Xian Lim is officially a private pilot! The Kapuso actor and filmmaker announced his achievement in an Instagram post. He shared photos of him in his pilot uniform, and photos of his instructors ...

When a country is as vast as China, the idea of it having a singular cuisine swiftly teeters into the ridiculous. So it is: going for a Chinese might mean plates from Sichuan and Hunan, blistering ...

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Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the ...

India is set to face England in the first T20I of a five-match series at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Wednesday. The match will mark the return of Mohammed Shami to the Indian team after a year-long ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) with Chinese President Xi Jinping and emphasized their close ties a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, January 21, 2025. Photo: Xinhua ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a video call hours after Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday, pledging to bring bilateral ties to "greater heights ...

Putin addressed Xi as his "dear friend" during the call, which lasted about one-and-a-half hours Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had a video call hours ...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed on Jan 21 how to build ties with Donald Trump, prospects for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine and Moscow ...