US President Donald Trump says he expects to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on 18–19 Nov, and that the talks could cover denuclearisation, the Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Iran. China's foreign ministry says it is in communication with relevant parties about the meeting and does not rule it out, while the Kremlin says the three leaders are preparing for it. The Wall Street Journal reports that US, Chinese and Russian officials have not agreed on the structure or agenda of a three-way summit. Trump and Xi are also set to meet bilaterally at the APEC gathering, their third encounter this year. Experts describe the meeting as potentially historic but unlikely to yield substantive agreements.
Guo Jiakun
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9 November 2026
7 November 2026
Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after reports that he had an affair with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based Megaspeed executive whom U.S. intelligence services link to Beijing's espionage. Nvidia shares fell more than 4 percent on Monday, 9 Nov, and kept declining on Tuesday. President Donald Trump said the FBI is investigating, and no one has been charged. Nvidia said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. The company has retained former acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim to lead the inquiry.
28 October 2026
Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid and La Liga have apologised to China after Mbappé called Mao Zedong a Chinese dictator in a French talk-show meme comment. Mbappé, France captain, said his remark was ill-judged and hurt many people in China. Dongpeng, Mengniu and Milkground ended their agreements with him, and China Media Group suspended La Liga broadcasts. China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday 28 Oct it takes the apology seriously. Real Madrid's games remained unavailable to viewers in China on Wednesday.
27 October 2026
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff held on 25 Oct, taking 51.8% of valid votes against Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, official results show. Lula secures a second term after the Supreme Court extended voting by two hours at his request, though some polling stations had already closed before the extension. Bolsonaro says he will seek to annul the result, while crowds celebrated in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Lula is 81 years old.