What strained ties? It's all smiles as Obama meets China' Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held formal talks with his US counterpart Barack Obama, a day after the two leaders pledged to push forward a new type of major-country relations......

China mum about N-deals, border

Buoyed by the signing of several bilateral cooperation agreements, Chinese President Hu Jintao's just-concluded visit to four Asian countries, including India, was a remarkable success, Chinese......

ChatGPT-maker fires CEO Sam Altman, co-founder quits

In a surprising move, Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT, has been sacked from the artificial intelligence company. IMAGE: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends......

Still believe he's a dictator: Biden after meeting Xi

United States President Joe Biden has once again called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a 'dictator', just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and held candid and......

Shunning protocol, Obama interviews billionaire Jack Ma

Obama joked comfortably with the eccentric founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group.  Image: US President Barack Obama and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma take part in a dialogue at the......

Xi pushes free trade vision as APEC leaders meet

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pushed China's free trade vision for the Asia Pacific region and asked APEC to "break open closed doors" as leaders of the grouping held talks on forging consensus......

Canada PM to visit in Nov; free trade deal likely

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit India next month to discuss with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a bilateral free trade agreement and other steps to lower trade barriers, as he......

Obama to attend APEC meeting in Singapore

US President Barack Obama will attend the 17th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting in Singapore scheduled later this year, White House announced on Friday. "President Obama will......