Pompeo held meetings in India's capital with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and later with Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar amid growing tensions over trade that have strained bilateral ties.
President Rodrigo Duterte warned violators of the lockdown measures in the Philippines that they could be shot for causing trouble, and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated.
Power and water supply have recovered in most of the affected areas, and the damaged houses are expected to be fixed in 10 days.
President Xi Jinping first announced that China will host the summit in a congratulatory message sent to South African President Jacob Zuma on Jan 1 that noted the 20th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties.
Portland has been convulsed by protests and violence since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis police custody.
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President Xi Jinping and his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, hold talks in Rome. [XIE HUANCHI/XINHUA]
Premier Li Keqiang was welcomed by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic as he landed on the Zagreb Airport late on Tuesday to kick off his first official visit to Croatia.Bilateral cooperation has made important breakthroughs in diverse fields between China and Croatia, said Premier Li upon arrival. He said the visit is expected to consolidate their traditional friendship and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation to move forward the comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.During the visit, Li and Plenkovic will hold talks, meet journalists and attend the opening ceremony of the China-Croatia Year of Cultural Tourism. A number of agreements will be signed between the two countries.After schedules in the Croatian capital, Li will fly to the coastal city of Dubrovnik to attend the eighth Meeting of Heads of Government between China and Central and Eastern European Countries.The meeting, also known as the "16+1" mechanism, has made fruitful achievements in trade, investment, the financial sector, infrastructure, agriculture and people-to-people exchanges, Li said.China is ready to work with the 16 CEE nations to build the mechanism into a vital platform for aligning the Belt and Road Initiative with Eurasian connectivity strategy, and inject new vitality into China-CEEC relations and European integration, the premier added.
Potential challenges from Libra, the global digital currency proposed by the world's largest social media network, are accelerating the launch of state-backed digital currencies by central banks in countries around the world including China.
Premier Li Keqiang has called for heightened measures to reduce the financing costs of smaller businesses with steps to raise their lines of credit and allow them to use intellectual property rights as collateral to obtain loans.