US President Donald Trump has labelled talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping as ‘extremely positive and productive’ during a state dinner between the two countries on Thursday evening.
The summit between the leaders of the United States and China in Beijing this week represents an important moment for a global economy that has been upended by war and trade tension.
Australian and New Zealand passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have arrived in the Netherlands for quarantine before being repatriated.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump extended the latest stand-off in the effort to end the war and cast doubt on whether the stalemate would be broken anytime soon.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than six months as they try to stabilise ties strained by trade and the Iran war.