Tag: strained

US wishes India luck with ‘structural issues’ in strained China ties

By David Brunnstrom and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wishes India well in its efforts to improve strained ties with China, the number-two U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, while cautioning that Chinese leader Xi Jinping finds it very hard to show any flexibility on territorial issues. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said […]

Strained Chinese cities struggle to pay home buying subsidies

By Liangping Gao and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Amy Wang was counting on a 100,000 yuan ($13,800) subsidy promised by authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Weifang to fit and furnish an apartment she bought two years ago. Still waiting for the money, she is yet to move in. The 30-year-old now […]

Zelenskyy discusses Ukraine’s strained political ties with former Polish government

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the problems in relations between Kyiv and Warsaw amid this year’s border blockade by Polish farmers and carriers. Source: Zelenskyy at a press conference, European Pravda reports While expressing his gratitude to Poland and its people for helping Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s President said […]

U.S. support for Israel strained as Arab states demand cease-fire

WASHINGTON —  As Israel widens its war in Gaza, now in its third deadly month, Biden administration officials are struggling to shore up support for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu even as it appears to ignore U.S. advice and Arab anger worldwide mounts. In New York at the United Nations and in Washington, where a high-level […]