Simone McCarthy

1 week ago | cnn.com | Simone McCarthy

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Chinese leader Xi Jinping before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 8. Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/Reuters Hong Kong CNN  —  Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Russia and China’s “stable and resilient” ties as he began talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday in Moscow, a show of solidarity in the face of global uncertainties unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s “America First” diplomacy.

1 week ago | krdo.com | Simone McCarthy

By Simone McCarthy, CNNHong Kong (CNN) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for his heavily choreographed May 9 “Victory Day” military parade, he’s been clear who’s at the top of his guest list: Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a four-day state visit, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Simone McCarthy

As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for his heavily choreographed May 9 “Victory Day” military parade, he’s been clear who’s at the top of his guest list: Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader is set to arrive in Moscow on Wednesday for a four-day state visit, where he’ll deepen “mutual trust” with Putin, according to Beijing, and attend activities commemorating 80 years since the Allied forces’ World War II victory over Nazi Germany.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Simone McCarthy

Hong Kong CNN  —  Throughout his second term, US President Donald Trump has trained his focus on a sprawling but sparsely populated island that stretches into the Arctic circle. The United States needs that island – Greenland, a territory of US ally Denmark – “very badly,” Trump said in an NBC interview that aired on Sunday, echoing comments he’s made repeatedly in recent months. “Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Simone McCarthy

Shanghai, China CNN  —  This year’s Shanghai auto show has a clear message for visitors: China is now a global leader in innovation, and it wants the world to know. The massive, thrumming exhibition that took place in the country’s financial capital over the past two weeks boasted over 60 football fields of floorspace, packed full of carmakers using the event to unveil a raft of new models with curtain-pulling reveals.