Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites.
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A Chinese student in the US has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a female Chinese student who put up pro-democracy fliers on campus.
The fliers, put up at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in late 2022, read: (...)
The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law on Wednesday.
The Senate on Tuesday evening backed the (...)
US President Joe Biden's apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its (...)
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.
It gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States.
The bill will now be handed (...)
European Union officials have raided the offices of a Chinese company as part of a probe into subsidies, exposing rising tensions between the bloc and one of its biggest trading partners.
The European Commission said Tuesday that it carried out (...)
US President Joe Biden has signed a $95bn (£76bn) package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
"It's going to make America safer, it's going to make the world safer," he said after signing the bill into law.
The president said the US would "right (...)
China has accused the United States of "stoking military confrontation" with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
The presence of the (...)
Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in Guangdong, as days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in China's most populous province.
Eleven people have gone missing, while no casualties have been reported so far.
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, cementing his grip on power.
Provisional results show the People's National Congress (PNC) won 66 seats in the 93-member house.
Analysts view the (...)
In a slick video marking National Security Education Day, China's top spy agency has a stern message for Chinese people: foreign spies are everywhere.
As ominous music plays, a broad-faced, beady-eyed man disguises himself as a street fashion (...)
German authorities say they have arrested three people on suspicion of spying for China.
The main suspect, named as Thomas R, is accused of spying for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
Prosecutors allege his network operated a front (...)
TikTok said a potential ban on its app in the US would "trample the free speech" of 170 million Americans.
The US House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban TikTok if the app's owner does not cut its ties with China.
The legislation was part (...)
The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals following an investigation into the controversial result.
It was alleged that the three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner He Jie to win (...)
Ren Wenbing is reluctant to leave the hollowed-out brick shell which was once a thriving factory in China's manufacturing hub of Dongguan.
"All the workers feel astonished," says the 54-year-old as he points out where he once assembled furniture and (...)
NEOM — NEOM has launched the China leg of its global 'Discover NEOM' tour in Beijing and Shanghai, aimed at presenting investment and collaboration opportunities within its futuristic development projects.
The events, held in partnership with the (...)
In the Solomon Islands, the night before an election is known as Devil's Night.
Political candidates offer bribes — handing out everything from cash to sacks of rice and Chinese-made solar panels to secure votes last minute.
Vote-buying has been a (...)
China's economy grew stronger than expected at the start of this year, mainly thanks to robust growth in high-tech manufacturing.
Gross domestic product grew by 5.3% in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of (...)
China said it noted Iran's statement that the actions against Israel were an "exercise of the right of self-defense" during a phone call between the foreign ministers of the two nations on Monday, and did not condemn the weekend strikes.
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President Joe Biden has been urged to permanently ban imports of Chinese-made cars to the US.
The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown, wrote "Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto (...)
A Portuguese man has become the first European citizen jailed under the China-imposed National Security Law in Hong Kong, a law widely criticized by rights groups.
Joseph John, also known as Wong Kin-chung, holds dual Portuguese and Hong Kong (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held rare talks on Wednesday with a former president of Taiwan who supports closer ties with China, a highly unusual meeting just weeks before the democratic island swears in a new leader Beijing openly loathes.
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Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has authorized China Southern Airlines to operate regular flights between Saudi Arabia and China. The service will commence on April 16, incorporating both passenger/commercial and (...)
LONDON — An "alliance of authoritarian powers" is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
He also said (...)