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BEIJING (AP) — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But a long list of issues are at stake in one of the world’s most consequential relationship, with no easy end in sight. Few expect major breakthroughs to […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A performer who disrupted Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance has been found guilty of resisting an officer after police said he ran across the field with a Sudanese flag that read “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Monday. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, of New Orleans was among dozens of dancers wearing black outfits as part of the hip-hop artist’s Feb. 9, […]

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s maritime agency has launched a search and rescue operation for 14 people missing after a boat believed to be carrying undocumented Indonesian migrants sank off its western coast on Monday.  A fisherman alerted authorities early Monday after discovering victims floating in the waters off Pangkor island, Perak state maritime director Mohamad Shukri Khotob said in a statement.      A local fishing vessel rescued 23 […]

By Lais Morais SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) – Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody. Avila and Spanish national Abu Keshek were part of the second Global Sumud Flotilla that launched from Spain on April 12 attempting to break Israel’s blockade of […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, May 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held its ground on Tuesday as talks to end the war in the Middle East showed no signs of progress, pushing oil prices higher and worrying investors that interest rates may need to stay higher to tackle inflationary pressures. Investors now fear that the ceasefire that has been in place since April 7 could be in danger and hostilities […]

SYDNEY, May 12 (Reuters) – Australian business confidence remained mired in gloom in April, a survey showed on Tuesday, as spiking energy costs from the Middle East war squeezed profit margins and pressured investment plans. The survey from National Australia Bank showed its index of business confidence improved only marginally to -24 in April, having dived 29 points to -29 in March, the second-largest monthly fall in history. Its measure […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claims that America has increasingly profited from trade with China, largely playing down the tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence that could rupture relations between the world’s two largest economies. Trump departs Tuesday for a summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in what could potentially be the first of four meetings this year. “We’re doing […]

A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would disproportionately harm Native American and young voters. The ruling prevents a law that was enacted last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature from being enforced that would have prevented voters from casting ballots in presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races if they register after noon on Election Day. It was the second […]

Who Decides Who Is Jewish? Israeli Conversion Bill Reopens Law of Return Debate  Religious coalition lawmakers frame the bill as a return to halachic conversion standards, while opponents say it would hand the religious establishment greater control over Jewish identity  By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line  A proposed amendment to Israel’s Law of Return has pushed one of the country’s oldest arguments back to the center of public debate: […]