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Chinese president did not avoid difficult questions from his French and EU counterparts, and visits to Serbia and Hungary reinforced established ties.
Presidents Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron not only aired their bilateral differences, but also discussed terms of engagement for challenging days ahead.
Talks on trade imbalances and Ukraine war await Chinese president as he first heads to France in pursuit of ‘pragmatic’ European policy, then Serbia and Hungary, before returning to host Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s re-election is positive for the increasingly close alliance with Beijing, but China’s diplomatic efforts require striking a fine balance ahead of Xi’s proposed trip to Europe.
- A major manhunt is on for fugitive inmate Mohamed Amra, known as ‘The Fly’, and the suspects behind the deadly attack
- A flood of cocaine entering Europe has turbocharged organised crime, leading to ever more violent confrontations with police and deadly turf wars between gangs
The streets of New Caledonia’s main city Noumea bore the scars of clashes on Tuesday with traffic blocked by burnt-out cars and smoking piles of tyres.
The deal, unveiled on Tuesday, marks one of the biggest takeovers in Taiwan outside the semiconductor industry.
Pyongyang on Monday warned the UK, Canada, Germany, France, New Zealand and Australia to immediately stop their ‘blatant military intervention’ under the pretext of monitoring UN sanctions violations.
They defaced ‘The Origin of the World’, a nude painted by French artist Gustave Courbet, and four other works at the Pompidou-Metz museum.
Readers discuss the move in Europe to legalise assisted dying, support for diversity in the Hong Kong Football Club, and the security arrangements for a transfer service for passengers on private jets.
The Chinese president upgraded relations with Serbia and Hungary, but in France made few if any concessions to reduce the flood of Chinese imports into the EU.
The popular social media platform has started to invite merchants for a beta run of TikTok Shop in Mexico, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The UK ended the tax-free shopping incentive for tourists in 2021 and has resisted strong lobbying from retailers and other companies linked to the tourism sector.
The transfer of the flame in the southern port will mark the start of the relay across France and its territories, 79 days from the start of the Games.
First visit by Chinese president to Europe in over five years is highlighting the pivotal role Beijing’s ties with Moscow play in Europe’s relationship with China.
French President welcomes Beijing’s commitment to ‘refrain from selling any weapons or aid’ to Russia, but commerce official reinforces the need to enhance bilateral trade.
Beijing and Paris issue statement denouncing planned Israeli offensive against southern Gaza city following talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
Catherine Delacote, who is suspected to have killed herself, bequeathed her fortune to Nutwalai Pupongta who had worked for her for 17 years.
Entourage features senior Chinese diplomats and officials who oversee the country’s economic and trade affairs.
Chinese president attends state dinner hosted by French counterpart after arriving in Paris for his first European tour in five years.
French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres, reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.
Israel’s prime minister denounced a ‘volcano of antisemitism’ and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.
The 2024 Paris Olympics is going all out in its food offerings for athletes, with hundreds of new recipes created that focus on sustainability, diversity and showing what ‘French cuisine is about’.
France is Chinese president’s first stop on Europe trip, and Beijing is pinning its hopes on Paris to push Brussels to adopt more ‘positive and pragmatic’ approach to China-EU ties.
President Xi Jinping’s European trip comes amid barrage of EU trade and competition tools largely targeting Chinese firms, including dramatic raids in the Netherlands and Poland.
Asylum Aid launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which PM Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks.
Parisians and tourists alike have long dreamed of swimming in the Seine, and that dream is finally within reach – a clean-up of the river is taking place to make it fit for the Olympic Games this summer.
