BEIJING—Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday met with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates in Beijing ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a time of strained relations. The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an “old friend,” after three years without…
Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Meets With Bill Gates Ahead of Blinken Visit
June 16, 2023
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Ukrainian Troops Holding Bakhmut Line Demand Weapons as World Powers Meet
NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine/MUNICH—Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in Munich on Friday to assess the year-long war shaking Europe. “Give us more military equipment, more weapons, and we will deal with the…
LIVE 2 PM ET: House Resumes Debates
U.S. House of Representatives resumes debate at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 17. The Epoch Times will livestream their meeting. …
House Resumes Debates
U.S. House of Representatives resumes debate at 2:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 17. The Epoch Times will livestream their meeting. …
NASCAR Holds 2nd Driver Safety Meeting, Vows More
LAS VEGAS—NASCAR held a second consecutive meeting with its Cup drivers to discuss their safety concerns with the new Next Gen car and promised to continue the sessions for the remaining month of the season. Saturday’s meeting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway lasted 75 minutes, the same length as the contentious session at Charlotte Motor…
Israeli PM Meets Turkish President, First Time in 14 Years
JERUSALEM—Israel’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the two regional powers after a long and bitter rift. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, on the sidelines of…
3 Dead in Shooting at Florida Narcotics Anonymous Meeting
EDGEWATER, Fla.—Three people are dead following a shooting and hostage situation at Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Florida, police said. Officers responded to a report that a man was shot and a woman was being held hostage Monday night in Edgewater, which is near Daytona Beach. The other people at the meeting were able escape the…
US Discusses ‘Opportunities’ for Taiwan to Participate at WHO Meeting
April 4, 2022
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TAIPEI—U.S. and Taiwanese officials have held talks on expanding Taiwan’s international participation including “opportunities” for the island to attend a major World Health Organization (WHO) meeting next month. Taiwan is excluded from most global organizations due to objections from the Chinese regime, which considers it one of its provinces and not a separate country. In…
ECB Meets as Invasion of Ukraine Complicates Path to Higher Rates
February 24, 2022
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FRANKFURT—European Central Bank policymakers are gathering on Thursday for what may have become a crisis meeting as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to derail economic growth in the eurozone and complicate the ECB’s path out of negative interest rates. The ECB’s policymaking Governing Council had been due to gather in Paris on Thursday for an…
Yellen to Participate Remotely in February G20 Meeting
WASHINGTON—U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will participate in a February meeting of the G20 remotely because of a rise in the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement. The secretary will attend virtual sessions with her counterparts as well as hold bilateral meetings to discuss the world economy, taxation…
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