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US President Donald Trump heads into a series of meetings with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday (May 14), aiming to secure secure economic gains, preserve a fragile trade truce and navigate thorny issues including the Iran conflict and US arms sales to Taiwan.Xi is set to welcome Trump with pomp and ceremony at the Great Hall of the People at 10am – a display that underscores the significance of the visit even as deep tensions persist between the world’s two largest economiesThe US president arrived late on Wednesday for the two-day summit, accompanied by top executives including Nvidia’s…

Major musicians from Post Malone to Meghan Trainor have recently struggled to sell out stadiums and arenas for their tours. It’s a troubling trend being called “blue dot fever” and has led to entertainers canceling some or all of their shows. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said Tehran’s ‘right’ to the Strait of Hormuz is ‘established and the matter is closed’, state media reports.Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Denise Powell, a political organizer, won the competitive Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, CBS News projected, amid concerns that another leading hopeful in the race risked harming the party in presidential politics. Powell will face Republican Brinker Harding, a member of the Omaha City Council, in the general election. Harding did not have a challenger in the primary to replace GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who is retiring after a decade in Congress. Though the Omaha-area district has been in GOP hands for all but two years in the last three decades, the district has voted Democrat in three of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says his office will move quickly to retry Alex Murdaugh after the state Supreme Court threw out the disgraced lawyer’s murder convictions, stressing prosecutors still believe they can secure a guilty verdict.”The Supreme Court, in its order today, basically laid the blame on this reversal on the shoulders of former Colton County Clerk of Court, Rebecca [Becky] Hill, and it was her conduct that has led to this decision today, not the conduct of anyone else,” Wilson told Fox News Digital.Wilson said the Palmetto State plans…

By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press Posted May 13, 2026 8:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Organizers of the Canadian Grand Prix say they’re ready for their new, earlier slot on the Formula One calendar, even if it raises the possibility of overlap with a Montreal Canadiens playoff run. Formula One has rescheduled the Montreal race from mid-June to May 24 in order to reduce travel and environmental impact by moving the event closer to the Miami Grand Prix.Canadian Grand Prix spokesperson Sandrine Garneau says staff were able to start mounting the track facilities in the…

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Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid.The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”.The sum was made public in a statement from the US State Department on Wednesday, though the administration of President Donald Trump underscored it had made the offer privately in the past.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut the $100m comes with strings: namely, that Cuba’s government commits to Trump-approved changes.“Today, the Department of State is publicly restating…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story never ends.The government is still not fully funded for the rest of the fiscal year – meaning September 30.Yes. The House and Senate approved a bipartisan bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security in late April. It’s similar to what the Senate approved unilaterally in late March. But the House never took it up until just before a recent Congressional recess. Now the GOP is trying to go around Democrats and pass a three-year bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol. Democrats never secured reforms at ICE. So…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The National Football League has found yet another day to take over.The NFL announced on Wednesday its inaugural Thanksgiving Eve game will be played this year between the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams, on Netflix.A few years ago, the NFL realized that Black Friday could be an option for fans to gather around their televisions, and it found another as hometown bars will be packed the night before the big holiday. Teams line up at the line of scrimmage during the NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the…