China tells US politely and frankly:

‘We want to go it alone in South Pacific’

Without combined effort in terms of aid, investment:

US: China has told the United States it will go its own way with its growing aid and investment in the South Pacific and does not support combined efforts, a senior US official said Tuesday. At a 16-nation Pacific island summit this month in New Zealand, Chinese officials explained they were “not particularly interested in sharing” fruits of their engagement, said Kurt Campbell,

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US angry at Israeli settlement move

In a sign of tension with Benjamin Netanyahu:

US: The United States expressed clear frustration Tuesday at new Israeli settlement plans in east Jerusalem, in a sign of renewed tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Israel approved a plan to build 1,100 new homes in a Jewish settlement,

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