Laurent Thomet

The summit leadership was expected to release a new draft text on Monday

More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries

Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States

Beijing had already dropped a big hint that rare earths could be in the firing line

Meng Wanzhou’s December 1 arrest in Vancouver has shaken China’s relations with Canada and the United States

Meng’s arrest on December 1 has infuriated Beijing, rocking stock markets and raising tensions amid a truce in the US-China trade war

The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, who faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, has infuriated Beijing

The ceasefire follows months of tensions and tit-for-tat custom duties on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods

The two countries are expected to launch a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs on $16-billion worth of goods from each country on August 23

Legislators erupted into enthusiastic applause over plans to give the president a lifetime mandate to mould the Asian giant into a superpower.

The US leader instructed officials to begin to "plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border".

Independent foreign investigators tore apart the Mexican government’s investigation into last year’s abduction of 43 students.

Venezuela’s acting president Nicolas Maduro has been declared the winner of the election by a 50.66% win, attributing his victory to Hugo Chávez.

Venezuela gave late leader Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell that brought some of the world’s most notorious strongmen to tears.

Libya’s NTC has elected a technocrat to head its transitional government as Nato ended the air campaign that played a major role in ousting Gaddafi.