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After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China at start of presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term. But now that he's back in the White House, Trump...

Chinese and Indian diplomats call for warmer relations but make no public mention of border dispute
BEIJING (AP) — The top diplomats of China and India called for their nations to provide further mutual support, but avoided publicly mentioning a long-standing border dispute in the Himalayas when they met Monday in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top Indian foreign...

China tells Rubio to behave himself in veiled warning
BEIJING (AP) — China's veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America's new secretary of state: Behave yourself. Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the message in a phone call Friday, their first conversation since Marco Rubio's confirmation as President Donald...

The Latest: Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary in victory for Trump
President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power. The president also took his first trip of his second administration on Friday, touring areas where politics...

Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the...

China and Japan agree to talks on security issues as they seek to mend ties
BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan agreed Wednesday to set up talks on often contentious security issues as they seek to improve a relationship riven in recent years by a range of issues, from territorial disputes to the discharge of water from Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant. ...

China and India agree to work on solution to their border dispute in the Himalayas
BEIJING, China (AP) — China and India agreed Wednesday to work toward a solution to their long-running border dispute in the Himalayas after a military standoff that began with a deadly clash in 2020. The development follows a pact on border patrols the two Asian giants reached in...
