BEIJING – China’s industrial output in March rose 7.7% from a year earlier, quickening from 5.9% growth in the January-February period, official data showed on Wednesday, as the world’s second-largest economy braced for the impact of hefty U.S. trade tariffs….

BEIJING – China’s crude steel output in March climbed 4.6% from the prior year, incentivised by higher margins and robust exports. The world’s largest steel producer manufactured 92.84 million metric tons of crude steel last month, data from the National…

FRANKFURT – The euro zone’s current account surplus narrowed in February as a higher services surplus was not big enough to offset a rise in goods imports, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday. The currency bloc’s seasonally adjusted balance…

BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop exerting maximum pressure if it really wants to solve issues through dialogue, after the White House said the “ball is in China’s court” on trade talks.

The European Commission on Wednesday included countries such as Egypt and Tunisia, where human rights have come under scrutiny, on a list of “safe countries” to which failed asylum seekers could be returned. The EU list, criticised by human rights…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump is open to making a trade deal with China but Beijing should make the first move, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, citing a statement from the president earlier in the…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with the sultan of Oman about the next round of Iran talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman, the White House said. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Trump’s bottom line…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran is intentionally delaying a nuclear deal with the United States and that it must abandon any drive for a nuclear weapon or face a possible military strike on Tehran’s…

BEIJING – The Chinese embassy in Argentina has called out U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for “maliciously slandering and smearing” China for carrying out normal cooperation with other countries, expressing firm opposition to his remarks. “We advise the U.S. to…

DALIAN, China – When a Chinese pork producer filed for bankruptcy in 2019, the news came as a jolt to Alan Hill. The retired Apple executive from Albuquerque had invested about $100,000 last decade in Dalian Chuming Meat Processing through…

MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister said in an interview that it was not easy to agree with the United States on the key parts of a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. “It is not easy to…

MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign spy service chief, Sergei Naryshkin, said that the security services of Russia and Belarus were ready to act proactively, given what he said was increased escalation from Europe over Ukraine, state news agency RIA reported on…

SEOUL – South Korea will seek to delay the implementation of tariffs as long as possible in negotiations with the United States, its finance minister said on Tuesday, as Seoul targets cooperation in areas of mutual interest such as shipbuilding…

GENEVA – The United Nations human rights office is concerned about the protection of civilians in Lebanon as Israeli military operations have continued to kill civilians since the ceasefire. “Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue to kill and injure civilians,…

LONDON -The European Union and Britain pledged on Tuesday to increase aid for Sudan ahead of a conference in London marking the second anniversary of a conflict that has displaced millions and devastated the country. Britain said the conference aimed…

BEIRUT/AMMAN – Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debts to the World Bank, three people familiar with the matter said, paving the way for the approval of millions of dollars in grants for reconstruction and to support the country’s…

ATHENS – The Greek coast guard said it had found the bodies of two women and 39 other migrants on the tiny island of Farmakonisi in the Aegean Sea on Monday, and that an investigation was underway to determine what…

LONDON – Britain sent Ukraine 752 million pounds ($990 million) to buy air defences and artillery on Monday, part of a broader $50 billion international loan programme backed by frozen Russian assets, Britain’s government said. “The world is changing before…

CAIRO – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of a major camp for displaced people in North Darfur, the paramilitary group said on Sunday, after a four-day assault the government and aid groups have said left hundreds dead or…

QUITO/GUAYAQUIL -Ecuadoreans were voting on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he needs more time to combat drug gangs and boost the economy, and leftist Luisa Gonzalez, whose election…

SUMY, Ukraine/KYIV -Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 32 people and wounding more than 80 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, the Kyiv government said. President…

MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Sunday contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump’s team were moving ahead very well but that it was too early to expect instant results due to the level of damage done to relations under Trump’s…

CAIRO -Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health…

RIYADH – The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday. Wright,…

CAIRO – A Palestinian Red Crescent staff member who went missing in late March when 15 humanitarian workers were killed by Israeli fire is being detained by Israeli authorities, the rescue service and the Red Cross said on Sunday. Hisham…

JERUSALEM – Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, the military said on Saturday, part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the enclave, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. The military has issued repeated…