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The People's Republic of China flag and the US flag fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the US Capitol in Washington during then-Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo

World+Biz

US to stress need for 'guardrails' in Sherman's talks in China

"The US wants to ensure that there are guardrails and parameters in place to responsibly manage the relationship"

Bystanders holding North Korea and U.S. flags wait for the motorcade of US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang

World+Biz

US seeks 'reliable, predictable' way forward with North Korea

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony for Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

South Asia

China's Xi visits Tibet for first time as president

World+Biz

Britain sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro's envoy Saab

World+Biz

US sanctions Cuban security minister, special forces unit over protest crackdown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds her annual summer news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool

Europe

Preparing to bow out, Merkel too busy to think about life after office

North Korea has rebuffed proposals from the new US administration of President Joe Biden for talks, raising new doubts about prospects for pressing it to give up its nuclear weapon and missile programmes

Politics

US hoping for North Korean response to offers of talks: South says

Freeman Mbowe (C), chairman of Chadema, Tanzania's main opposition party, arrives at Kisutu Magistrate Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman/File Photo

Africa

Tanzania arrests leader of main opposition party

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, June 25, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Europe

France calls Turkish-Cypriot move on ghost town a 'provocation'

Signage is seen at the Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

USA

Consumers' 'right to repair,' merger rules, clothing tags set for FTC vote

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen on the opening day of the budget session in New Delhi July 2, 2009. India needs to focus on a calibrated approach of using monetary measures for returning to high economic growth at the earliest, a survey by the finance ministry said on Thursday. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA POLITICS BUSINESS)

Politics

Indian opposition disrupts parliament, seeks probe into Pegasus

FILE PHOTO: Police officers escort a prison van which is carrying Tong Ying-kit, the first person charged under the new national security law, as he leaves West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, in Hong Kong, China July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

China

Landmark Hong Kong security trial wraps up in test for rule of law

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a press conference almost a week after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

World+Biz

Haiti's interim prime minister Joseph says he will step down