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China deployed its newest aircraft carrier and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, this week, state media said on Friday. The Fujian joins China's fleet as Beijing moves to assert dominance in the Pacific and challenge a US-led alliance in the re

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Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam after unleashing deadly destruction in the Philippines

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Typhoon Kalmaegi tore across Vietnam early Friday, killing at least five people after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines, where authorities said the death toll had climbed to at least 188 following record rains and flooding.

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China 'focusing on solutions' to combat emissions and climate change, analyst says

Àsia Pacífic • 22:06

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China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it is also spearheading a clean energy revolution, with more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Chris Aylett, Research Fellow in the Environment

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China 'focusing on solutions' to combat emissions and climate change, analyst says

Àsia Pacífic • 22:01

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China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it is also spearheading a clean energy revolution, with more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Chris Aylett, Research Fellow in the Environment

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Indian students turn to other countries as US reduces entry of skilled foreign workers

Àsia Pacífic • 10:56

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For over three decades, the H-1B programme allowing skilled foreign workers to work in the U.S. has been a lifeline for Indian professionals, especially in IT, and a pathway for Indian students, the largest foreign student group with over 330,000 enrolle

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State of emergency declared in the Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi

Àsia Pacífic • 10:52

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Philippines President has declared a state of calamity after Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaked havoc on the country. Leaving at least 142 dead, and another 127 people missing, making it the deadliest typhoon so far of 2025. The region is no stranger to typhoons:

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Philippine president declares state of emergency in the wake of Typhoon Kalmaegi

Àsia Pacífic • 3:54

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and hundreds missing in the country’s central provinces in what is the deadliest natural disaster to strike the Phili

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Philippines begins cleanup after Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves dozens dead

Àsia Pacífic • 15:50

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Residents of the central Philippines on November 5 began scraping mud from streets and homes that survived after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 85 and left dozens missing as it tore through the region. The devastating aftermath sparked anger among many

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Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves dozens dead as it lashed the Philippines

Àsia Pacífic • 10:28

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Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has left dozens dead, according to local officials. While the storm weakened early on November 3 as it made landfall, it still lashed the country with winds of 130 KPH and guests of 180KPH. Heavy rains across the centr

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Will Indian women's cricket victory galvanise the sport?

Àsia Pacífic • 13:05

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IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, November 4: New Yorkers begin voting in the city's mayoral election. Will young, Socialist upstart Zohran Mamdani cause an upset or will the election swing in Andrew Cuomo's favour? In France, the trial of concrete maker Lafarge b

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North Korea's former symbolic head of state Kim Yong Nam dies

Àsia Pacífic • 7:31

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North Korea's former ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim Yong Nam defied the country's purge-prone political scene to serve as head of parliament for 20 years, a role experts suspect he retained

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North Korea fires artillery rockets ahead of US defence secretary's border visit, Seoul says

Àsia Pacífic • 7:00

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Pyongyang fired around 10 rockets an hour before US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday visited the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, Seoul said on Tuesday.

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Typhoon flooding kills more than 40, displaces hundreds of thousands in Philippines

Àsia Pacífic • 3:29

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More than 40 people died and hundreds of thousands were displaced as Typhoon Kalmaegi pummeled the central Philippines on Tuesday. The storm flooded entire towns on the island of Cebu, sweeping away cars, trucks, and even shipping containers.

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China sees rising popularity of drone displays

Àsia Pacífic • 14:42

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In China, large-scale drone shows are breaking records, with performances using over 15,000 drones to create spectacular images in the sky. While audiences are amazed by the precision and visual effects, technological glitches occasionally cause drones t

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Second deadly earthquake in months strikes Afghanistan

Àsia Pacífic • 14:26

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A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Kholm, Afghanistan, causing damage and casualties, including the partial destruction of the historic Blue Mosque. Rescue efforts are underway, but poor infrastructure and reduced foreign aid pose significant challen

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A powerful earthquake kills at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan

Àsia Pacífic • 9:57

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A powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 300 others, a health official said. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah has more from the region.

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Rare espionage joke from China's Xi makes headlines in South Korea

Àsia Pacífic • 5:33

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China's leader Xi Jinping made headlines in South Korea over the weekend as he joked that a pair of smartphones he gifted to the country's president could be used for espionage. Experts said the unusually lighthearted exchange likely indicated closeness

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At least 20 killed as magnitude-6.3 earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan

Àsia Pacífic • 1:42

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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight Sunday into Monday, killing more than 20 people and injuring more than 500, provincial officials said. The quake, at a depth of 28km (17 miles) near Mazar-i-Sharif, hit just two months afte

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K-pop diplomacy goes full throttle as South Korea hosts APEC summit

Àsia Pacífic • 15:18

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Recently back from military service, BTS's leader RM made history by becoming the first K-pop idol to give a keynote address at an APEC CEO summit in South Korea, calling on global leaders to support culture and embrace diversity. Coming four years after

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UN accuses Iran of widespread arrests, abuses after 12-day war with Israel

Àsia Pacífic • 2:53

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United Nations fact finders on Thursday condemned Iran for intensifying repression since its 12-day war with Israel in June, reporting more than 21,000 arrests and widespread mistreatment of minorities and journalists.

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Trump-Xi meeting brought back 'relative calm' on trade, expert says

Àsia Pacífic • 20:25

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Chair in US - Asia relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, says that the meeting between US president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has managed to restore 'a relative calm' in terms

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A truce on whose terms? Trump hails pause in trade war with China

Àsia Pacífic • 19:27

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After launching a trade war with China, Donald Trump is now declaring a deal is at hand for a one-year truce. With nothing yet signed, we ask about the South Korean sit-down between the US president and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, promises of red

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Tariff cuts, soybeans, rare earths exports: Trade takeaways from Trump-Xi meeting

Àsia Pacífic • 16:56

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From the lowering of US tariffs on Chinese goods to an agreement by Beijing not to tighten restrictions on rare earths exports, the meeting between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping Thursday was a "great success", the US leader said. While Ch

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Both US and China leaders get concessions to help domestic economy in deal

Àsia Pacífic • 15:58

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their high-stakes meeting in South Korea with a trade-war truce. While there were no drastic changes in the relationship, the two sides did agree to a year-long extension of their cur

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"There are no winners" in the US-China deal

Àsia Pacífic • 15:57

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The US-China deal has prompted questions as to what each country has managed - or not - to get from the other, with the world's two biggest economy promising a year-long trade truce. But in truth "there are no winners" in the deal Peter Gries, Lee Kai Hu

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"Trump sees he is face-to-face with someone who will not budge" when it comes to Xi

Àsia Pacífic • 11:44

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With a US-China deal on the table after talks between Trump and Xi, the question is who had the upper-hand in the negotiations as the world's two largest economies talk trade. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle looks at what that deal tells us about the relationsh

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Deal could benefit Chinese economy by stabilising the global flow of trade

Àsia Pacífic • 11:04

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After Trump hailed an "amazing" meeting with XI Jinping, China confirms it found "consensus" with the US. The deal could lead to a year-long trade truce between the world's two largest economies. By bringing more stability into the global flow of trade,

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Donald Trump will be visiting China in April following talks with Xi Jinping

Àsia Pacífic • 10:38

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Speaking aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump said a deal had been reached with Xi Jinping. Trump is also set to visit China in April. It was the first time the two leaders were shaking hands again since 2019, with hopes it will ease tensions

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Donald Trump hails "amazing" meeting with Xi Jinping

Àsia Pacífic • 10:14

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US President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on October 30, 2025, as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China by ten percentage points. He also said Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare eart

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Trump trims tariffs on China, strikes rare earths deal after talks with Xi

Àsia Pacífic • 3:32

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had agreed with President Xi Jinping to lower tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing resuming US soybean purchases and keeping rare earths exports flowing. The talks, their first face-to-face meeting since

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Trump approves South Korea’s plan to build nuclear-powered submarine

Àsia Pacífic • 23:03

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US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has authorised South Korea to build its first nuclear-powered submarine, marking a major shift in the allies’ defence cooperation. The announcement came a day after the two countries reached a broad trade d

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'Xi Jinping sees Donald Trump as a gift that keeps on giving', expert says

Àsia Pacífic • 22:22

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Robert Manning, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Centre's Global Foresight Hub and China Program, says that Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees US President Donald Trump as "a gift that keeps on giving", as Trump's

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What is the US-South Korea deal looking like?

Àsia Pacífic • 16:25

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U.S. and South Korea have made progress on their fraught trade deal. On the final leg of President Donald Trump's tour of Asia, he met with his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung. No agreement has officially been signed but Trump lauded the day as a

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WWI soldiers' messages found on Australian beach in a shored-up bottle

Àsia Pacífic • 15:08

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Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast. One of the soldiers requested the bottle's finder delive

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A deal with the US is 'important for South Korea's economy and regional security'

Àsia Pacífic • 13:59

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South Korea says Donald Trump has proposed talks on South Korea’s wish to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Although both sides said progress has been made — Trump said things were “pretty much finalised” — no agreement has been signed yet. Henrietta L

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Donald Trump visits South Korea for summit ahead of US-Chinese talks

Àsia Pacífic • 10:45

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It's been a busy week for the US president. After signing deals with South-East Asian nations in Malaysia on October 26 and a rare earths and nuclear agreement with Japan's new Prime Minister on October 28, Trump arrived in South Korea for the Asia-Pacif

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to meet in South Korea amid trade war

Àsia Pacífic • 10:20

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US and Chinese negotiators have both confirmed a "framework" has been agreed leading up to Trump and Xi's first face-to-face meeting during the US president's second term. The October 29 meeting might yield a truce in the trade war between the world's to

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US, South Korea advance trade deal during Trump's visit to Seoul

Àsia Pacífic • 8:39

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung had “pretty much finalised” a trade deal that will see Washington steeply lower its tariffs on Seoul in return for a $350 billion investment in the US.

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North Korea fires cruise missiles ahead of Trump’s South Korea visit

Àsia Pacífic • 23:45

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North Korea launched a series of sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters on Tuesday, state media said, in a show of force coinciding with US President Donald Trump’s trip to South Korea for a regional summit. The tests come as Pyongyang de

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US and Japan forge stronger alliances

Àsia Pacífic • 14:33

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US President Donald Trump is on a visit to Japan, where he met with newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, highlighting strengthened security and trade ties. He approved Japan's long-awaited missile order for F-35 fighter jets and praised Takaichi’

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Former Vietnamese imperial city of Hue flooded after record rainfall

Àsia Pacífic • 14:05

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The former imperial city of Hue found itself flooded after record rainfall in #Vietnam. Nearly two metres of water fell in just 24 hours - a record that had been standing since 1999. Scientists say human-driven #climatechange is making extreme weather ev

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'Every day the situation for Afghan women gets worse and worse,' campaigner says

Àsia Pacífic • 14:03

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A leading campaigner for women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan says the recent cutting off of the internet in the country led many women there to "completely" lose hope for the future. Mursal Sayas says that "every day" the situation for women gets "w

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Japanese new PM rolls out 'charm offensive' for Donald Trump

Àsia Pacífic • 11:59

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US President Donald Trump is currently in Japan for a key visit as the country faces growing concerns over China's rise and North Korea's nuclear threats. Japan, heavily reliant on US security, is seeking to find a new balance between strengthening its a

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Donald Trump meets with newly elected Japanese PM Takaichi in Tokyo

Àsia Pacífic • 10:19

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US President Donald Trump met with Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, during a visit to Tokyo. As part of the trip, they visited an American military base, marking the first time a Japanese prime minister has done so. This visit is a p

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Shinzo Abe murder trial opens with gunman pleading guilty to killing ex-Japanese PM

Àsia Pacífic • 6:45

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Three years after the assassination of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe shocked the world, the murder trial opened Tuesday with the suspect pleading guilty. "Everything is true," Tetsuya Yamagami told a court in the western city of Nara, admittin

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Japanese governor calls for military help amid spike in bear attacks

Àsia Pacífic • 5:57

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The governor of the northern Japanese Akita prefecture on Tuesday appealed for military help to deal with a surge of bear attacks that have killed a record 10 people this year. The animals have been increasingly encroaching on towns due to a combination

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US, Japan sign rare earths deal as Takaichi hails ‘golden age’ in bilateral ties

Àsia Pacífic • 3:37

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Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, hailed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, vowing a “golden age of ties” as they signed a deal to secure critical minerals. Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, praised Trump’s peacemaking and will nominate

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Trump lands in Japan to meet PM Sanae Takaichi as China trade truce hopes rise

Àsia Pacífic • 17:57

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US President Donald Trump is set to meet newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo. The visit is part of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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More than two decades after independence, East Timor finally joins ASEAN

Àsia Pacífic • 13:05

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Twenty-three years after obtaining its independence, East Timor is starting a new chapter in its history. The small Southeast Asian country has just joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, the region's most influential bloc. The move

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Is the US-China trade war coming to an end?

Àsia Pacífic • 11:29

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The United States and China are moving toward a potential trade agreement, according to US President Donald Trump. Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea, Trump said the two countries are set to “come away wit

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Trump meets Japan’s new PM amid hopes of US–China trade peace

Àsia Pacífic • 10:13

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Asian markets rallied as President Donald Trump’s tour of the region fuelled hopes of a breakthrough in US–China trade talks. In Japan, Trump meets newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to discuss investment and trade — a visit that could seal a fr

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Trade deal nearing between US and China

Àsia Pacífic • 10:00

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Asian stocks rallied Monday after a US-China trade breakthrough, with Washington dropping plans for new tariffs and Beijing pledging more soybean imports. The progress clears the way for Trump and Xi to finalise a deal, easing global tensions. FRANCE 24'

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Trump says he 'would love' to meet with North Korea's Kim during Asia trip

Àsia Pacífic • 7:44

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President Donald Trump said Monday he "would love" to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his current Asia trip. The US president arrived in Japan on the latest leg of his five-day Asia trip, which he hopes to cap with an agreement on atrade war

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Trump kicks off Asia tour with Xi meeting on the agenda

Àsia Pacífic • 15:33

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US President Donald Trump started his Asia tour in Malaysia Sunday by rewarding Cambodia and Thailand with trade deals after co-signing their ceasefire pact, and saying he was confident of a "great" trade deal at upcoming talks with China's Xi Jinping. T

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Trump attends Thailand–Cambodia ceasefire signing in Malaysia

Àsia Pacífic • 9:53

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Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire agreement on Sunday during a ceremony attended by US President Donald Trump, whose threats of economic pressure pushed the two nations to halt skirmishes along their disputed border earlier this year. “T

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Kurdish PKK says it is withdrawing all forces from Turkey to northern Iraq

Àsia Pacífic • 9:18

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The militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said on Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq and urged Ankara to take the necessary legal steps to protect the peace process. Its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in May for the gr

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Trump attends Thai-Cambodian ceasefire ceremony before ASEAN summit in Malaysia

Àsia Pacífic • 6:26

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US President Donald Trump attended the signing ceremony of an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the first stop on his Asia tour which could include talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Tensions simmer at Thailand-Cambodia border despite ceasefire

Àsia Pacífic • 9:40

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Tensions remain high between Thailand and Cambodia, which continue to dispute territories along their shared border. In Thailand, hundreds of Cambodian families living in the contested zones have been ordered to leave. The ceasefire agreed on 28 July has

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Trump heads to Asia for talks with China's Xi amid trade tensions

Àsia Pacífic • 0:01

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday headed for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. FRANCE 24 speaks to Robert Manning, Distinguished F

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Trump heads to Asia on diplomatic tour and meeting with China's Xi Jinping

Àsia Pacífic • 20:33

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US President Donald Trump embarked on a tour of Asia on Friday aimed at easing trade tensions and mending frayed ties with China, beginning with a summit of Southeast Asian nations in Malaysia before heading to Japan to meet new Prime Minister Sanae Taka

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