U.S. and China Address Trade Tensions in Rare High-Level Washington Meeting

By Joe Leahy & James Politi | Financial Times

China’s commerce minister and his U.S. counterpart have raised concerns about their countries’ trade and investment policies at a meeting in Washington but pledged to keep channels of communication open in the first visit by a senior Chinese official to the U.S. capital since 2020.

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Erdogan Defies Predictions of Political Demise Ahead of Turkey Election Runoff

By Can Sezer & Jonathan Spicer | Reuters

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defied forecasts of his political demise in Turkey’s elections, rallying voters with a potent mix of religious conservatism and nationalism that looks set to propel his rule into a third decade Sunday.

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Oath Keepers Leader Rhodes Gets 18 Years for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

By Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman & Spencer S. Hsu | The Washington Post

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday in the first punishment to be handed down for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Peru’s Congress Deems Mexican Leader Unwelcome, Regional Split Deepens

By Marco Aquino | Reuters

Lawmakers in Peru voted Thursday to declare Mexico’s leftist president unwelcome in the South American country, citing what they described as his meddling in Peru’s internal affairs and marking a deepening diplomatic split in the region.

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Portugal Paves Way to a Huawei Ban on Country’s 5G Network

By Anna Gross & Barney Jopson | Financial Times

The Portuguese government has set the stage for a ban on Huawei equipment in the country’s 5G network in what would be a policy U-turn that delivers a severe blow to the Chinese company’s ambitions in Europe.

Fulgence Kayishema: Rwanda Genocide Suspect Appears in South African Court

By Wendell Roelf | Reuters

Former Rwandan police officer Fulgence Kayishema, accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide, appeared briefly in a South African court Friday and was remanded in custody.