U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 sank 1.7% for its worst day in two months.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio mapped out US strategy for managing Russia’s close relationship with China, saying Washington wants to dilute ties without sowing division between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters looks on on the day he meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters will touch down in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day visit as relations between the two countries are strained after Chinese Navy vessels conducted live firing exercises in the Tasman Sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

If Washington follows through on latest trade threats, it would worsen inflation in the US and ‘backfire on its own economy and job market’, Ministry of Commerce says.

Two teenage figure skaters who died in the Washington plane crash that killed 67 people were poignantly remembered this week at the Asian Winter Games in China's Harbin.

U.S. stocks fell sharply after reports showed worries about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the economy. The S&P 500 sank 1.7% Friday for its worst day in two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.

The State Department removed a line from a fact sheet saying Washington doesn't support Taiwan's independence, angering Beijing.

Ahead of British PM Keir Starmer's Washington trip, two House lawmakers say outpost would help Beijing 'intimidate and harass' dissidents Republican lawmakers in Washington are sounding the alarm over China's plans to build a large embassy in London,

As the Trump administration prepares for direct talks with the Kremlin to end Russia’s three-year-old war on Ukraine, Washington's efforts to counterbalance Beijing and drive a wedge between China and Russia are beginning.

U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy. The