The prospect of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe raises unsettling theological implications. By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham covers faith and religion. The dozen or so pastors and podcasters who ...

Donald Trump’s Beijing visit has triggered another viral controversy after a banquet clip appeared to show the U.S. President peeking into Xi Jinping’s open file during a state dinner. The brief ...

A video circulating widely on social media shows Trump briefly glancing through a file placed on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s desk while Xi had momentarily stepped away during a state banquet in ...

President Trump is returning to Washington after a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two sides announced they would launch a board of trade and investment, but beyond that, there are few ...

The age of the trees and who else has seen them — these were two questions US President Donald Trump asked, as his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping took him to the walled-off Zhongnanhai compound, a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his three-day state visit to China on Friday (May 15, 2026), wrapping up high-stakes discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping that focused on trade tensions, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

President Donald Trump is in China for a packed two-day trip, including one-on-ones with President Xi Jinping, in the first U.S. state visit to China in nearly a decade. In November, Trump announced ...

BEIJING -- China and the United States must jointly answer the questions of our times, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday when holding talks with US President Donald Trump in Beijing.

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