5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Elena Rybakina’s bid for the world number one ranking takes centre stage on Wednesday when the U.S. Open quarter-finals continue, while home favourite Coco Gauff faces fellow French Open winner Mirra Andreeva and top seed…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (326+ words) BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a positive tone in a phone call with Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday, saying that Beijing ​and London share greater common interests than differences. Xi said there ‌was a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (346+ words) BEIJING, Sept 7 (Reuters) – China’s exports likely grew at a faster pace in August, a Reuters poll showed, indicating that the world’s second-largest economy will continue to rely on external ​demand to shore up growth as domestic weaknesses persisted. Exports are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (445+ words) BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Priyanka Choudhary, an Indian-born Finnish citizen returning from a Hindu pilgrimage in Tibet, was at a border crossing with Nepal when a catastrophic mudslide hit. She is one of 261 foreign nationals still missing ​in Tibet 10 days after…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1054+ words) BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities reach a global tipping point....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (232+ words) TAIPEI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s plan for defence spending next year to exceed T$1 trillion ($31.47 billion) for the first time shows the international ​community the island’s determination to strengthen its ‌defences, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday. Beijing, which views democratically…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (845+ words) By Gopal Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh, Ethan Wang and Liz Lee KATHMANDU/BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Hopes of finding more survivors among thousands still missing in Nepal were fading on Wednesday, but authorities believed that dozens of workers trapped in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (473+ words) By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Chinese rescue teams worked through the night and frequent rain to restore the last stretch of the sole road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal, torn apart by a…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (658+ words) By Julie Zhu and Sophie Yu HONG KONG/BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) – China’s three biggest state-owned airlines reported first-half losses for the seventh consecutive year, battered by surging jet fuel prices, with the outlook for the rest of the year clouded…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1343+ words) By Saurabh Sharma, Devjyot Ghoshal and Sarita Chaganti Singh KATHMANDU, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both…...