Estados Unidos

19:36 - The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, a senior U.S. administration official said on Wednesday, after high-level talks aimed at improving communication between the two countries.

15:20 - El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, advirtió este miércoles al ministro de Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, de que el tiempo se está acabando para que Irán pueda volver al pacto internacional sobre su programa nuclear.

Record numbers of Chinese air force fighter jets and bombers conducting drills near Taiwan in recent days have escalated fears that Beijing is willing to use military brinkmanship to express displeasure with U.S. support of Taiwan, the self-governed island it claims as its own.

“A default would send shock waves through global financial markets and would likely cause credit markets worldwide to freeze up and stock markets to plunge,” officials at the White House Council of Economic Advisers warned. “Employers around the world would likely have to begin laying off workers.” The potential for an ensuing global recession, they wrote, could be worse than the 2008 financial crisis, because it would come as countries continue to struggle to escape the coronavirus pandemic.

14:44 - U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland this week, the latest sign of increased communications between Beijing and Washington.

President calls Republican position ‘hypocritical, dangerous and disgraceful’ as standoff intensifies

South Korea struggles to chart a course that will mollify both Washington and Beijing

Nunca antes China había demostrado su fuerza con tantas incursiones. Al ministro de Exteriores de Taiwan le preocupa que Pekín vaya a empezar "una guerra"

13:55 - The Biden administration will directly engage with Beijing in the coming days to enforce commitments in their trade deal and start a new process to exclude certain products from U.S. tariffs in an effort to help American workers and businesses.