Asia

It comes as the US weighs whether to proceed with a $14bn arms sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own. Source link

Food safety fears in India are rising as viral videos and failed tests deepen public distrust. Source link

China’s President Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with a lavish ceremony in Beijing complete with national flags, a marching band and cheering children. It comes after a visit from Donald Trump last week, which began with a near-identical welcome ceremony for the US president – despite Beijing’s very different relationships with Washington…

And in talks with both Trump and Putin, Xi faced leaders mired in costly wars that have dragged on for longer than they anticipated. For Trump, the war in the Middle East has turned into a global crisis that has plunged his approval ratings back home. For Putin, the invasion of Ukraine, now into its…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin are meeting in Beijing for bilateral talks. The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker, and Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, break down their relationship and answer this key question – are they best friends, or is it just geopolitics? Source link

Modi was on a two-day official visit to Oslo this week. As he walked away after a joint press appearance with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, journalist Helle Lyng called out to him, asking why he does not take questions, but got no response. Source link

The two sides will also work towards an extension to the tariffs truce they agreed in October, China’s Commerce Ministry said. Source link

Sana Yousaf’s murder highlights a pattern of violence against women in Pakistan, activists say. Source link

Many visitors who have been exempt for 60 days will soon have to apply for a visa after 30 days. Source link

Unlike Western nations, which sanction and punish on the basis of differing values including human rights, Russia and China do not pass judgement on the actions of the other. Recurring allegations of large-scale human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region of China, which China denies, and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have…