The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

Two days of trade talks resulted in what leaders called a framework agreement meant to solidify terms of a truce that the superpowers reached in Geneva last month.

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China has issued over $1 trillion in loans and grants for tens of thousands of projects across the developing world.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed as traders assess U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of the trade war with China to be “done.”

The two governments continue to publicly accuse each other of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, in possible preparation for real-world hostilities.

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By sending warships beyond Japan, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its ability to project sea and air power far past its home waters.