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The high-stakes meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin was billed as a vital step towards peace in the Ukraine war. ANALYSIS | LAURA GOZZI | But with no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the almost three-hour meeting between the two leaders has yielded …

  NEW YORK | TASS |  Russian President Vladimir Putin has been a global player for many years, so, the United States cannot but communicate with him to settle the conflict in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “Putin is already on the world stage,” he said in …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | US President Donald Trump expects to hold a trilateral summit meeting with Russia and Ukraine as early as August 22, US-based Axios web portal reported citing its sources. According to the web portal, during a telephone call with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders after his …

KIEV, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. “On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war,” Zelensky said …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | For months, some U.S. lawmakers have been pushing for installing “hardware kill switches” and mandatory tracking devices in AI chips through legislation such as the so-called Chip Security Act. The bill would force manufacturers to embed location trackers in chips to monitor their international movements …

ANCHORAGE, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday wrapped up a high-stakes meeting in Anchorage, the U.S. state of Alaska, with progress made but no deal reached. The meeting, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in the city, marked the first visit …

Alaska | TASS & Xinhua | The Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, have begun talks at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. Before the talks began, the two leaders arrived separately at the military base by plane, then shook hands and exchanged greetings. The meeting is …

MAGADAN | TASS |  Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way to the Russian-American summit in Alaska has stopped in Magadan, where he will visit the Omega-Sea plant, the Presidential sports complex, the Mayak Park social and cultural center, lay flowers at the monument to the heroic pilots, and hold …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  China’s Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) is set to launch an island-wide independent customs operation on Dec. 18, 2025, underscoring the country’s wider push for high-standard opening up. In the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency, senior …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff stick has pushed up levies on foreign goods to the highest levels in nine decades, imposing heavier costs on American households and businesses. The new customs duties, which took effect in early August, now apply to almost every …