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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing will be in Azerbaijan from May 17 to 18 for the Leaders’ Summit of the 13th World Urban Forum upon invitation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced

“Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations?” Chinese President Xi Jinping asked the question during his talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, placing a broader historical question at the center of a state visit as an effort to steer the world’s most consequential relationship toward stability. The phrase, repeatedly invoked by Xi in recent years, refers to the theory that conflict often erupts when a rising power challenges an established one. By raising it again, Xi signaled China’s view that strategic competition between Beijing and Washington need…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States in autumn this year at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi said

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday briefed the press on the just-concluded meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing and the consensus reached during the visit. During the visit, Xi and Trump engaged in candid, in-depth, constructive and strategic communication on major issues concerning China-US relations and world peace and development, exploring a correct way for the two major countries to get along and reaching a series of consensuses, said Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. “As many media outlets have pointed out,…

BEIJING: U.S. President Donald Trump left China on Friday with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end his Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping. Trump’s visit to America’s main strategic and economic rival, the first by a U.S. president since his last trip in 2017, had aimed for tangible results to beef up his sagging approval ratings ahead of crucial midterm elections. The summit was filled with pageantry, from goose-stepping soldiers to tours of a secret garden, but behind closed doors Xi issued a stark warning to Trump…

 The Single Window: A Key to Modernizing the Investment System: The Algerian government announced a new regulatory phase for the investment system, reducing processing time for investor files to 15 days as a general rule, and 20 days for classified establishments. The Algerian Investment Development Agency (ADIA) is now obligated to respond to requests for economic real estate within 48 hours of its board’s decision. This step aims to eliminate procedural delays, unify administrative channels, and accelerate the transformation of registered projects into actual productive activity. These directives were outlined in a speech by Prime Minister Sifi Gharib during the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan’s steady policy execution has helped preserve economic stability and improve financing conditions, even as the fallout from the Middle East conflict tests the broader outlook, stressing that maintaining disciplined policies and accelerating structural reforms will be critical for the country to build resilience and secure sustainable long-term growth. The Fund’s Executive Board released the report on Friday after completing the third review of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the second review of the arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). A day earlier, the country’s…

Pakistan’s disappointing outing in the first Test against Bangladesh worsened after the International Cricket Council (ICC) imposed sanctions on the national side for a slow over-rate. The team was fined 40 per cent of its match fee and docked eight World Test Championship points following the defeat in Dhaka. ICC penalises Pakistan over slow over-rate The ICC confirmed that Pakistan fell eight overs short of the required target after time allowances were taken into account during the match against Bangladesh. As a result, the team received a 40 per cent fine on their match fees. In addition, Pakistan lost eight…

The Punjab government has hinted at reviewing the academic calendar after private schools criticized the long summer vacations in the province. Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat, while talking to Samaa TV, said long vacations harm education and he agrees with the concerns raised by private schools. He said a proposal to open schools on alternate Saturdays after summer vacations is under consideration. He added that the academic calendar will be prepared in consultation with private schools, adding that an alternative plan will also be made in case sudden holidays are announced. Friday holiday also caused loss The education minister said…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met a high-level 11-member Chinese business delegation led by IBI Beijing United Technology founder, president and controlling shareholder Qian Xiaojun at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad. Welcoming the delegation, the prime minister said that Pakistan and China share long-standing and historic relations. He also praised China’s remarkable development under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and said he looks forward to his upcoming visit to China later this month. The prime minister appreciated IBI Group’s decision to establish its digital economy headquarters in Pakistan and expressed satisfaction over the growing business-to-business cooperation between the…