Xi Jinping is plotting closer ties with with the European Union amid a widening rift between the United States and Europe, experts have said. Beijing was seeking to improve relations with Brussels before US President Donald Trump clashed with Ukraine 's leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.

President Trump is threatening to put more tariffs on China. But the U.S. rival is in a better position to ride out American economic retaliation, says former U.S. Ambassador to China Winston Lord.

COLUMN. The fracture the US president is causing between the US and Europe is giving away points to Russia and China, writes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.

The desire of US President Donald Trump to put an end to the armed conflict on Ukraine, apparently, can lead to key concessions from the West to Russia, pushing Kiev and its European supporters with extremely negative consequences for them.

China has been perhaps the biggest beneficiary of cheaper Russian energy in recent years, meaning a U-turn on Russian oil and gas sanctions could shake up global markets or at the very least offer the Kremlin more leverage. That Putin will share Trump's transactional view of geopolitics may be a gamble, but the overtures will give Beijing pause.

In a notable shift, the US under Trump aligned with Russia at the UN, refusing to condemn the Ukraine invasion. This has caused concerns among Europea

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said.

Thailand deported 40 Uyghurs to China despite appeals from the United States and from rights groups that feared they would be abused.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo ... The call came as a dozen leaders from Europe and Canada visited Ukraine’s capital on Monday to mark the third anniversary of Russia ...

Speaking at the Pentagon on February 7, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invoked predecessor Donald Rumsfeld’s 2001 speech declaring war on bureaucracy and “shifting resources from the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 28,