| | World | Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union today close to its border with China, mobilising 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Moscow and Beijing’s relations were based on trust in areas ranging from politics to security and defense. | | China will ask the World Trade Organization next week for permission to impose sanctions on the United States, for Washington’s non-compliance with a ruling in a dispute over U.S. dumping duties, a meeting agenda showed today. | | President Trump received a “very warm, very positive” letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking for a second meeting, which the White House is looking at scheduling. | | Sponsored by IBM: Build your AI foundation. Learn how to implement the techniques and technologies associated with AI and machine learning, and unlock the massive potential of your data. Read the report. | | | Two @Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 274 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2CHR92D 8:39 AM - September 11, 2018 | | As of Sunday, 30,542 people have been displaced from northwest #Syria, moving to different areas across #Idlib, according to the U.N, since #Russia-n and Syrian warplanes resumed their bombing campaign last week https://reut.rs/2N8oh8J 4:31 AM - September 10, 2018 | | | |