BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday that the two countries should respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and ensure ties move forward "on the right track",

The U.S. and China have reached consensus on trade, representatives from both sides said after high-level talks in London.

President Donald Trump and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk engaged in a public feud Thursday, less than a week after the White House held a farewell press conference for Musk highlighting his contributions spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said he was scheduled to have a telephone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, according to YTN TV.

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants China to lift restrictions on exporting rare earths and other critical minerals that Beijing imposed as part of a yearslong trade war.

A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

US President Donald Trump Dials China's Xi; First Since "Cold Trade War" | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 5, amid a continued freeze in trade talks between the two superpowers.