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China’s civil aviation regulator has held meetings with senior executives from Boeing and General Electric in Beijing, according to official statements released on Sunday. The discussions took place over two separate days and involved top representatives from both companies, which are key players in the global aerospace and aviation......
China is preparing to launch a new crewed space mission in the coming days, marking another step in its expanding space exploration program. According to the China Manned Space Agency, the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, carried by a Long March 2F rocket, has been moved to the launch tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert......
U.S. President Donald Trump returned from his latest visit to China after high-level discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping that resulted in limited economic agreements but no major diplomatic breakthrough. The summit, held in Beijing, reflected a calmer atmosphere between the world’s two largest economies following months of......
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit China on May 19 and 20 for high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to an announcement from the Kremlin. The visit comes only a few days after U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to China, highlighting the growing diplomatic activity surrounding relations between......
Taiwanese authorities reaffirmed the island’s status as an independent and sovereign nation following recent comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding tensions between Taipei and Beijing. In an official statement released on Saturday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry declared that the island operates as a democratic and......
Chinese officials held high-level meetings in Beijing with leading American financial executives as both countries continue efforts to strengthen economic dialogue despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. According to reports from state-backed media, senior Chinese authorities, including officials from the country’s securities regulator......
The United Arab Emirates has moved to speed up construction of a major east-west oil pipeline designed to significantly increase crude export capacity through the port of Fujairah and reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz. The decision comes as regional maritime routes face sustained disruption linked to heightened geopolitical tensions......
Global equity markets fell on Friday as a sharp rise in oil prices and higher bond yields reignited concerns that central banks may be forced to tighten monetary policy again. Investors reversed recent optimism over potential interest rate cuts, shifting toward expectations of prolonged monetary pressure across major economies. The move reflected......
Amazon Games has confirmed the cancellation of its long troubled massively multiplayer online game based on the world of The Lord of the Rings, ending another major attempt to build a large scale online experience around one of fantasy’s most valuable franchises. Company executive Jeff Grattis said the studio continues exploring other......
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered former U.S. President Donald Trump a rare visit to the historic Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing following high-level discussions on trade, regional security, and international relations. Located next to the Forbidden City and near Tiananmen Square, Zhongnanhai serves as the political center of the Chinese......
Chinese investors seeking to bet against the country’s hottest artificial intelligence stocks are facing a severe shortage of shares available for borrowing. The problem centers on MiniMax and Knowledge Atlas Technology, two generative AI firms that debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January and rapidly became some of the market’s......
About 30 vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian authorization since Wednesday, signaling a partial resumption of maritime traffic through one of the world’s most strategic shipping lanes despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and stalled diplomatic efforts. Iranian state television reported the development on Thursday,......
A team of scientists in China has developed a programmable quantum computing prototype that manipulates thousands of photons at once, marking a major milestone in optical quantum information processing. The system, called Jiuzhang 4.0, was created by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei and is described......
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