Politics

Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram messaging app, pictured here in Indonesia in 2017, was detained at a Paris airport on Aug. 25. Authorities say the platform has been used for illegal activities.
A man walks past U.S. and Chinese flags on the day of a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng in Beijing on April 8.
US-China tensions

China opposes U.S. sanctions on firms over alleged ties to Russia war effort

Latest measures target hundreds of companies in Europe, Asia and Middle East

26 August 2024
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his campaign plans in Phoenix, Arizona.
U.S. elections 2024

RFK Jr. ends U.S. presidential campaign, endorses Trump

Anti-vaccine activist is son and nephew of two titans of Democratic politics

24 August 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Kyiv on Aug. 23 amid Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine.
Ukraine war

Modi meets with Zelenskyy in Ukraine weeks after Putin hug

India leader says both sides should sit down together to resolve crisis

24 August 2024
Starmer's government has said it plans a review of Britain's relationship with China to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities Beijing poses.
24 August 2024
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan heads to China on Aug. 27 to meet with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
US-China tensions

Jake Sullivan to visit China with eye on last Biden-Xi engagement

Beijing trip will be first by a U.S. national security adviser since 2016

23 August 2024
Being too harsh on China and its potential tech threat could push countries away, a U.S. State Department official said.
US-China tensions

China tech tensions may turn off U.S. allies, State Dept. official warns

Policymakers debate whether Trump or Harris would take harder line on Beijing

23 August 2024
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the party's nomination for the November election at its convention in Chicago on Aug. 22. 
U.S. elections 2024

Kamala Harris says America, not China, will win 21st century

Nomination speech recalls Indian mother, jabs Trump for cozying up to Kim Jong Un

23 August 2024
The Harris campaign is spending at least $370 million on advertisements between Labor Day and Election Day.
U.S. elections 2024

Kamala Harris targets Asian American voters in new campaign ads

Videos contrast VP's support for community with Trump's racially insensitive remarks

23 August 2024
Oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, in June 2023. Figures from the Middle East suggest Shanghai Petrochem now sources 10% of its crude from Russia.
Commodities

Shanghai Petrochem reveals more Russia oil buying as Li Qiang visits

Executive stresses 'price' is key; Chinese premier cements economic ties with Putin

22 August 2024
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21.
U.S. elections 2024

Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz accepts nomination with 'joy'

Democrat promises benefits, skips foreign policy in brisk 15-minute speech

22 August 2024
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama visits Switzerland in 2018. He has been in the U.S. since June for medical treatment on his knees.
International relations

U.S. senior officials meet with Dalai Lama in New York

Chinese Embassy 'gravely concerned' over engagement with Tibetan spiritual leader

22 August 2024
Xi Jinping is determined not to be caught off guard by the policies of whoever wins the U.S. presidential election in November, Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and Getty Images)
China up close

Analysis: U.S. election could dictate Xi Jinping's political schedule

Bitter lesson from 2016 Clinton-Trump race reverberates through Beijing

22 August 2024
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20 in Chicago. 
U.S. elections 2024

Barack Obama tells Democrats of Kamala Harris: 'Yes, she can'

Former president says America is ready for a new story, not a Trump sequel

21 August 2024
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react at the party's election-night headquarters on June 9 in Paris.
The Nikkei View

Global election results show importance of functioning democracy

Growing populism, confusion could benefit authoritarian regimes

21 August 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Kazakhstan on July 4. (Turkish presidency)
International relations

Turkey lauds improvement in relations with China after long stagnation

President Erdogan reveals possible visit in 2025 by counterpart Xi

21 August 2024
A group of U.S. lawmakers warned of the possibility of forced participation of Uyghurs in clinical trials conducted in China's Xinjiang region.
Pharmaceuticals

American clinical trials in China questioned by U.S. lawmakers

House members cite risks of intellectual property theft and forced use of Uyghurs

21 August 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to hold a news conference in Paris in November 2021.
U.S. elections 2024

U.S. Democrats' foreign policy platform pivots back to Europe

Harris administration will likely seek to 'manage' China with trans-Atlantic partners

21 August 2024
Tesla Model 3 vehicles at its factory in Shanghai, China.
Electric vehicles

EU slashes planned tariff on Tesla's China-made EVs to 9%

New reduced rate is set lower than the 20.8% it had indicated in July

20 August 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden appears on stage with Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris on the first day of the party's convention in Chicago on Aug. 19.
U.S. elections 2024

Trump and 'America First' left world in tatters, Biden says

At Democratic convention, president says choosing Harris as VP was his best decision

20 August 2024
Putin awards India's Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on July 9.
Opinion

West must stop trying to pull India into the liberal democracy camp

U.S. and allies would be better served trying to prevent New Delhi siding with China

20 August 2024
Rear Adm. Axel Schulz said a conflict in the Indo-Pacific region would have major consequences for Germany. (Leon Rodewald/German armed forces)
Defense

German Navy 'cannot just pay lip service' to aiding global order: admiral

Ships and planes cross into Pacific to join Japan and U.S. in joint exercises

20 August 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to closely watch the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. (Source photos by Yonhap and Kyodo)
North Korea tensions

South and North Korea brace for Harris or Trump as next U.S. leader

Yoon and Kim deepen their own alliances while keeping door open to dialogue

20 August 2024
Attendees at the latest Financial Working Group pose for a photo in Shanghai. (People's Bank of China)
Economy

U.S., China agree to work more closely in times of financial stress

The fifth Financial Working Group meeting concluded as trade tensions rise

20 August 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the G7 leaders' summit in Japan's Hiroshima in 2023. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan/Handout via Reuters)
Ukraine war

India PM Modi to visit Ukraine for first time since start of Russia conflict

Trip to war-torn nation follows July meeting with Putin in Moscow

19 August 2024