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People shop at the La Vega market in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 12, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The Chilean capitol has reinstated quarantine measures due to the increase in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The Latest: Lebanon marks daily record of vaccinations

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FILE - In this May 28, 2021 file photo, travelers wait for their luggage at a baggage carousel at Miami International Airport in Miami. The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
The Latest: Brazil president fined for not wearing mask

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, a woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a screen showing China and U.S. flags as she listens to a speech at the Lanting Forum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call Friday, June 11, 2021 that revealed wide divisions in a number of contentious areas including the curtailing of freedoms in Hong Kong and the mass detention of Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin

Jun. 12, 2021 01:22 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 06:52 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 24 The Albuquerque...

FILE - In this June 21, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping stroll in the premises of Kumsusan guest house in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim in a message to Xi called for stronger “unity and cooperation” between the countries in the face of challenges posed by “hostile forces,” the North’s state media and Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming China-N. Korea alliance

By Kim Tong-Hyung Mar. 22, 2021 11:28 PM EDT

Policemen wearing face masks patrol at the compound of No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, Monday, Sept 22, 2021. The Beijing court was expected to put on trial second Canadian citizen Michael Kovrig held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms giant Huawei. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
2nd Canadian goes on trial in China on spying charges

By Sam Mcneil Mar. 22, 2021 03:38 AM EDT

FIEL - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from right, joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, right, speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi, second from left, and China's State Councilor Wang Yi, left, at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. China said Friday, March 19, 2021, a “strong smell of gunpowder and drama” resulted from talks with top American diplomats in Alaska, continuing the contentious tone of the first face-to-face meetings under the Biden administration. (Frederic J. Brown/Pool Photo via AP, File)
China says 'strong smell of gunpowder' sensed in US talks

Mar. 19, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after a closed-door morning session of US-China talks in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, March 19, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown/Pool via AP)
US, China wrap up testy 1st face-to-face talks under Biden

By Matthew Lee And Mark Thiessen Mar. 19, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from right, joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, right, speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi, second from left, and China's State Councilor Wang Yi, left, at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown/Pool via AP)
US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden

By Matthew Lee And Mark Thiessen Mar. 18, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, elbow bumps with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, front, watch after a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
US sanctions 24 China and Hong Kong officials ahead of talks

By Zen Soo Mar. 17, 2021 06:23 AM EDT

Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, speaks to Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's foreign minister, and Nobuo Kishi, Japan's defense minister, both not pictured, during the two plus two security talks at Iikura guest house in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)
White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska

By Aamer Madhani Mar. 16, 2021 09:09 PM EDT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington, (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)
Top US, China officials to meet over intense divides

By Matthew Lee Mar. 10, 2021 04:25 PM EST

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, bumps elbows with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the start of their meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan, China agree on economic ties, split over islands

By Mari Yamaguchi Nov. 25, 2020 09:53 AM EST

China' Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi participate in a press briefing in Tokyo on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Wang met Motegi on Tuesday to discuss ways to revive their pandemic-hit economies as well as regional concerns over China’s growing influence. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
China, Japan to cooperate in reviving virus-hit economies

By Mari Yamaguchi Nov. 24, 2020 01:56 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019, file photo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, poses with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi for a photo prior to a meeting in Tokyo. Motegi announced Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 that his Chinese counterpart Wang will visit Tokyo next week as the two Asian powers discuss ways to resume bilateral visits to revive their pandemic-hit economies and other regional issues. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)
China FM to visit Japan to discuss virus, regional concerns

By Mari Yamaguchi Nov. 20, 2020 02:35 AM EST

Yang Jiechi, left, a top Chinese official in charge of diplomatic affairs, and South Korean National Security Council Chairman Suh Hoon pose for photos during a meeting at a hotel in Busan, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)
South Korea, China reaffirm plans for leaders' summit

Aug. 22, 2020 05:17 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jul. 26, 2020 02:06 PM EDT
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
US official says China not forthcoming in talks with Pompeo

By Matthew Lee Jun. 18, 2020 05:56 PM EDT

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations

By Matthew Lee Jun. 18, 2020 12:03 AM EDT

Health workers analyze samples collected during mass coronavirus testing inside a mobile laboratory in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Asia Today: Beijing's daily cases drop, India's rise sharply

Jun. 17, 2020 11:22 PM EDT