Western economies are accelerating talks over a critical minerals alliance, but rifts over funding mechanisms, price guarantees and trade commitments are already raising questions about its viability.

Yokado’s Asian Games Village (Yayuncun) store in Beijing on April 29, 2025. Photo: VCG. Japanese general merchandiser ...

China has carried out the death sentences of four leading members of the Bai family criminal gang based in northern Myanmar, who had been sentenced to death in November 2025 for crimes including ...

China has carried out the death sentences of four leading members of gangs based in northern Myanmar, who had been sentenced ...

A passenger happily waves aboard the first Spring Festival travel-rush train from Beijing to Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi Province, on February 2, 2026. Photo: Li Hao/GT ...

US President Donald Trump has reportedly responded to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after the latter warned a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that if Iran does not reach a deal over its nuclear program, "we'll find out" whether Iran's supreme leader was correct in predicting that a U.S. attack on the ...

A press conference held by China’s supreme people’s court on February 2, 2026. Photo: Zhao Yusha/GT. In 2025, courts across ...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that if Tehran fails to strike a nuclear deal with Washington, "we will find out" ...

At 5:34 am on February 2, the first high-speed train (G6701) for Beijing’s 2026 Spring Festival travel rush departed on time from Beijing West Railway Station, bound for Handan East Railway Station in ...

At 00:40 am on Monday, K4069, the first train departing Beijing during this year's Spring Festival travel rush, left Beijing West Railway Station, bound for Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi Province.

The 2026 Spring Festival travel rush, or Chunyun in Chinese, the world's largest annual human migration, kicked off on February 2, 2026. The first originating passenger train departing from Beijing ...