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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said on Aug. 25 it had renewed a licensing agreement with Ericsson to use each other's technologies, in a rebuff to U.S. warnings about the risk of espionage by Beijing.

Huawei has been at the center of an intense technological rivalry between China and the United States, which suspects the company of spying for Beijing, accusations Huawei denies.

Leaders of the BRICS group have invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates to join - a move aimed at increasing the influence of the bloc, which has vowed to defend the "global south", Reuters reported.

Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande Group has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, court documents showed, a measure that protects its U.S. assets while it efforts a restructuring deal.

China on Sunday vowed "resolute and forceful measures" over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States it said it was closely monitoring.

Hopes are running high among Turkish tourism companies that the country may finally lure more tourists from China as Beijing this week lifted a COVID-era ban on outbound group tours to foreign countries.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that China's mounting economic problems make the country a "ticking time bomb."

"China is a ticking time bomb in many cases," Biden said at a private fundraising event in the western state of Utah.

The Democrat pointed to the country's high unemployment and aging workforce, saying "China is in trouble."

Beijing yesterday vowed to "safeguard" its interests against a new U.S. policy to restrict investment in Chinese technology, accusing Washington of disrupting global supply chains.

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The Philippines condemned the China Coast Guard Sunday for allegedly firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, describing the actions as "illegal" and "dangerous".

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has stated that in the last 10 years, 1 billion passengers have traveled with Marmaray, an undersea railway tunnel connecting Europe and Asia via the Bosporus Strait.