Category: 2. World

  • Trump says he will visit China in April after call with Xi

    Trump says he will visit China in April after call with Xi

    President Donald Trump has said he agreed to visit Beijing in April and invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year, following a phone call between the two leaders.

    Trump and Xi – who met nearly a month ago in South…

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  • Ethiopian volcano erupts after lying dormant for 12,000 years | Volcanoes News

    Ethiopian volcano erupts after lying dormant for 12,000 years | Volcanoes News

    No casualties reported, but local resident of Afar region says impact of eruption ‘felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown’.

    A long-dormant volcano in northern…

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  • How X’s new location feature exposed big US politics accounts

    How X’s new location feature exposed big US politics accounts

    Shayan Sardarizadeh, Thomas Copeland and Tom EdgingtonBBC Verify, Washington DC and London

    BBC A mobile phone with the 'X' logo next to a laptop keyboardBBC

    Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user…

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  • Tunisian aid workers convicted of assisting migrants but will go free

    Tunisian aid workers convicted of assisting migrants but will go free

    Two aid workers accused of assisting irregular migration to Tunisia were sentenced Monday to two years in prison, with four months suspended, but will be freed after time already…

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  • Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince

    Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince

    Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince, Announces Major Defense and Investment Deals.

    On November 18, President Donald Trump met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) at the White House on his first Washington visit…

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  • Maga world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani | Donald Trump

    Maga world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani | Donald Trump

    A flurry of social media posts from Maga influencers have laid bare the disorientation felt by members of Trump’s base at the spectacle of Friday’s cordial Oval Office meeting with Mamdani, who the president previously painted as a…

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  • Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal

    Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal

    CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general rejected a ceasefire proposal provided by U.S.-led mediators in a blow to efforts to stop a devastating war that has gripped the African country for over 30 months.

    In…

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  • China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Taiwan, Ukraine

    China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Taiwan, Ukraine

    In an unusual diplomatic move, China’s leader Xi Jinping initiated a phone call with President Trump on Monday to discuss Taiwan, a flashpoint that has surged to the forefront in recent days as Japan takes a more assertive stance on the...


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  • Updated peace plan could be a deal Ukraine will take

    Updated peace plan could be a deal Ukraine will take

    Donald Trump wants a peace deal in Ukraine very badly.

    Kyiv wants peace even more, just not at any cost.

    That’s why when the US began pushing it to agree to a deal by Thanksgiving on what looked close to surrender terms, Ukraine pushed back.

    It…

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  • Trump, Xi spoke by phone Monday – Politico

    1. Trump, Xi spoke by phone Monday  Politico
    2. China’s Xi tells Trump Taiwan’s ‘return’ key to post-war order, Xinhua reports  Reuters
    3. China and US should jointly safeguard victory of World War II: China Daily editorial  China Daily – Global Edition

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