The move is the latest in a weeklong burst of easing measures aimed at stimulating China’s moribund property market.

China took steps to lower borrowing costs on as much as $5.3 trillion in mortgages for millions of families in its latest attempt to shore up the troubled property sector.

Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Sunday it was on alert after detecting "multiple waves" of missile firing deep in inland China, days after Beijing said it had carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Carlos Alcaraz has cruised past Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open for his 200th tour-level victory.

Third-ranked Jessica Pegula responded to losing a marathon first set to rally for a 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2 win over Veronika Kudermetova in the third round of the China Open

Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open for his 200th tour-level victory on Sunday. The victory sent Alcaraz to the quarterfinals, and made him the third player born in this century to achieve the 200-win feat along with Jannik Sinner and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The United States has dropped a push for the U.N. Security Council to ask for a plan to transform a security mission in Haiti - helping fight armed gangs - into a formal U.N. peacekeeping operation, a move made to appease Russia and China,

The Biden administration is dropping its push to have the Kenya-led security mission in Haiti transformed into a formal United Nations peacekeeping operation — at least for now.