Putin suffers record losses in 2024 as Kyiv warns Trump against early peace talks - Ukraine says Russia suffered more casualties in 2024 than in past two years combined

US President-elect Donald Trump and Leader Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation today. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the official Chinese agency Xinhua.

Han has used the visit to meet with members of the American business community, including Tesla CEO and close Trump associate Elon Musk, according to Chinese state agency Xinhua. Musk is widely thought to be seen by Beijing as more sympathetic to its interests than others in Trump’s orbit.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping dispatched Vice-President Han Zheng as his special representative to attend Trump's inauguration, signaling a readiness for constructive dialogue despite long-standing tensions between the two countries.

According to Ushakov, Moscow will not have a presence at the inauguration because Russia's possible candidate for Russian ambassador to the U.S.—Alexander Darchiev, the head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry—has still not received an agrément from Washington.

… Rep. Rick Crawford, an Arkansas Republican who was “ raised in an Air Force family” and is a U.S. Army veteran, will take over as House Intelligence Committee chairman. … The U.S. is leveling more sanctions Thursday relating to the raging civil war in Sudan.

Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Donald Trump’s inauguration, is a trusted adviser to President Xi Jinping.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, just hours after China announced its p

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Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as the two face a more geopolitically assertive US government led by Donald Trump, who criticised the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on the first day of his second term as president.