When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a lavish state banquet in Beijing on Thursday, the menu itself read like a work of diplomacy.
Chinese state dinners traditionally draw on Huaiyang cuisine, from the region surrounding Shanghai, known for its mild, subtle flavors, refined knife-work and emphasis on seasonal dishes.
To cap a meeting in which both sides expressed a willingness to reset relations, menu planners appeared to add a note of culinary flexibility — including Beijing roast duck, China’s national dish, and beef ribs, in an apparent nod to Trump’s preference for a well-done steak.
The seating arrangements also offered clues to the balance of influence and priority in the relationship. Apart from the main dining table where Xi and Trump sat, there were a few other notable tables in the banquet hall where various tech, aviation, banking, finance and manufacturing CEOs sat among other Chinese and U.S. officials.
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Mourners brought flowers and toys to a makeshift memorial near the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children.
President Zelenskiy visited the site of the attack, laying flowers and talking to rescue workers.
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Federal Reserve reporter Howard Schneider walks us through Jerome Powell’s tenure as his time as perhaps the Fed’s most public-facing chair comes to a close.
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Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on May 15, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The ceasefire, which began on the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was marred by reports of violations from both sides. Hours after it ended, Russia launched its longest and largest aerial attack on Ukraine, firing more than 1,500 drones and dozens of missiles and killing more than 30 people in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Kyiv has also carried out drone attacks on targets in Russia, aiming to knock out oil refineries, depots and pipelines.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping toured a garden rarely open even to VIPs during their visit to the walled-off Zhongnanhai complex.
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Video released by the United Nations showed the moment United Nations cars came under a drone attack while delivering aid in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
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Bolivian miners hurled firecrackers and clashed with police in La Paz, as protests demanding President Rodrigo Paz's resignation intensified.
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Pope Leo decried rising European military spending, which grew last year by the highest amount since the end of the Cold War amid pressure from U.S. President Trump, saying it was a betrayal of diplomacy.
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White House Correspondent Trevor Hunnicutt spoke outside China’s Great Hall of the People on May 14 before the elaborate ceremony welcoming U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting for the first time since October, in what is expected to serve as a “status check” on one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships.
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Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles early on May 14, officials said, damaging several buildings, including one which partially collapsed with residents likely trapped under rubble.
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U.S. President Donald Trump met with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing, aiming to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate thorny issues such as the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan.
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