🇨🇳 The upcoming meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping is a "holding action" to prevent either side from ramping up tensions, former diplomat and Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman told Sputnik.
"The Biden-Xi summit may pause the current deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing. It is unlikely to cure it," Freeman said.
This meeting, Freeman said, might usefully begin a discussion of measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear exchange, establish standards for crisis management.
"The Biden-Xi summit may pause the current deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing. It is unlikely to cure it," Freeman said.
This meeting, Freeman said, might usefully begin a discussion of measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear exchange, establish standards for crisis management.
❗️American journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after being sentenced to 11 years in jail last week, his employer says
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❗️American journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after being sentenced to 11 years in jail last week, his employer says
❗️Danny Fenster’s employer says the journalist is already on a flight out of Myanmar
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❗️Danny Fenster’s employer says the journalist is already on a flight out of Myanmar
Danny Fenster has been released from a prison in Myanmar with the help of ex-governor Bill Richardson
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🇺🇸🤝 The White House has dismissed media reports claiming a rift between the president and the vice president.
Jen Psaki took to Twitter to call Harris “not only a vital partner" to Biden, but a “bold leader” taking on key issues — from addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.
The remarks came on the heels of a CNN report of many in the Harris circle considering her to be inadequately prepared, and herself feeling sidelined.
Jen Psaki took to Twitter to call Harris “not only a vital partner" to Biden, but a “bold leader” taking on key issues — from addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.
The remarks came on the heels of a CNN report of many in the Harris circle considering her to be inadequately prepared, and herself feeling sidelined.
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Danny Fenster has been released from a prison in Myanmar with the help of ex-governor Bill Richardson
Danny Fenster says he is healthy and happy to be on his way home, wasn’t starved or beaten in captivity
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⚡️ Joe Biden says he's signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal into law: "a historic investment in this country’s infrastructure"
#LIVE | Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial proceeds to jury deliberations stage https://sputniknews.com/20211115/kyle-rittenhouse-murder-trial-proceeds-to-jury-deliberations-stage-1090756596.html
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Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Trial Proceeds to Jury Deliberations Stage
Rittenhouse is charged with shooting three men, killing two of them and injuring a third, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
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🇺🇸🌌 The United States is investigating a debris-generating event in outer space, the Space Command said in a statement circulated by reporters on Twitter