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China withdrew as host of soccer’s 2023 Asian Cup on Saturday in the latest cancellation of the country’s sports hosting duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries. They said urgent measures are needed to unblock stores of grain that Russia is preventing from leaving Ukraine. In a statement Saturday at the end of a three-day meeting on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, the...

At least nine people have been arrested on suspicion of ignoring building codes or committing other violations.

China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish economy, prompting warnings that Beijing is setting back efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. is celebrating 50 years of care, conservation and study of giant pandas. The pandas were treated to fruitsicle cakes to commemorate the occasion.

A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin’s war machine

The U.S. Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees from Shanghai and warned travelers of “arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19-related restrictions” in China.

“Reconsider travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19-related restrictions,” the State Department said.

U.S. accident investigators have flown to China to help authorities there probe last month’s deadly crash of a Boeing jetliner.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the biggest clash in decades between Moscow and the West. Both are competing to persuade China and India to take a side.

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Flight MU5735 plunged from 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) into a mountainside in southern China’s Guangxi region, killing all 132 people on board.

Beijing is expected to continue doing business with Russia but is unlikely to support Moscow militarily, says Li Daokui, former advisor to China’s central bank.

Arm is set to transfer shares in its China joint venture to a special purpose vehicle owned by parent company SoftBank, according to reports.

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are speaking Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

More and more wealthy Chinese are worried about keeping their money on the mainland and see Singapore as a safe haven.

A transcript of remarks from Biden and Lee’s joint press conference following their meeting in Washington, as transcribed by the White House Press Office.

Chinese technology giants are trying to get in on the metaverse act. A collaboration with Nreal could help Alibaba expand its augmented reality capabilities.