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Chinese Premier Li Qiang is toasting a turnaround in trade ties with Australia on Sunday with a trip to a major winegrowing region that was hit by Beijing's sanctions.The highest ranking Chinese official to visit Australia in seven years, Li's four-day trip offers the prospect of lucrative trade after Beijing lifted punitive measures against a string of major Australian exports.
Donald Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test," only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred to Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as "Ronny Johnson.” The moment came as Trump was questioning Biden's mental acuity, something he often does on the campaign trail and social media.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday that China Premier Li Qiang's visit to Australia was "really important" in showing stabilised ties between the two countries, after Li, China's second-highest ranked official, arrived in Adelaide on Saturday. Li touched down in the South Australia state capital late on Saturday, saying bilateral relations were "back on track" as he started a four-day visit to Australia, the first trip by a Chinese premier to the major trading partner in seven years.
Gunfire erupted at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills as families were frolicking in the water to beat the summer heat, leaving multiple people wounded, authorities said. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard told reporters that “it sounds like we have nine, maybe 10 victims with gunshot wounds, victims of varying kinds of injuries.” Authorities said they believed they had a possible suspect contained in a home nearby.
The eye-catching bridge opened to great fanfare in July 2022 and at a cost of nearly $600 million, but now has Angelenos shaking their heads in dismay.
Donald Trump’s campaign launched its Black voter coalition group Saturday, the clearest effort yet by Trump to target a voting bloc that has overwhelmingly supported Democrats in past elections.
News of the deaths comes as pilgrims gathered atop Mount Arafat on Saturday, marking the main event of the annual gathering.
Authorities said nine to 10 people were shot, and at least one child, an 8-year-old, was in critical condition.
Donald Trump met with Black voters Saturday as he courted a community that largely supported his rival Joe Biden four years ago but has seen notable numbers of African Americans shift allegiance ahead of November's presidential rematch.he asked Donalds after acknowledging the 45-year-old congressman from Florida was on his vice presidential shortlist.
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”
A truism of US politics is that older voters prefer the Republican and younger voters prefer the Democrat. But the old rules don’t seem to apply this year, where older voters are gravitating to Joe Biden and younger voters are taking a look at Donald Trump.
A civilian mariner remains missing in the Red Sea, two days after the crew of a cargo carrier struck by Houthi militants abandoned ship, US Central Command said Friday.
Following is the complete text of a draft communique issued for the so-called High-level Summit for Peace for Ukraine being hosted in central Switzerland from June 15-16, seen by Reuters on Saturday. In particular, we reaffirm our commitment to refraining from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, the principles of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of all states, including Ukraine, within their internationally recognized borders, including territorial waters, and the resolution of disputes through peaceful means as principles of international law.
A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off a Hawaiian island.
BARI, Italy — For all the ambitious plans that President Joe Biden and his counterparts unfurled at the summit meeting that ended Saturday, the cold reality is that many of the leaders may not remain in office long enough to see them ripen.
The former president’s endorsement was not enough to push state Rep. Julie McGuire over the line.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. The bill, proposed by conservative lawmakers and heading for a vote in the lower house, would also apply in cases of rape. Critics say those who seek an abortion so late are mostly child rape victims, as their pregnancies tend to be detected later.
Almost 30 people were rescued and medically evaluated after being stuck hanging upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Portland.
Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday in which a former Iranian official was released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union diplomat and a second Swede."I understand that this (prisoner swap) raises mixed feelings, not least among Swedes of Iranian background," Kristersson later told reporters.
The search continues for a former California sheriff’s deputy who vanished Tuesday while vacationing in Greece amid reports that a second American tourist has now gone missing.
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