- Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with President Trump on day two of the U.S.-China summit at Zhongnanhai, saying that he chose the venue to reciprocate the hospitality shown to him at Mar-a-Lago in 2017. The two leaders continue their high-level discussions as the final day of Trump’s visit to China draws to a close.
- They’ve never met, but Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are getting ready for the blind date of a lifetime.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba to "personally deliver President Trump's message" to Cuban leaders that the United States is ready to engage in discussions on economic and security issues.
- In the latest round of panda diplomacy playing out between the U.S. and China, NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer got exclusive access to the two pandas getting ready for their upcoming journey to Zoo Atlanta in America.
- Tom Llamas goes inside a Beijing robot plant as China’s race to build autonomous humanoids accelerates, raising new questions about whether the U.S. can keep pace in the next generation of robotics.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government.
- After living without their loved ones for more than a decade, two families of Americans detained in China are appealing to President Donald Trump to bring them home as he meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has the challenge he dared his mutinous party to produce, setting up a potential clash over the future of the United Kingdom and its ruling center-left Labour Party.
- President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during a summit with President Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News in an interview Thursday.
- Guy Gilboa-Dalal is among several former hostages, mostly women, speaking publicly about alleged sexual assaults at the hands of the militants in the Gaza Strip.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the U.S. over Taiwan, cautioning President Donald Trump that tensions over the Beijing-claimed island could jeopardize ties between the world’s two biggest economies.
- The streets around Beijing’s iconic Forbidden City are often filled with brides and grooms, posing for wedding photos against auspicious red backdrops in a place that strongly reflects Chinese culture and tradition.