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A Russian TV host railed against President Donald Trump, saying Russia could "erase" him, after hearing leaked audio of Trump threatening to bomb Moscow.

Beijing has vowed to "fight to the end" against Trump's aggressive trade policy, with number two leader Li Qiang saying authorities were "fully confident" in the resilience of the Chinese economy.

China retaliated last week against levies at the same level announced by US President Donald Trump on what he called "Liberation Day".

Meeting executives including hedge fund boss Ray Dalio and Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong in Beijing's ornate Great Hall of the People, Xi warned that "unilateralism and protectionism" were on the rise.

The report provides an overview of the collective insights of top US intelligence agencies about the security threats to the US posed by foreign nations and criminal organizations.

Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent this week, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as the escalating trade confrontation with the United States hit exports.

China is hosting the world's first half-marathon between humans and humanoid robots in Beijing E-Town, a leading hub for robotics and AI innovation.

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.

The world's two largest economies have butted heads on a range of issues in recent years, from trade and technology to human rights and China's growing assertiveness towards the self-ruled island of Taiwan.

The world's second-largest economy is battling sluggish domestic consumption, a persistent crisis in the property sector and soaring government debt -- all of which threaten Beijing's official growth target for this year.

OnlyFans, an internet subscription service allowing users to generate and get paid for their own pornography, has suddenly become accessible in China.

On Tuesday, French luxury conglomerate LVMH announced that it would be considering plans to shift bottling efforts to China in an attempt to cope with protectionist measures enforced upon imports of European alcohol.

Governments around the world are hoping to avoid a return to the disruption that marked Trump's term in office, but Beijing is readying for more bitter disputes over trade regardless of who sits in the White House.

The agreement, signed by more than a dozen Palestinian factions on Tuesday, aims to find common ground for future Palestinian political institutions, which are currently divided between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Chinese officials pledged Friday to help ease debt pressure on local governments through reforms to the tax system, after a key political gathering in the capital focused on jumpstarting the faltering economy.

A Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel collided near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, Beijing's Coast Guard said.

Putin's war in Ukraine, which began with the February 2022 invasion, is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people and has made the Russian president a pariah in much of the world.

Beijing claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under China's control.

Videos released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed Chinese ships blasting water cannon at Philippine boats during two separate resupply missions to fishermen at Scarborough Shoal and a tiny garrison at Second Thomas Shoal on Saturday and Sunday.

The two leaders have not met in person since they held talks in Bali in November 2022, and relations nosedived after the United States shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon in February this year.

As Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to an unprecedented third term, a protest against his leadership in China occurred in Beijing Thursday and was heavily censored in the country's social media. 

Olympic figure skater Vincent Zhou has tested positive for COVID-19, announcing in an Instagram video that he will be withdrawing from the rest of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics competition.

Disney+ Hong Kong's move to censor a “The Simpsons” episode concerning Beijing's Tiananmen Square has drawn flak after the platform's launch earlier this month.

China has come out swinging, mocking the United States’ messy withdrawal from Afghanistan by sharing footage that reveals Taliban fighters have turned abandoned U.S. military planes into toys and swings.

Indian wrestling team’s foreign assistant coach has been expelled from the Olympics for attacking a referee after the player he trained lost a match.

A bride and groom in China went through some dramatic twists after it was found that the latter was the groom's long-lost biological daughter. The wedding pushed through when it was later reveals the that groom was adopted by his mother.

China’s top diplomat has accused the U.S. of trying to start a new cold war between two of the world’s largest economies and driving the world into “chaos and division.”

“Merkel's China policy is behind the times,” said Nils Schmid, a foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats while speaking to a media outlet.

Individuals convicted of violating the national security law could face life imprisonment, contrary to previous indications of a 10-year limit on jail terms.

It has been alleged that a volley of Chinese state-run outlets also leveraged several social media platforms that included promoting the hashtags “Trumpandemic” and “TrumpVirus” on its posts.