The head of a US congressional commission on China called recent Chinese military patrols east of Taiwan 'destabilizing,' according to Reuters.
Just before new US sanctions on Russia were due to take effect, President Trump put them on hold for up to 60 days, in exchange for a diesel deal with Moscow.
The US Congress has passed a bill targeting countries that buy large amounts of Russian oil, and sent it to President Trump to sign into law.
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill letting President Trump impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas.
A Senate bill for new sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine is losing momentum, as Republican leaders fill the pre-election calendar with other business and a top Democrat voices doubts about it.
President Trump has sent Congress a classified agreement to help Saudi Arabia build a civilian nuclear program.
Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson and Ukrainian drone attacks into Russia and occupied Zaporizhzhia killed nine people overnight. The exchange came as the US senator who spent a year fighting to pass a Russia sanctions bill died hours after finally securing a White House deal to move it — leaving its next steps unclear just as Kyiv called the legislation essential leverage.