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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to travel to New York to chair a high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council before continuing his diplomatic tour with an official visit to Canada. According to Chinese authorities, the visit reflects Beijing’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its role in international diplomacy......
Morocco and Indonesia have formalized a bilateral agreement to mutually recognize halal certification systems, a move designed to ease trade flows and expand access for Moroccan exporters to one of the world’s largest halal consumer markets. The agreement focuses on aligning certification standards to reduce technical barriers that have......
China officially confirmed Wednesday that it will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft and reopen its market to American beef, following last week's summit in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The announcements represent a series of trade agreements emerging from the most significant rapprochement between......
China has officially announced that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit the country from May 23 to May 26 as part of ongoing diplomatic discussions between the two longtime allies. According to Chinese officials, the visit will focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, regional security, economic......
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said the company has effectively surrendered the Chinese artificial intelligence chip market to Huawei as US export controls continue to prevent major sales of advanced processors to Chinese firms. The remarks came as Nvidia reported record first quarter revenue of $81.6 billion for fiscal year 2027, marking......
Three supertankers have carried around six million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in a single day, marking the largest recorded movement of oil cargo since the outbreak of the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran in February 2026. The shipment was bound for Asian markets and signals a partial revival of......
Alibaba has introduced its most advanced artificial intelligence chip to date alongside a new large language model, signaling a stronger push to reduce China’s reliance on foreign semiconductor technology. The announcement took place at the company’s annual cloud summit in Hangzhou, where the group outlined a broader strategy to......
Qatar’s foreign ministry has stated that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has not returned to normal levels, rejecting suggestions that the strategic waterway is reopening. The announcement highlights continued disruption in one of the world’s most critical energy corridors, where only limited vessel movements have......
HFI Research warned that global oil markets could enter a period of “real panic” if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed into the first week of June, as crude inventories continue falling toward critical operational levels and countries accelerate emergency stockpiling efforts. The firm said the market may already have crossed a......
The government of China has reaffirmed that its export controls on rare earth minerals are legal and in line with national regulations, while also expressing willingness to cooperate with the United States on what it described as “reasonable concerns.” The statement was issued by China’s Ministry of Commerce amid ongoing......
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday that the future of Taiwan “cannot be decided by external forces,” reaffirming his government’s commitment to defending the island’s sovereignty and democratic system during remarks marking the second anniversary of his inauguration. The speech came at a moment of rising......
The leaders of China and Russia reaffirmed the strength of their strategic partnership during a high-level meeting in Beijing, despite ongoing international crises and geopolitical uncertainty. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the resilience of relations between their countries, describing their......
China secretly trained around 200 Russian military personnel on its territory late last year, with some of those soldiers now deployed in Ukraine, according to intelligence-linked reporting cited in the source material. The training program marks a significant escalation in security cooperation between Beijing and Moscow and comes as Russian......
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