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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo wrapped up her visit to China on Wednesday, after three days of talks with the regime’s officials that she called “productive.” “It was for—as I say, three days of productive meetings,” Ms. Raimondo said in a press call on Wednesday afternoon. “And the biggest achievement was just to start regular communication.” “It’s […]

Senior U.S. diplomats meeting their Chinese counterparts on Monday. The U.S. state department released a statement, saying the two sides talked about bilateral relations, Taiwan issues, and channels of communication. One of the diplomats sent to China is Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The other is Sarah Beran, […]

The United States is seeking to bring Russia and China to the negotiating table in order to prevent a new nuclear arms race, according to a senior White House Official. President Joe Biden’s administration is prepared to pursue nuclear negotiations with either power “without preconditions,” said White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Such talks, […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has addressed U.S. debt limit concerns at the G-7 Summit in Japan, seeking to assure world leaders of his capability to navigate negotiations and prevent a historic default on the United States debt, according to U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan. On Saturday morning local time in Hiroshima, Biden received an […]

Debt ceiling talks are showing “steady progress,” according to the White House late on Thursday, amid a looming June 1 federal default deadline. President Joe Biden is currently in Hiroshima, Japan, for the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit. He received an update Thursday morning from his designated negotiating team, as they continue trying to reach […]

Senior Japanese and Chinese officials met in Tokyo on Monday to discuss disputed waters in the East China Sea. The meeting comes after President Tsai Ing-wen visited the United States and met House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. During that time, Chinese warplanes and warships simulated strikes against Taiwan.

UK foreign and defense ministers hosted their Australian counterparts on Feb. 2. Security in the Indo-Pacific region was high on their meeting agenda. Amid China’s military buildup, the UK and Australia are working together to counter Beijing’s aggression. The two countries pledge to further ties with the United States. At Portsmouth’s iconic Spinnaker Tower, British […]

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine were set to resume on Friday, the 37th day of the war, while Western officials said that around 20 percent of Moscow’s forces in Ukraine were “repositioning” and were likely being sent out to neighboring Belarus for refit and resupply before a renewed offensive in Donbass. Negotiations were set […]

Face-to-face peace talks have resumed as negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met in the Turkish capital Istanbul in a search for common ground that would put an end to the war that has killed thousands and driven millions from their homes. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the delegates, saying that “stopping this tragedy” was up to them. […]

Peace talks and fighting continue. Ukraine’s president suggests putting peace deal terms up for a referendum so Ukrainian citizens can vote on them. But the Kremlin says that would only undermine talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out several demands for Ukraine including two “most difficult issues” during a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The demands can be divided into two parts, Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin told several media outlets. The first four articles appear to be possible common ground for both sides. “Basically, […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Friday that Kyiv was trying to stall peace talks but that Moscow is ready to continue negotiations. Putin claimed that Ukrainian negotiators were trying “every possible way to delay the negotiation process, putting forward more and more unrealistic proposals,” according to […]

Signs of progress have begun to emerge in the latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian side says there are “concrete formulations” that are close to agreement. This is happening while NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed members of Congress on Wednesday, asking again for the United States and NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over his country and provide fighter planes weeks after Russia started its invasion. “Russia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities. It went on a brutal […]

Russia has revealed the outline of a possible peace deal that would put an end to the hostilities in Ukraine, with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying a “business-like spirit” has emerged in negotiations with “concrete formulations” that he said are close to being agreed on. Lavrov made the remarks in a Wednesday interview on […]

Russian and Ukrainian delegates began their fourth round of talks remotely Monday and will resume Tuesday. They say they made significant progress over the weekend.

A fourth round of talks was underway between Ukrainian and Russian officials with both sides expressing careful optimism. Meanwhile, Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities continued, with Kyiv and Mariupol seeing blocks of flats hit. And the EU announced a fresh round of sanctions.