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A Palestinian shepherd poses for a picture as he stands on the back of his donkey, near the Israeli settlement of Argaman, in the Jordan Valley, a strip of West Bank land along the border with Jordan, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. less A Palestinian shepherd poses for a picture as he stands on the back of his donkey, near the Israeli settlement of Argaman, in the Jordan Valley, a strip of West Bank land along the border with Jordan, Monday, ... more Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a doughnut during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016.
In this photo provided by Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, David Friedman, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice for ambassador to Israel. NEW YORK - If U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for ambassador.
China stocks continued their fall as the last week of the year kicks off, dragged lower by the property sector amid government efforts to rein in home prices. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.8 percent to 3,085.31 as of 1:03 p.m. local time, heading for its lowest close since October 20. Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co.
FILE PHOTO: A F-16 fighter jet from the Thai Royal Air Force performs during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, November 24, 2015. Japan is seeking to win a contract to supply Thailand with an air defense radar system built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp, as it looks to counter growing Chinese influence in the Southeast Asian nation, according to four Japanese government officials and one industry source.
China did it to to ensure 'safe navigation of passing ships' while the Pentagon says the drone was being used for oceanic research - they have filed a formal complaint and want their drone back. BEIJING-China said Saturday that its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea to ensure the “safe navigation of passing ships,” in one of the most serious incidents between the two militaries in years.
President Obama Friday said he is deeply frustrated by "hyper-partisan" attitudes that have left some Republicans more trusting of Moscow than Washington, calling such attitudes a greater danger to America's national security than Russian hacking of U.S. elections. Obama reiterated his contention that "the Russians were responsible for hacking" the Democratic National Committee, starting in mid-2015, and that the U.S. will retaliate against Moscow for the meddling.
President-elect Donald Trump is likely to shake up U.S. foreign policy on a number of fronts, and may take action on areas such as Russia, Cuba and the Korean Peninsula, according to experts. Trump shocked the world last month when he pulled off a surprise victory against rival Hillary Clinton and clinched the White House, proving wrong the vast majority of polls and experts who predicted that Clinton would be the next president.
U.S. foreign-policy sage Henry Kissinger used to tell Harvard students that the test of a good statesman was his ability to sense the evolution of an event before it happened. What President Richard Nixon's secretary of state meant was that a successful diplomat had to be able to read the character of his foreign counterpart as well as have the ability to take the pulse of the country he was dealing with.
U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to block a Chinese company from buying Germany's Aixtron SE, people familiar with the matter said, which would mark only the third time in more than a quarter century that the White House has rejected an investment by an overseas buyer as a national security risk. The president is expected Friday to uphold a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. that the sale of the semiconductor-equipment supplier to China's Grand Chip Investment GmbH should be stopped, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the details aren't public.
China's yuan fell for a ninth consecutive day on Wednesday, but experts believe there is no basis for substantial depreciation in the longer term. The central parity rate of the yuan weakened 97 basis points to 6.8592 against the dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.
An international relations professor in China believes that social pressure in the U.S. prevented voters from sharing their views about Donald Trump. The professor also sensed many Americans' fundamental distrust of Hillary Clinton, a sentiment the Democrat couldn't shake.
Chinese President Xi Jinping today told US President-elect Donald Trump that cooperation was the "only right choice" to bolster ties between the two major powers, in the first contact with the US President-elect who in his campaign had accused China of snatching American jobs. In his first telephonic conversation since Trump won the US presidential election last week, Xi congratulated him on his election victory, state-run CCTV reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the importance of relations with the US in a phone conversation with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, opening communication with a politician who had been strongly critical of China during his campaign. State media reported that Xi congratulated Trump on his election and said co-operation was the "only correct choice" for China and the US, the world's two biggest economies.
A woman holds a bottle of tea in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Asian shares rallied Thursday, extending a surprising global recovery as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's conciliatory acceptance speech comments helped soothe world financial markets spooked by his unexpected U.S. election victory.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 19th ASEAN-China Summit on September 7, 2016. Noel Celis / AFP or whatever reason, it is now obvious that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not a 'fan' of the United States of America.
After taking control of China's online shopping market, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. wants to bring the business of instant feedback to a brick-and-mortar sector that's 10 times bigger. The nation's biggest e-commerce company is building a network that would allow physical stores -- and the brands they sell -- to monitor transactions as they happen, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang said.
A man tries to snatch 100-yuan banknotes inside a glass cage during an event held to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, at a park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 26, 2016. The event offered 5 million yuan for 10 visitors to snatch inside a glass cage with an air blower on.
After lashing out at longtime ally America, the new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country. While he recalibrates Philippine relations with the world's big powers, his country's 65-year alliance with the United States - a key pillar of President Barack Obama's rebalance to Asia - hangs in the balance.
Uniformed people take part in a protest outside the Bayi Building, a major Chinese military building in Beijing, China, October 11, 2016. China will keep tackling the difficulties facing demobilized soldiers and pays attention to resolving their problems, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, after hundreds protested outside a major military building against job losses.
Featured Image: US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during their meeting at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou on September 3, 2016. The United States and China on September 3 formally joined the Paris climate deal, with US President Barack Obama hailing the accord as the 'moment we finally decided to save our planet'.