The uncomfortable truth for Xi is that his domestic economy is in trouble. While the country sells a record number of goods around the world, consumers at home are holding back. Youth unemployment remains stubbornly high and property prices have slumped in a country where 80% of people own their own homes. Trade is helping
Donald Trump has welcomed Xi Jinping at the Joint Base Andrews with a red carpet and military flyover to kick off a historic three-day US visit. During the welcome, which included a red carpet, two B-1 bombers flew overhead to celebrate Xi’s arrival. The supersonic aircraft are a key part of the US’s combat arsenal,
Halloween season doesn’t technically start until October, but marine biologists are celebrating a little early this year. In a recently published study for the journal Organisms Diversity & Evolution, ecologists at the University of British Columbia have described a pair of newly identified oceanic horrors. Two species of sea spider—one that views the world through
Experts who spoke to the BBC said any major breakthroughs on AI or other issues are unlikely to occur during the Trump-Xi meetings this week. Then there is Taiwan, which remains a diplomatic thorn. The US Congress has approved a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan that awaits Trump’s signature. He has held off for now,
Scott Read, BBC Radio Lancashire commentator The numbers are well documented, and they don’t make for pretty reading. Lancashire have not made 200 in any innings since June, their last batting point came in May and not since April have they managed to pick up more than two batting points. Since their last win in
As a fisherman, Ibrahim Issa already owned a boat large enough to bring out his family from Yemen. He even brought several of the family’s goats which I can now see nibbling at scraps nearby, foraging amidst the discarded canisters of cooking gas and empty plastic bottles. Some families have been able to bring small
