Asian stocks are lower after South Korea’s Kospi hits records, as Trump wraps up Beijing trip - AP News

Asian stocks are lower after South Korea’s Kospi hits records, as Trump wraps up Beijing trip  AP News

Trump and Xi hold talks but no trade deal agreed

There was plenty of choreographed ceremonies, but there was no sweeping trade breakthrough as Trump met Xi in Beijing.

Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit

The standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei, in a drive to reduce China’s dependence on Western technologies.

By Meaghan Tobin

Live Q&A: What's Next for Trump and Xi After Their Summit in Beijing? - Bloomberg.com

Live Q&A: What's Next for Trump and Xi After Their Summit in Beijing?  Bloomberg.com

When Trump met Xi as peers

The image of two superpowers on similar footing was exactly what Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed to achieve with the visit, analysts said.

By Isaac Arnsdorf, Michael Birnbaum, Michelle Lee

Can flailing Trump hold on to the Senate in the midterms? | Politics Weekly America

Democrats think they can flip the Senate blue in November, and they’re hoping a group of interesting characters will help them do it. This week, Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jonathan Martin of Politico to discuss the chances of such an upset and what it would mean for the president to lose the upper chamber Continue reading...

Iran war day 77: Trump, Xi discuss Hormuz as Tehran rallies BRICS

The US and Chinese leaders agreed during talks that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to ensure global supplies.

Trump touts ‘fantastic trade deals’ in final Xi meeting amid tariff standoff

President Donald Trump touts an incredible visit and fantastic trade deals with China after his final meeting with Xi, as Beijing agrees to order 200 Boeing jets.

Rogan baffled by conspiracies about Trump assassination attempts - CNN

Rogan baffled by conspiracies about Trump assassination attempts  CNN

Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, May 2026

US President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to China on Friday, the first by a US leader in nine years. The three-day trip, originally scheduled for March, had been postponed as due to the Iran war. Following Trump’s departure, Russian leader Vladimir Putin will pay a one-day visit on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported exclusively. His trip will mark the first time Beijing has hosted the leaders of the two powers in the same month. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will...

By Junjie Wang

Trump departs Beijing after whirlwind China visit

US President Donald Trump is headed home to Washington after spending two days with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing. Both leaders struck a cordial tone despite deep differences on Iran and Taiwan.

The Latest: Trump wraps up China visit and holds private meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his visit to Beijing with a private meeting at Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s official residence before he departs for Washington

By The Associated Press

Trump blames Biden for US ‘declining’ after Xi comments on ‘Thucydides trap’

Oil prices today: Crude rises over 1% as Trump warns Iran, Hormuz concerns persist

Global oil prices surged as President Trump expressed impatience with Iran, fueling fears of Strait of Hormuz disruptions. Brent and WTI crude saw significant weekly gains amid uncertainty over the Iran conflict and supply concerns. Despite claims of increased vessel crossings, the Strait remains a critical choke point, with maritime incidents further heightening market anxieties about tight supply.

By TOI BUSINESS DESK

Trump: China's President Xi Pledged Not to Supply Iran With Military Equipment - Haaretz

Trump: China's President Xi Pledged Not to Supply Iran With Military Equipment  Haaretz

‘They live that long?’: Trump has questions as Xi takes him to secret garden, shows old trees, promises rose seeds

Centuries-old trees dominated the conversation in Beijing’s former imperial garden Zhongnanhai, where Trump and Xi strolled in the concluding hours of summit

Putin to visit Beijing only days after Trump departs, SCMP says - The Straits Times

Putin to visit Beijing only days after Trump departs, SCMP says  The Straits Times

Trump’s faces backlash as proposed White House ballroom bill rises to $1 billion; funding questioned

Xi Gives Trump Rare Tour Of Secret Garden At Heart Of Chinese Government

After talks on trade, Taiwan and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping showed off the centuriesold trees in Beijing’s walledoff Zhongnanhai compound, where he strolled with

Strategic stalemate: Xi and Trump summit to test limits of managed competition

By the time U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China ended, it was clear that the relationship had moved into one where Beijing operates from a position of assumed parity.

Trump 'not going to be much more patient,' says Iran can make deal or 'get annihilated'

After talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump asserted that the two leaders agreed that Iran should not have nuclear weapons.

Pak-US ties have strengthened during Trump's tenure, Naqvi says in meeting with American official

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday said that Pak-US ties had strengthened during United States President Donald Trump’s tenure. He made the remarks during a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur, the interior ministry said in a post on the social media platform X. The meeting was also attended by US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry, and other officials. “During the meeting, discussions t...

By none@none.com (News Desk)

Trump touts business wins as China airs Iran, Taiwan concerns

President Donald Trump entered his final talks with Xi Jinping on Friday touting economic wins that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Trump is making the first visit by a U.S. president to China, America’s main strategic and economic […]

China-US summit day 2: Trump says made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi

President Donald Trump said he had made "fantastic trade deals" with China's Xi Jinping, as the pair met on Friday at final talks of a superpower summit that according to the US leader has also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz.

By RFI

US mishandling Taiwan would lead to ‘dangerous place’, Xi Jinping warns Donald Trump

China’s president Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump yesterday that mishandling the countries’ disagreements over Taiwan could push China-US relations to a “dangerous place”, as the two leaders met for a closely watched summit.

Trump says US made 'fantastic trade deals' with China

US President Donald Trump has said he made "fantastic trade deals" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as the two met for a second day of talks in Beijing.

Trump and Xi enter final day of talks with deals in sight and differences in play

Trump started his last day in Beijing with a social media post saying that US-China relations are good and getting better.

Trump says he made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi as he wraps up China visit

‘We’ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve,’ Trump said, without providing details.

Trump says he and China’s Xi agree Iran cannot have nuclear weapons

'We’ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve,' Trump says after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

By Reuters

Trump says he and China's Xi agree Iran cannot have nuclear weapons

BEIJING - US President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran is running out and he had agreed in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the Islamic republic cannot ​be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and must re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

US-China summit: Trump says made ‘fantastic trade deals’ with Xi

President Donald Trump said he had made “fantastic trade deals” with China’s Xi Jinping, as the pair met on Friday at final talks of a superpower summit that according to the US leader has also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Trump had arrived in Beijing seeking to seal deals […]

By AFP

China’s Xi Jinping honours Trump as high-stakes talks on Iran, trade, Taiwan get under way - News24

China’s Xi Jinping honours Trump as high-stakes talks on Iran, trade, Taiwan get under way  News24

Trump says he is losing patience with Iran after talks with China’s Xi - Arab News

Trump says he is losing patience with Iran after talks with China’s Xi  Arab News

Xi, Trump agree to strengthen communication, coordination on international, regional issues: China

Presidents reach 'important common understandings on handling their mutual concerns in a proper manner,' says FM

By Anadolu Agency

Trump departs China as Xi warns on Taiwan, trade tensions persist

U.S. President Donald Trump departed Beijing on Friday after two days of tightly choreographed diplomacy with Chinese President Xi Jinping, closing a summit that projected cooperat...

Trump says made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi - The Daily Star

Trump says made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi  The Daily Star

Comrade Edwin Madunagu’s long march to 80, By SOLAR Collective

15 May marks the 80th birthday of one of Nigeria’s most enduring revolutionary intellectuals — Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu: mathematician, journalist, Marxist theorist, archivist, teacher, agitator, and organiser. For more than five decades, Edwin Madunagu has stood firmly on the side of workers, students, women, peasants, and the oppressed. While governments changed, dictators rose and fell, […] The post Comrade Edwin Madunagu’s long march to 80, By SOLAR Collective appeared first on Premium Ti...

By Ololade Bamidele

Chinese FM briefs on US President Donald Trump’s visit to China: the two presidents hold in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world, reach a series of new common understandings - Global Times

Chinese FM briefs on US President Donald Trump’s visit to China: the two presidents hold in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world, reach a series of new common understandings  Global Times

MetMalaysia warns of thunderstorms in northern peninsula, parts of Selangor, Johor and Sarawak until noon

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected to prevail until noon today in six...

Trump and Xi set for second day of talks after Taiwan warning - The Star | Malaysia

Trump and Xi set for second day of talks after Taiwan warning  The Star | Malaysia

Saleh Mamman’s conviction: Is karma coming for others?

Former Minister Saleh Mamman’s 75-year sentence for N33.8bn fraud raises questions. Is this a turning point in the fight against Nigerian corruption? Read More: https://punchng.com/saleh-mammans-conviction-is-karma-coming-for-others/

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Trump on tea with Xi Jinping in the inner sanctum of China’s leadership: “We solved problems others could not”

The US President toured the gardens of the Zhongnanhai compound before the private talks – The gift Xi promised him and the statement about a “very strong relationship” between the US and China The post Trump on tea with Xi Jinping in the inner sanctum of China’s leadership: “We solved problems others could not” appeared first on ProtoThema English.

By Newsroom

Owo/Ose APC youths tell Arowele: Stop playing victim over candidacy issues

—- Says no one is above the law By Dayo Johnson Akure A group known as Concerned APC Youths in Owo/Ose Federal Constituency has urged House of Representatives aspirant Samuel Ayo Arowele not to resort to victimhood narratives over issues surrounding his candidacy. In a statement signed by its representative, Olarewaju Bidemi, the group described […] The post Owo/Ose APC youths tell Arowele: Stop playing victim over candidacy issues appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Nwafor

Nigeria rights body demands probe into civilian deaths in airstrikes

Nigeria's human rights body on Thursday called on the military to launch a "thorough and prompt" investigation into what it ​called recurrent civilian casualties from military airstrikes.

By Abubakar Ibrahim

Donald Trump-Xi summit offers hope for China toy firms - Qatar Tribune

Donald Trump-Xi summit offers hope for China toy firms  Qatar Tribune

CIA Director Visits Havana with Message from Trump

Ratcliffe carried a message from President Trump: “The US is prepared to seriously address economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.” The post CIA Director Visits Havana with Message from Trump appeared first on Havana Times.

By Circles Robinson

A China-US war? Facing Donald Trump, Xi Jinping raises the risk of "conflict" if the Taiwan issue "is mishandled." - Seneweb

A China-US war? Facing Donald Trump, Xi Jinping raises the risk of "conflict" if the Taiwan issue "is mishandled."  Seneweb