Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is set to visit China this week following an invitation from his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.

This marks Kuleba’s first trip to Beijing since the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For nearly two years, Kuleba has refrained from visiting the Chinese capital.

China's Foreign Ministry has shared limited details about the visit, with spokesperson Mao Ning stating that Kuleba will be in China for several …

In a tense moment over the Barents Sea, Russian MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighter jets were scrambled in response to two U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers approaching the Russian state border, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Russian airspace control systems detected an approaching aerial target over the Barents Sea, identified as a pair of strategic bombers, B-52H, belonging to the U.S. Air Force," the ministry's statement reads.

As the Russian fighters approached, the American bombers …

Russian importers are grappling with a new significant issue in their transactions with China. Payments in yuan bought in Russia are increasingly being rejected, causing alarm among market participants, reports The Moscow Times. Both Chinese banks and payment agents handling transfers to the East via third countries are wary of dealing with such funds, sources say.

Market insiders revealed that new terminologies— "clean" and "dirty" yuan—have emerged in the cross-border payments sector since …