Mr Xi is firmly in charge, and unabashed about showing the party and the world that he will dump anyone deemed to be a bad actor. It was unclear what, exactly, the purged officials had done to deserve their punishment.

The two leaders are set to meet for their first meeting of Trump's second term. Officials are optimistic on a "framework" for a climbdown in trade tensions. Expect TikTok and Taiwan to also feature in the talk.

Trump's most anticipated meeting on the three-country tour is with China's Xi on Thursday -- the goal being to end a monthslong trade war.

Wall Street was leaning toward modest gains as more companies report their latest earnings ahead of a planned meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and China’s top leader.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says "walking away from Taiwan" is not on the agenda for this week's talks in South Korea between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Newsweek reached out to the White House and to the Chinese Foreign Ministry via email for comment outside of regular office hours.

I T IS THE start of the most important week of diplomacy for Donald Trump since he returned to office. A meeting between the American president and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is planned for October 30th and comes after Mr Trump’s whistlestop tour of many of his country’s most important Asian allies.

By Jihoon Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -After weeks of frantic negotiations, South Korea's hopes of a breakthrough on U.S. tariffs ahead of this week's Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting are fading,

For this week's big Tuesday quiz we want you to name the Lionesses who started their side's semi-final with Australia.