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Relations between China and the United States have frayed on several fronts

Tensions Soar As US Orders China Consulate Shut

Tensions soar as US orders China consulate shut

Action Replaces Rhetoric: Closure of China’s Houston Consulate May Jeopardize US Debt

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China holds $1.1 trillion in U.S. debt, a fraction of the $26.5 trillion owed by the U.S. government.

Renewables Now EU's Biggest Source Of Electricity: Study

Wind and solar alone reached a record of 21 percent of Europe's total electricity generation

Renewables now EU's biggest source of electricity: study

The EU leaders' summit began with smiles and COVID-proof elbow bumps, but soon got down to tense negotiations

Get My Plane! Virus-era EU Summit Not All Smiles And Elbow Bumps

Get my plane! Virus-era EU summit not all smiles and elbow bumps

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An EU post-coronavirus recovery plan has run into stiff resistance from some member states

Angry EU Leaders Battle To Save Deadlocked Virus Recovery Summit

Angry EU leaders battle to save deadlocked virus recovery summit

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron were described as looking annoyed after they left a late night meeting with the Netherlands' Prime Minister Charles Rutte

EU Leaders Struggle To Reach Agreement On Financial Recovery Package Amid Pandemic

The "frugal four" nations of Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Sweden have been skeptical of a robust financial package, while southern European nations such as Italy are in desperate need of financial help.

Health workers protest for lack of medical supplies at the Dr Arnulfo Arias Madrid hospital complex in Panama City, on July 16, 2020, as Panama exceeds 50,000 cases of COVID-19

EU Grapples Over Virus Recovery As Global Death Toll Passes 600,000

EU grapples over virus recovery as global death toll passes 600,000

An EU post-coronavirus recovery plan has run into stiff resistance from some member states

EU Leaders Squabble As Deadlocked Rescue Summit Enters Third Day

EU leaders squabble as deadlocked rescue summit enters third day

The EU leaders return to their conference hall for a second day hoping to find a compromise on a recovery plan that ran into stiff Dutch and Austrian resistance

Deadlocked EU Summit Heads Into Third Day

Deadlocked EU summit heads into third day

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has always stressed the importance of keeping communications open with Russia, but has in recent weeks sharpened her tone

Angela Merkel Unsure If EU Can Agree On Recovery Package, German Leader Says Negotiations Will Be ‘Difficult’

Although Spain and Italy would like a substantial recovery package, the "frugal four" nations of Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Denmark have been reluctant to back a large stimulus program.

'It's our European project which is in play here'

No Deal Yet As Dutch Block EU Virus Recovery Plan

No deal yet as Dutch block EU virus recovery plan

Elbowing their way into the summit

Birthday Gifts And Masks At EU's 'Elbow Bump' Summit

Birthday gifts and masks at EU's 'elbow bump' summit

An easy summit is not one of birthday gifts Merkel will be receiving

EU Leaders Meet In Brussels To Negotiate Recovery Fund, But Merkel Doubts Deal Can Be Reached

There are wide disagreements over how the funds should be disbursed.

Zindzi Mandela, left, and her sister Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, at the funeral of their mother, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in April 2018

Mandela's Youngest Daughter Zindzi Buried In South Africa

Mandela's youngest daughter Zindzi buried in South Africa

Xavier Bettel: 'We know very well that if we have other countries falling, it drags Europe down, so it is important to support each other.'

Luxembourg PM Urges EU Solidarity At Budget Summit

Luxembourg PM urges EU solidarity at budget summit

Cars queue at a coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles, California, where authorities have reimposed containment measures owing to fresh spikes in the disease

Global Stocks Dip As ECB Chief Calls For Quick Action From Brussels

Global stocks dip as ECB chief calls for quick action from Brussels

Expected to take a breather in the hope that politicians do their bit

ECB To Sit Tight As EU Leaders Shape Virus Recovery Plan

ECB to sit tight as EU leaders shape virus recovery plan

Rutte lives in the same flat he bought after graduating, drives a second-hand Saab when not cycling, and volunteers as a teacher

Mark Rutte, The Dutch PM Cycling Into EU Headwinds

Mark Rutte, the Dutch PM cycling into EU headwinds

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he leaves a news conference in which he announced new action against Chinese telecom giant Huawei

US Ups Battle Against Huawei As China Tensions Soar

US ups battle against Huawei as China tensions soar

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (pictured July 9, 2020) told parliament that despite meeting a string of EU leaders in recent days to break the deadlock, he was "quite gloomy about how things will go" at an upcoming summit

Dutch PM 'Quite Gloomy' About EU Virus Deal

Dutch PM 'quite gloomy' about EU virus deal

In a largely forgotten chapter of the dying days of World War II, some 250,000 German refugees were interned in refugee camps across Denmark -- still then occupied by the Nazis -- where they were not made to feel welcome

Denmark's German Refugees Remember Forgotten WWII Chapter

Denmark's German refugees remember forgotten WWII chapter

On the same side of the fence: Conte and Merkel at the German governmental guest house in Meseberg, outside Berlin, on Monday

EU Summit May Not Reach Recovery Fund Deal: Merkel

EU summit may not reach recovery fund deal: Merkel

File picture from November 1985 at the height of the apartheid era: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela with her daughters Zenani, centre, and Zindzi, left, visiting Nelson Mandela after he underwent surgery in a Cape Town hospital

Mandela's Daughter Zindzi Dies In South Africa

Mandela's daughter Zindzi dies in South Africa

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Zindzi Mandela, Daughter Of Nelson Mandela, Dies At 59, Colleagues Mourn Death

Zindzi was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

The favourite, and her challengers

Eurozone Picks New Chief As Pandemic Recession Looms

Eurozone picks new chief as pandemic recession looms

The iconic statue of the Little Mermaid in Cophengan vandalised with a phrase which has left police puzzling over what it means and who might have written it

Denmark's Little Mermaid Vandalised

Denmark's Little Mermaid vandalised

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