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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump, preparing to meet a Chinese trade delegation Thursday, said the United States won ;t reach any final trade agreement with China until he sits down again with President Xi Jinping.No final deal will be made until my friend President Xi, and I, meet in the near future, Trump tweeted.U.S. and Chinese negotiators on Wednesday opened two days of high-level talks aimed at settling a trade war that has weakened both economies, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for global trade.Trump tweeted that the meetings are going well with go
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KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin.WATCH: Russia, Ukraine reach agreement to resume grain shipmentsUkrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a counteroffensive to take back the occupied Kherson region in the country south, territory seized by Russian President Vladimir Putin ;
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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, allegations that add fresh detail to the crimina
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Solar energy has the potential to supply up to 40 percent of the nation electricity within 15 years 鈥?a
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BEIJING AP 鈥?The U.S. on Tuesday issued a sweeping new advisory warning against travel to mainland China and Hong Kong, citing the risk of arbitrary detention and arbitrary enforcement of local laws.The advisory is likely to heighten tensions between the sides that have spiked since Beijing imposition on Hong Kong of a strict new national security law in June that has already been met with a series of U.S. punitive actions. WATCH: What Chinas move to crack down on Hong Kong means for citys autonomyThe statement warned U.S. citizens that China imposes arbitrary detention and exit bans to compel cooperation with investigations, pressure family members to return to China from abroad, influence civil disputes and gain bargaining leverage over foreign governments. U.S. citizens traveling or residing in China or Hong Kong, may be
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