Antony Blinken

Six members of the United States House of Representatives have written a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging him to ensure that the forthcoming F-16 jets Turkey is set to receive from America will not be employed in actions against Greece.

The importance of close cooperation between the United States and Greece, as well as the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, was the topic of a phone conversation between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to visit Beijing this week, the United States said on July 2, marking the second trip by a cabinet official to China since ties between the world's top two economies deteriorated earlier this year.

According to the Pentagon, the Chinese balloon, which was shot down by the US military over US territorial waters in early February, did not gather intelligence, DPA reported.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview that aired on June 28 she hopes to travel to China to "reestablish contact" with Beijing despite differences between the two countries.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang slammed efforts in the West to "de-risk" their economies as a "false proposition" yesterday, hitting back against U.S. and EU policy aimed at reducing their reliance on China.

The United States and the European Union have in recent months moved to "de-risk" from the world's second-largest economy.

US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis on his new election win on Sunday, where his party achieved an outright majority.

Government officials from dozens of nations are meeting Thursday in the Netherlands to discuss with the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor how best to coordinate efforts to bring perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine to justice.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged China to oppose Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Blinken spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met today in Indonesia in an attempt to calm tensions between the two world powers, AFP reported.