Mudslides flattened villages in the western state of Maharashtra, and deluged roads turned into rivers that cut off access to villages. ( read original story ...)
Franklin Templeton won’t launch debt funds in India as legal spat goes on
Money manager Franklin Templeton told India's top court on Monday it would not launch any new debt funds during an ongoing legal spat with the market regulator over the sudden closure of six credit ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., China square off in rare diplomatic meeting in Tianjin
A meeting of senior U.S. and Chinese diplomatic officials in the Chinese city of Tianjin ended without a joint statement and drew attention to ongoing disputes over human rights and foreign policy. ( read original story ...)
High-level talks between U.S. and China end in a “stalemate”
The meeting throws cold water on near-term hopes for a major summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)
China blames U.S. for ‘stalemate’ in two-way ties as talks begin
"The United States wants to reignite the sense of national purpose by establishing China as an 'imaginary enemy,'" a senior Chinese official said. ( read original story ...)
China Issues List of ‘Wrongdoings’ to U.S., Demand Behaviors Must Stop
China pushed the U.S. to drop the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, accused of conducting "millions of dollars" of transactions that violated U.S. sanctions on Iran. ( read original story ...)
China says US relations at a ‘deadlock’ in high-level talks
China accused the US of treating it as an “imaginary enemy” and said relations were mired in a dangerous “deadlock”, as the two countries held their second top-level meeting since President Joe Biden ... ( read original story ...)
Search for China flood survivors turns desperate as Typhoon In-Fa hits east coast
The painful search for survivors of China’s flood disaster continued in Monday, as grief and shock turned to frustration among some of the survivors scouring the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Expects China to Understand Human Rights Are Not ‘Just an Internal Matter’: Official
"There are some things that rise above specific differences that are the global responsibility of great powers," U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said. ( read original story ...)
Senior U.S. official visits China, in small thaw of relations with Beijing
There were indications both sides wanted to dial down the temperature in the U.S.-China conflict, especially as central China suffers deadly floods. ( read original story ...)