Biden, Xi meet amid disputes over military and economic issues
Woodside, California Reuters US President Joe Biden met Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year on Wednesday for talks that may ease friction between the two superpowers over military conflicts, drug-trafficking and artificial intelligence. Biden welcomed the Chinese leader at the Filoli estate, a country house and gardens about 48 kilometres […]
APEC summit disrupted by suspected North Korea ICBM test
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Bangkok on Friday for a summit to focus on economic woes but their schedule was disrupted by a North Korean suspected intercontinental ballistic missile test while police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters. US Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting of leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea, […]
Vietnam urged to release prisoners of conscience
World Watch Monitor A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according to Amnesty. The letter, […]
APEC: Christians urge leaders not to forget “the poorest and most vulnerable”
DAVID ADAMS reports on calls for the APEC leaders to remember the least fortunate…