Markets are bracing for a critical meeting between the presidents of the US and China this weekendIntroduction: Trump and Xi to have dinner on SaturdayLatest: Xi: We will open up ChinaWorld stock markets hit one-week highChinese shares jump 1% 1.44pm GMT America’s economy grew faster than other advanced economies in Read more
News that tech giant Ma is a member of Communist party of China should set alarm bells ringing – and not just in ChinaOn the outskirts of Hangzhou, eastern China, in Alibaba’s Cloud Town, a Silicon Valley-style working and leisure hub, cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence (AI) and smart city Read more
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The Ukrainian servicemen appear to read from scripts in the FSB secret service footage and admit straying in to Russian waters despite repeated warnings to leave. Via: Russia releases filmed 'confessions' of captured Ukrainian sailors
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The violent video appears to involve pupils at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The footage has been shared widely on social media. Via: Sickening moment thug bullies ‘waterboard a teenage refugee student'