France convicts actor Gerard Depardieu for sexually assaulting two women
Depardieu is put on the sex offenders list and receives a suspended sentence for groping the women on a film set.
State media editorial says talks mark ‘step toward resolving differences’ but Xi again criticises US ‘bullying’
A 90-day pause in the US-China tariff war has been cautiously welcomed in China but tensions remain high, with Xi Jinping again accusing the US of “bullying”.
After two days of talks between officials in Geneva over the weekend, China and the US agreed to substantially lower for the next 90 days the high tariffs each had imposed on the other in a tit-for-tat trade war.
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