The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks at the White House with President Donald

The US and China have agreed to set up an AI dialogue ahead of a high-stakes summit on Thursday in Washington between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the move following talks with Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng in New York on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Washington with technological supremacy and unresolved economic friction at the top of the agenda. Ahead of an approaching trade truce deadline,

U.S. and Chinese officials began talks in New York to lay the groundwork for a high-profile summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as the world's two biggest economies seek to maintain - and potentially extend - a fragile trade truce.

Social Security benefits are determined by lifetime career earnings and the age at which benefits are first claimed. The annual COLA is added to that amount. COLA is determined by taking the average yearly change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for July,

Larger-than-normal Social Security raises come with advantages and potentially steep drawbacks.

Current estimates point to a significant boost, but it's not set in stone.

While many seniors are hoping for a large cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), they won't actually be getting a raise in the traditional sense.

Plumes of smoke rise from fires (centre) at an oil refinery following what the authorities say is a Ukrainian drone strike in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, September, 20,

Damaged apartment building near Moscow oil refinery after massive drone attack

Huge fires burned through Moscow overnight following one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks in the Russian capital, which left two people dead.

Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone attack on Moscow during Russia's parliamentary elections, damaging a major oil refinery.