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France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk under umbrellas upon their arrival for an official two-day state visit, at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on May 5, 2024, for a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues. (Reuters photo)
France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk under umbrellas upon their arrival for an official two-day state visit, at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on May 5, 2024, for a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues. (Reuters photo)

China’s Xi praises French ties as Macron prepares to talk trade

PARIS (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping lauded China’s ties with France as an international model on Sunday as he arrived in Paris for a rare visit against a backdrop of mounting trade disputes with the EU.

Trump accuses Biden of running ‘Gestapo administration’

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a “Gestapo administration” in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved in his criminal indictments, according to a recording heard by U.S.

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk under umbrellas upon their arrival for an official two-day state visit, at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on May 5, 2024, for a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade.     STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/Pool via REUTERS
France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan walk under umbrellas upon their arrival for an official two-day state visit, at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on May 5, 2024, for a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/Pool via REUTERS

China’s Xi praises French ties as Macron prepares to talk trade

PARIS, (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping lauded China’s ties with France as an international model on Sunday as he arrived in Paris for a rare visit against a backdrop of mounting trade disputes with the EU.

A general view shows the Al-Jazeera headquarter building in Doha, Qatar, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Imad Creidi/ File Photo

Israeli police raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order

JERUSALEM/DOHA, (Reuters) – Israeli police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office on Sunday following a government decision to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters.

Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump sought yesterday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities.

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