Beijing

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting in nearly a year next week on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco, officials from the rival superpowers said Friday.

China's exports fell at a faster pace than predicted in October, data showed yesterday, as the world's second-largest economy is buffeted by faltering global demand and a sluggish domestic recovery.

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's attendance at the Third Belt and Road Forum and PM Ana Brnabic's attendance at the Sixth China International Import Expo demonstrated Serbia's "sincere friendship with the Chinese people and firm belief in developing relations with China."

BEIJING - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic, who is visiting China, met with representatives of the country's companies in Beijing on Monday.

She spoke with executives of HBIS Group, the owner of the Smederevo steel mill, and with JD.com about opportunities for promoting Serbian products and tourism potential in the Chinese market.

Brnabi stated this in Beijing.
"It is a big deal for us, for our country and all our citizens. We have confirmed mutual partnership, support, friendship in the political and economic sense," Brnabi told reporters.
In the political sense, as she stated, China will never change its position on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.

BEIJING - After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday in Beijing the discussion with Xi had been excellent and that the Chinese leader had said he would try to come to Serbia next year.

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, senior Hamas official Ali Baraka recently made claims about the future of the United States, comparing it to the collapse of the USSR. In an interview with a Lebanese YouTube channel on November 2, Baraka expressed his belief that one day the United States would become a "thing of the past."

Greece and China signed a new bilateral aviation agreement in the context of the visit by Greek Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras to Beijing on Friday.

The new agreement, which is fully compatible with European Union legislation and the horizontal agreement between the EU and China, provides for the multiple appointment of air companies by each side.

Highlighting the strong bilateral ties between the two countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed the hope that "Greece will continue to play a creative role" in developing Sino-European relations, after meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Beijing on Friday.

Apple has reported that sales fell for the fourth consecutive quarter when compared to the prior year, but profit rose on the back iPhones and services.

The tech giant made a profit of $23 billion on revenue of $89.5 billion, which was down slightly from the same period last year.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook said iPhone sales set a new record for its September quarter.