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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated they would not attend what could be the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years on Thursday, with the Kremlin sending instead a group of experienced technocrats. Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday “without any preconditions”. Late on Wednesday, the Kremlin said the delegation would include presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky and Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin – but Putin’s name was not on the list. After the Kremlin’s delegation announcement, a U.S. official said Trump, who is on a three-nation tour of the Middle East, would…

The United States has announced new sanctions targeting six individuals and twelve entities linked to Iran and China. According to the US Treasury Department, the sanctions have been imposed on companies involved in manufacturing components for Iran’s ballistic missile programme. The objective of the sanctions is to prevent Iran from acquiring parts for ballistic missiles and drones, the department stated. Organisations overseeing Iran’s missile programme are also among those targeted by the sanctions, according to the Treasury. Separately, United States President Donald Trump disclosed on Wednesday that Qatar Airways had placed an order for 160 Boeing aircraft. During his media…

China has been and will remain an ideal, secure and promising destination for foreign investors, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in a recent reply to a letter from the founder of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China. Xi expressed appreciation for the founder’s deep affection for China and the confidence of Danish enterprises in China regarding the country’s future development. The Chinese president added that believing in China is believing in a better tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future. He expressed hope that the chamber and its member enterprises will continue to play the role…

China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sun Lei, on Wednesday called on all parties to ease tensions in the Red Sea, resume political dialogue in Yemen, and scale up humanitarian assistance to address the country’s worsening crisis. “The situation in the Red Sea continues to be volatile, which is concerning,” said Sun at a UN Security Council briefing on Yemen, referring to the recent U.S. and British air strikes on Yemen, along with cross-attacks between the Houthis and Israel that have resulted in heavy casualties and damage to infrastructure. He welcomed the recent ceasefire agreement reached between the…

The 2025 World Digital Education Conference kicked off on Wednesday in the city of Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. China attaches great importance to the development of digital education, said Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Guest interact with “Tianwen,” a humanoid robot developed by Wuhan University, at the 2025 World Digital Education Conference held in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, central China, May 14, 2025. /VCG China, which is accelerating its efforts to…

A 0.5 percentage point reduction in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for eligible financial institutions takes effect Thursday, with the move expected to inject roughly 1 trillion yuan ($139 billion) of long-term liquidity into the financial market. The RRR cut, the first such move since the start of this year, was announced last week by the People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank. The latest RRR cut has multiple effects, such as promoting the recovery of domestic demand and accelerating structural adjustment, Lian Ping, director and chief economist of Guangkai Chief Industry Research Institute, told Xinhua News Agency. Gao Ruidong, the chief…

WhatsApp is working on a new optional feature to allow resharing and forwarding status updates, and it will be available in a future update. The new feature will let users decide whether their status updates can be shared, or scheduled for release in a future update, according to WABetaInfo. Currently, the only way to share a status update is by being mentioned by a contact, which allows users to publish that specific update. However, there is currently no option to reshare regular status updates unless users are directly mentioned in them by their contacts. Once this feature is rolled out,…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : Over the past decade, the Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant has emerged as a powerful engine of employment and economic uplift in Pakistan. Launched in 2015 under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the plant has not only generated 1,320 MW of electricity but also created thousands of jobs during construction and operations. Over 5,000 local workers were employed during construction alone, providing stability to struggling households and stimulating local commerce. More than 200 Pakistani staff received advanced training in China, gaining international exposure and technical expertise. Today, over 70% of the plant’s workforce is Pakistani, with numbers…

Pakistan and Russia are set to collaborate on the establishment of a new state-of-the-art steel mill in Karachi marking a fresh chapter in bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries. A joint working group will soon be formed to oversee the planning and construction of the facility, which is expected to be built on a 700-acre section of the existing Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) site, officials said on Tuesday. The development came following a high-level meeting between Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Investment Haroon Akhtar Khan and Russian trade representative Deniz Zarov. Both sides held detailed discussions on…

Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund 2015 nuclear deal, two European and an Iranian diplomatic source said on Tuesday, The talks among senior diplomats come as both sides seek to position themselves ahead of an expected fifth round of U.S.-Iranian negotiations in the coming days. Earlier talks planned on May 2 were postponed with Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, initially hesitant over concerns such talks could create a parallel track and hijack the negotiations pursued by the Trump administration that Washington says aim to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. But…