon arriving in Eswatini in May.
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Duterte Ally Flees to Evade I.C.C. Arrest Warrant After Chaos at Philippine Senate
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa answering questions at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday. He fled the building early on Thursday, and federal agents are looking for him, a senior official said.
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Argentina Races To Find Origin of Hantavirus Outbreak
A sign shows information on hantavirus at a hospital in Bariloche, Argentina. A patient with no known connection to the cruise ship is hospitalized there with hantavirus.
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Cecilia Flores Became the Voice of Mexican Mothers
Cecilia Flores during a search for her missing son, Alejandro Guadalupe Islas Flores, in Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa, Mexico.
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Russia Pummels Kyiv After Putin Hints That War Could End Soon
A residential building hit by Russian strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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Judge Orders U.S. to Return Colombian Woman Deported to Congo
The Colombian woman and other migrants are housed in a hotel outside Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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China Restores Beef Trade With U.S. as Goodwill Gesture for Trump Visit
Beijing granted permission on Thursday for hundreds of American slaughterhouses to resume beef shipments to China.
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The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, at the National People’s Congress in Beijing in March.
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Gulf Countries Arrest Shiite ‘Traitors’ Amid War With Iran
Smoke billowing after a drone strike in Kuwait City in March.
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Russia-Ukraine War Shows Cease-Fires Have Lost Meaning Under Trump
Explosions over Kyiv, Ukraine, as air defenses shot down a Russian drone on Tuesday.
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Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So.
An excavation in St. Peter and Paul’s Church in Wolder, the Netherlands, to see if remains found in the church belong to Count d’Artagnan, who was dramatized, fictionalized and immortalized in Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers.”
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What to Know About Day 1 of Trump and Xi’s Meeting
President Trump was greeted by Xi Jinping, China’s leader, at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday.
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Chinese Media Cast Trump’s Visit as a Sign of Beijing’s Rising Stature
President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.
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Trump and Xi Discuss the Need to Open the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio departing the White House for a trip to China on Tuesday.
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Xi referenced ‘great changes unseen in a century.’ Here’s what that means.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, said on Thursday that the world was undergoing a “once-in-a-century transformation.”
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Xi Says U.S.-China Relations Could Turn ‘Dangerous’ Over Taiwan
Patriot missile systems on display during a Taiwanese military exercise in Taipei last year.
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Inside Trump’s Summit Tour in Beijing: From Temple of Heaven to the Great Hall
Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday.
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Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.
President Trump, Xi Jinping and their wives at a Chinese opera in Beijing’s Forbidden City in 2017.
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In Photos and Video: President Trump Goes to China
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, visiting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday.
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Why Does China Want Taiwan?
Taiwan is certain to be raised by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, when he hosts President Trump this week.
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Activists, Lawmakers Urge Trump to Call for Release of Jimmy Lai and Dong Yuyu
Jimmy Lai at his home in Hong Kong in 2020. He was sentenced in February to 20 years in prison after Beijing blamed the Hong Kong publisher for leading the city’s major protests nearly seven years ago.
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Canada and Alberta Reach Agreement to Raise Carbon Prices as Pipeline Tradeoff
The Syncrude facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, producing synthetic crude oil from oil sands.
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The China Gambit: From Nixon to Trump
President Richard M. Nixon visiting Beijing in 1972.
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As Trump and Xi Meet in China, American and Chinese People Are Drifting Apart
President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, and his wife, Peng Liyuan, during a tour of the Forbidden City, in Beijing in 2017.
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Black Bear Fatally Mauls Uranium Contractor in Northern Canada
The black bear is the most common species in Canada, though bear attacks are rare.
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Why Xi Doesn’t Need a Deal With Trump
President Xi Jinping of China, seen here in Beijing on Tuesday, has been seeking to redefine the terms of how China and the United States should engage.
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Alberta Separation Petition Is Dealt a Court Blow
Separatist leader Mitch Sylvestre is seen during a rally in front of the Elections Alberta headquarters in Edmonton, Canada, this month, as they submit boxes of signatures in the hope of triggering an independence referendum.
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Trump in Beijing
At the airport in Beijing for President Trump’s arrival.
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Cynthia Shange, Who Defied Apartheid at a Beauty Pageant, Dies at 76
Cynthia Shange competing at a Miss World event in London in 1972. South Africa’s president praised the boldness of her ambitions “in an era when apartheid segregation was at its peak.”
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Israel Says Netanyahu Made a Secret Trip to U.A.E., Which Says He Didn’t
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem in April.
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More U.S. Spy Planes are Surveilling Cuba
A taxi driver in Havana earlier this month.
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Top Gaza Negotiator Urges Hamas to Embrace Rebuilding Plan
Members of Hamas in Gaza City in November.
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Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform U.K., Faces Investigation for £5 Million Gift
Nigel Farage attending the opening of Parliament in London on Wednesday.
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What to Watch at Trump and Xi’s U.S.-China Summit
President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Eric Trump, Who Runs the Family Business, Hops Along on the Plane to China
President Trump and his delegation, including his son Eric Trump, at the Beijing Capital Airport on Wednesday.
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Chinese Firms Plot Secret Arms Sales to Iran, U.S. Officials Say
President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes diplomatic visit with President Xi Jinping of China.
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For Trump, the Iran War Looms Over China Summit
President Donald J. Trump leaving the White House on Tuesday. He arrived in Beijing today.
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Why the Bombing of Iran Tied the U.S. More Closely to China
A destroyed building in Tehran last month. The war in Iran is expected to figure into talks between the United States and China in Beijing this week.
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France Clears Cruise Ship to Sail After Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Dozens
Passengers aboard the Ambition, a ship operated by Ambassador Cruise Line, have been prevented from leaving the vessel while it is docked at the Bordeaux port in France.
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Trump and Xi: Beneath the Pomp and Niceties, a Geopolitical Rivalry
President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China after a meeting in Busan, South Korea, last year. They are set to meet again this week.
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Fuel Prices Drive Sales of E.V.s, Just Not in the U.S.
High fuel prices are weighing on sales of vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel.
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Chaos in Philippines Senate as Duterte Ally Faces Arrest
Police personnel arrive as people react to the gunshots heard inside the Senate of the Philippines in Manila on Monday.
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French Hantavirus Patient Is Critically Ill as Outbreak Reaches 11 Cases
Passengers after disembarking from the MV Hondius on Monday.
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Trump Is in China as Iran War Continues With No End in Sight
President Trump departing Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for China on Tuesday.
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A Tech Tycoon’s Prosecution Raises Fears of Authoritarian Overreach
Nadiem Makarim, a former education minister and founder of the ride-hailing app Gojek, in court in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
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King’s Speech Comes at an Awkward Time for Starmer
King Charles III sat beside Queen Camilla as he spoke during the State Opening of Parliament in London on Wednesday.
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Britain Has Had 5 Leaders in a Decade. Is It About to Get Another?
China’s State Dinner Menu for Trump Includes Beef Ribs, Roast Duck and Tiramisu
Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes.
How China Sent a Message to Trump on His Arrival
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge