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--Guangzhou hosts APEC senior officials meeting --US layoffs hit a record high in January since 2009 --Italy gears up for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

--Trump moves to secure rare earth materials to boost economic growth --Bitcoin plunges to lowest level since October 2024

--Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to deepen cooperation and mutual support --US Job growth falls short of expectations in January --Chinese tech firm pivots to AI-powered martial arts gaming

--President Xi calls on China and Russia to work for global strategic stability --President Xi holds phone call with Trump, stressing importance of bilateral relations --French police raid X offices as they investigate Musk's social media platform and AI chatbot Grok

--China's Services PMI increased to 52.3 in January --Trump signs bill ending partial shutdown --X offices raided in France, Musk summoned for interviews in April

--China and Uruguay vow to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership --Musk's SpaceX acquires AI startup xAI in deal worth 1.25 trillion U.S. dollars --A month since U.S. special forces seized Maduro and his wife

--Agricultural cooperation continues to deepen between China and Uruguay --Commercial aerospace becomes a national strategic priority in 2026 --Chinese tech giants launch multi-billion yuan Spring Festival campaigns

--U.S. government remains partially shut as lawmakers can't agree on Trump's immigration crackdown --Disney shares take a dive, Q1 success offset by concerns over U.S. political climate --Alibaba launches market campaign to promote its AI app during the Chinese New Year holiday

--Smart tech fuels Spring Festival travel rush at China's mega airport --Uruguayan president arrives in Beijing for state visit --Gold prices drop sharply and silver faces steep sell-off

--U.S. Republicans and Democrats reach deal on temporary government funding bill --President Trump nominates former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to be head of U.S. central bank --EU posts better than expected growth to end 2025

--Starmer's China visit boosts bilateral higher education ties --AstraZeneca plans to invest 15 billion US dollars in China through 2030 --Winter storms are straining the U.S. electric grid

--UK-China Business Council restarts after eight-year hiatus --Tesla scraps EV models X and S in favor of robots --UK companies face difficulties insuring Chinese EVs

--China predicts 9.5 billion inter-regional trips over 2026 Spring Festival travel rush --Qingdao Port fuels China's foreign trade with tech-driven global shipping --Federal Reserve keeps key interest rate unchanged

--UK Prime Minister in China for three-day visit along with 60 business and cultural leaders --U.S. Federal Reserve keeps key interest rate unchanged

--China's central state-owned enterprises boost the economy with emerging sector investment --India and the EU sign landmark trade deal to offset US tariff impacts --US consumer confidence drops to the lowest level in more than a decade