The Trump administration has been saying that the two countries are engaged in talks to resolve the dispute, but Beijing asserts that no such discussions are happening.
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Trump Claims He’s Negotiating With China on Trade. China Says Otherwise.
President Trump said “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.
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Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead.
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Israeli Prime Minister Offers Condolences Three Days After Pope’s Death
The delay in issuing a statement reflected apparent tensions between Israel and Francis, who criticized Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza.
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Japan’s Rice Is So Expensive, It’s Willing to Eat South Korea’s
Japanese consumers embraced Korean rice for the first time in 35 years, finding it more familiar than other types of foreign rice.
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Markets Rise on Hints of Easing Trade Tensions
Stocks were pointing toward a fourth straight positive trading session.
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Los troles de China enfocan su creatividad en Trump y su equipo
Musk vende calcetines y Vance utiliza delineador de ojos en las redes sociales chinas. Las estrictas normas del país han ayudado a los usuarios de internet a perfeccionar su pericia en el troleo.
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Where Bruce Lee Practiced on the Roof, a Shrine to Old Hong Kong Rises
In its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, the Lung Wah Hotel, a converted, Spanish revival villa, offered a leafy refuge from the bustle of city life, near a cove and surrounded by parks in Hong Kong’s northern New Territories. Winding stairs, flanked by …
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Forced Labor Taints Brazilian Coffee, Say Complaints to U.S. Authorities
Two legal actions seeking U.S. government intervention say that some of the coffee bought by major American retailers is harvested in conditions that amount to slavery.
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