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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.
After three months of air strikes in Libya, the Nato alliance is showing growing signs of fatigue and discord with no end in sight in the conflict.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation foreign ministers gathered on Thursday in Berlin amid calls for increased air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
A push by several allies for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to take over operations in Libya ran into resistance from France on Monday.
A coalition of Western nations mobilised on Friday to launch quick air strikes against Libya after the United Nations approved military action.
Two years after Washington vowed to "reset" ties with Russia, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to launch a landmark nuclear pact.
