When President Trump hosted Elon Musk and his electric vehicles this week, it recalled a visit years earlier to the Communist Party’s leadership compound.

Ethics experts are sounding the alarm that the president's event with Elon Musk could eliminate the lines of proper objectivity from elected officials.

Russian officials will join representatives from China and Iran in Beijing on Friday to discuss a proposed deal on Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme. The US has sought to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,

China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian "nuclear issue", its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their deputy foreign ministers.

President Trump said Russia, China and Iran may discuss "de-escalation" during upcoming nuclear talks in Beijing and suggested he might engage with North Korea on denuclearization.

China summoned Walmart Inc. executives on Tuesday to express its concern, after the US retailer reportedly urged its mainland suppliers to absorb increased American trade tariffs.Such a demand would potentially break the supply chain,