The White House released more details Saturday about a trade deal reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting earlier this week. Among other things, the White House said China will suspend the restrictions on exporting rare earth minerals that it announced in October, and it will resume issuing “general licenses valid for exports …
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US Vice-President J.D. Vance has defended his hopes that his wife Usha, who was raised as a Hindu, converts to Christianity. A fervent Catholic who himself converted in 2019, Vance said on Friday that pushback against his remarks reeks of “anti-Christian bigotry”. The 41-year-old was asked about raising their three children in an interfaith marriage at a Turning Point USA …
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Ukrainian forces have hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence has said. The operation was carried out late on Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel. The agency, which is known by its acronym HUR, described it as a “serious blow” to Russia’s military logistics. HUR said …
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The European Union welcomed China’s suspension of expanded rare earth restrictions imposed last month, even as crisis talks in Brussels on Friday appeared to yield no relief for European firms still constrained by the original export controls. After a full day of talks in the Belgian capital, the European Commission described the pause in controls – announced following US-China talks …
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Ukraine has been given the green light by the Pentagon to receive deadly long-range Tomahawk missiles. The boost for Kyiv still depends on final approval by Donald Trump. Earlier, the US president appeared ready to supply the weapons but changed his mind after talking to Vladimir Putin saying “we need them” to protect America. But now three US and European …
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امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے حکومت کے طویل ’شٹ ڈاؤن‘ پر برہمی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے ایک بار پھر سینیٹ سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ ’فلی بسٹر‘ کا خاتمہ کرے۔ ٹرمپ کا کہنا ہے کہ اگر اس پارلیمانی رکاوٹ کو ختم کر دیا جائے تو ری پبلکنز فوری طور پر حکومتی فنڈنگ بحال کر سکتے ہیں۔ تاہم ٹرمپ کو …
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The Intercept and Nashville’s CBS affiliate, NewsChannel 5, secured bodycam footage from the Lexington cop that undermined Weems’ narrative. The footage clearly showed the cop did not understand why the Perry County sheriff had taken issue with Bushart’s Facebook post. “So, I’m just going to be completely honest with you,” the cop told Bushart. “I have really no idea what …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held talks on Saturday, discussing ways to advance practical cooperation between the two countries and the progress on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. It was the first one-on-one meeting between Xi and Lee since the latter assumed office in June. The meeting took place at Gyeongju National Museum, the …
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Just back from his whirlwind Asia tour, US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed a newly negotiated trade deal with China as a “long-lasting” victory even as he teased the possibility of more tariff concessions. Aboard Air Force One en route to his Palm Beach, Florida, resort, Trump painted the Busan, South Korea, summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on …
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In a letter to a House committee last month, legal counsel for Alphabet, YouTube’s parent company, claimed that president Joe Biden’s administration sought to “influence” the company to crack down on Covid-19 misinformation. Republicans celebrated the letter as an apparent admission of Democratic censorship. But Democrats seem to be throwing cold water on the allegations. In a new letter to …
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