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President Donald Trump said Thursday that his first call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since returning to office was “very positive,” announcing that the two countries will hold trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals. "Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined," Trump wrote on his social media platform...

US president previously said it was ‘hard to make a deal’ with the Chinese leader as talks continue over trade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US government says 247,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the most in eight months... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk hit out at US President Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill again on Wednesday, calling on Americans to tell their representatives in Washington to "kill the bill". The budget, which includes huge tax breaks and more defence spending, was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is now being considered by senators. The tech billionaire wrote on X earlier this week...

Guava Shuishui, known online as Guava Beauty, amassed thousands of followers on Instagram through her reviews of makeup products. As per the English translation of a post shared to her social media account, the content creator died on May 24 from a 'sudden illness.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once the cherished accessory of the late Jane Birkin, The Original Birkin bag is set to be auctioned in Paris next month near the home of the late fashion muse. The legendary bag, designed by Hermes CEO Jean-Louis Dumas and made famous by British-French actress, Jane Birkin, who died in 2026 at the age of 76, has become arguably the world's most coveted and iconic fashion accessory since it was ma...

The parents of a university student who died after he inhaled a 'fatal quantity' of carbon monoxide while staying in a remote aristocrat-owned holiday cottage have called for 'dangerous' portable gas heaters to be banned. Tom Hill, 18, was preparing to take a bath when he succumbed to the highly poisonous gas leaking out of the 'lethal' device at an 'idyllic' rental home in the Scottish highlands....

Multiple earthquakes in a short time. Should you be worried? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The North Atlantic Council has approved the nomination of Lieutenant General Alexus G Grynkewich, United States Air Force, to the post of Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Palestinians on their way to receive aid from a distribution site in southern Gaza have come under fire for a third consecutive day, with nearly 30 people killed and dozens wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital. The ministry said Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians as they made their way to the distribution site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah early Tuesday....

The Blue Oval's software issue hints at larger problem for automakers.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump on Elon Musk: 'He knew about the bill, very disappointed in Elon'... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump says ‘very disappointed’ by Musk criticism, HERE'S A CLIP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

QUOTE: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the house and the Republicans would be 51-49 in senate". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Employees of companies operating in the island province can apply for the ‘Global Connect’ scheme, but some content will remain restricted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fears have been voiced that more people could die from an imported poison, ordered from a suicide website, that has claimed three Wigan people’s lives. The toxin, which is not being identified for fear of copycat tragedies, is known to have killed at least eight people in the area covered by Manchester West senior coroner Timothy Brennand, including Wigan borough. This “cluster” of fatalities was...

Vietnamese firms will sign memorandums of understanding with U.S. partners to buy $2 billion worth of American farm produce, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, part of efforts to seal a new trade deal between the two countries. Vietnam has been slapped with 46% "reciprocal" tariffs by the Trump administration. Though they have been paused until July, if they come into effect they could seri...

The United States will scale down its military presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in the country "because none of them worked" over the last century, the new U.S. special envoy has said.. Thomas Barrack, who President Donald Trump named special envoy last month shortly after he unexpectedly lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, made the comments in an interview with Tu...

Lee Jae-myung is a heartbeat away from South Korea’s presidency as Kim Moon-soo concedes defeat in the Presidential elections. Here are more details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fires have forced more than 27,000 Canadians in three provinces to flee their homes, and the smoke has even reached Europe. The smell of smoke hung over the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Tuesday morning despite rain that obscured the full measure of the dirty air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia on Tuesday said it was wrong to expect a quick breakthrough in Ukraine talks, a day after Moscow rejected Kyiv's call for an unconditional ceasefire at negotiations in Istanbul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sexual contact remains the predominant mode of transmission, with the bulk of cases since 2007 attributed to men having sex with men. HIV cases have been on the rise in the Philippines since 2021, with 252,800 people estimated to be living with HIV in the country by the end of this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iran has 'right' to peaceful nuclear program: Moscow ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk has called for a “prompt and impartial investigation” into deadly attacks on civilians around aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, AFP reports. “For a third day running, people were killed around an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. This morning, we have received information that dozens more people were killed and injured,” Turk s...

The artificial blood is created by extracting hemoglobin — a protein containing iron that facilitates the transportation of oxygen in red blood cells — from expired donor blood. It is then encased in a protective shell to create stable, virus-free artificial red blood cells Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.