News of Mengs pending return was a top item on the Chinese internet and on state broadcaster CCTVs midday news report.

President Biden held a rare solo press conference in Northern California on Wednesday night.and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be meeting with his counterpart once China names a new defense minister.

president told reporters he could not divulge how the U.the president told reporters after he walked away from the microphone to leave the room.Biden and Xi also had what the senior administration official described as a substantial exchange about Taiwan.

We also have a responsibility to our people and the work and the world to work together when we see it in our interest to do so.Thats what the United States wants and what we intend to do.

including the commander of the U.

And he was not willing to make any predictions about when the deadly conflict would end.where members must vote to approve them.

Union leaders said last month they reached an agreement with the Big 3 that increases wages across a four-and-a-half year deal and provides cost of living adjustments.Rank-and-file GM workers from 11 different UAW chapters have rejected the automakers proposal in recent days.

The GM contract has generated the most opposition but it.and many of them still want tiers to be shed.