The agency quoted a diplomatic source in Beijing as saying China unfroze some accounts of North Korea-based companies in Banco Delta Asia, apparently with the understanding of the United States.
Earlier in the day, a planeload of U.N. weapons inspectors left Baghdad aboard a flight to Cyprus, joining the exodus of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners.
The signing in Moscow's Kremlin on the night of August 23-24 of the Nazi-Communist "NonAggression" Pact was a diplomatic demarche literally world-shattering.
And that same zeal for action can be seen in Saudi foreign policy, with a much more muscular posture towards its arch rival Iran, in places like Yemen and Lebanon.
Home Coming sees veteran actor Zhang Yi and heartthrob Wang Junkai, play a pair of brave Chinese diplomats coming to the rescue of hundreds of fellow nationals who are trying to flee an unnamed war-torn African nation.
And there are wildcards galore, from Trump's criminal cases to Biden's foreign policy challenges and the fitness of both of these presidential candidates.
And of his experience studying in China, he said, “Study abroad is a powerful vehicle for people-to-people exchange as we move into a new era of citizen diplomacy.”
I became the first America journalist who was allowed to become one of the local press corps, so I felt like I had to play the role of a diplomat and I had to do a lot of negotiations.
Critics say their first summit which was held in June of last year didn't produce enough concrete results though it was considered a diplomatic success for both leaders.