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France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never became French.

France’s president, accompanied by the European Commission chief, says he wants to ‘be a voice that unites Europe’.

‘I always pay attention to all the refugee situations, not because I’m a refugee, but I’m trying to see where our humanity is going to be... those boats carry our trust in humanity’

Opportunities abound for private Chinese and foreign companies to capitalize on the country’s new growth strategy, despite widely perceived challenges

Drugs cartels operating in Italy are increasingly using shadow networks of unlicensed Chinese money brokers to conceal cross-border payments, according to Italian judicial and law enforcement authorities.

Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and…

French president makes plea as two leaders hold first of series of high-level meetings in Beijing

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are trending down -0.08% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices ended the regular session mixed as weaker-than-estimated economic data fueled worries that the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike campaign could push the U.S. economy into a recession, while investor focus shifted to key Friday’s U.S.…

China says it supports Middle Eastern countries in upholding their strategic independence

Taiwan officials and defence analysts are bracing for intensifying pressure on the "median line" that has for decades helped keep the peace in the Taiwan Strait as China begins inspecting civilian shipping across the waterway.

China supports countries in the Middle East in upholding their strategic independence, getting rid of external "interference", and keeping the region's future in their own hands, China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Thursday.