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Antony Blinken

Antony Blinken
The latest news on Antony Blinken, American lawyer, diplomat and 71st United States Secretary of State, including US politics news and updates.
Born
16 Apr 1962
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US Secretary of State
last updated:
4 December, 2024
Displaced families collect aid provided by the United Nations at a refugee camp in the town of Al-Bardaqli, northern Syria. On Sunday, the UK said it would release US$63 million in aid for the ‘most vulnerable’ Syrians and for those in need in neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan. Photo: EPA-EFE
Syria

UK says it will provide US$63 million in humanitarian aid for Syrians

Foreign Minister David Lammy said Britain will also work ‘diplomatically to help secure better governance in Syria’s future’.

Syria

US races to find captive journalist Austin Tice after Syria regime collapse

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South Korea

Top US diplomat Blinken to talk to South Korea following martial law decision

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US-China relations

Xi touts China as globalisation leader, draws contrast with US under Trump

Shared growth stressed on Apec sidelines in Peru as Chinese leader tells CEOs that Beijing’s economic and financial woes can be fixed.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, on November 14, 2024. Photo: Zuma Press Wire/dpa
US presidential election 2024

Who is Kamala Harris, potentially America’s first female president?

Former prosecutor and US senator has invoked her Indian family’s past activism in explaining her groundbreaking journey into public service.

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Ukraine war

US, China in ‘robust conversation’ on North Korean troops in Russia: Blinken

Beijing urged to do more to curb ‘provocative’ actions taken by its close partners Moscow and Pyongyang, says America’s top diplomat.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel and Hamas signal openness to talks on Gaza war

The war in Gaza has raged for more than a year, since Hamas fighters raided southern Israel.

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A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the destroyed Maghazi Camp Services Club building following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP
US presidential election 2024

China’s envoy in Washington warns US against ‘strategic miscalculation’

Ambassador Xie says the ‘small yard, high fence’ policy of US President Joe Biden’s administration is damaging both countries’ interests.

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Wang Yi

China’s top diplomat calls for Mideast ceasefire, denounces trade protectionism

In speech at UN, Wang Yi positions China as global peacemaker, warns against countries inciting confrontation in Asia.

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Ukraine war

China and Brazil hold peace plan meeting for Ukraine war on UN sidelines

Beijing’s top diplomat voices hope for convening global peace conference with ‘fair discussion’ of all proposals as US stays sceptical.

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Wang Yi (right), China’s top diplomat, confers with senior Brazilian official Celso Amorim at a meeting in New York on Friday. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

Blinken is heading back to the Middle East, this time without visit to Israel

US Secretary of State visiting Egypt to discuss a Gaza ceasefire proposal, avoiding Israel amid tense negotiations.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US, Britain stress unity towards China as new strategic dialogue opens in London

Top diplomats tout allies’ strengthening ties and ‘indispensable’ partnership as Washington vies to blunt Beijing’s Indo-Pacific influence.

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US-China relations

China’s economic coercion evokes scrutiny, resentment: US officials

Washington’s global network of allies said to offer moral support, supply-chain diversion strategies and new markets when Beijing takes aim.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel strikes Gaza, Blinken in Tel Aviv to help close ceasefire deal

Israeli delegation to travel to Cairo on Sunday for further talks; US Secretary of State Blinken expected to meet Netanyahu on Monday.

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A Palestinian man carries children wounded in an Israeli strike at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Opinion | Far from an aggressor, China has been remarkably restrained

Despite becoming a US peer competitor, China’s practice of strategic forbearance does not point to aspirations of global hegemony.

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Bangladesh

Nobel laureate Yunus to head Bangladesh interim government

Diplomacy

Opinion | As American allies in Asia take matters into their own hands, what of the US?

If the US wants to protect its influence in Asia, it must drive greater economic engagement with its regional partners.

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Bangladesh

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh interim government

Decision to form interim government helmed by microfinance pioneer Yunus was taken at meeting of President Shahabuddin and military leaders.

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Muhammad Yunus has been tapped to lead the interim government in Bangladesh. Photo: AP
Asean

Blinken’s trip edges Asean to ‘more proactive’ stance in sea dispute: analysts

Trip seen as continuity of US foreign policy, but analysts say more insight needed into engagement with rest of Asia ‘as a good in itself’.

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Ukraine war

US discusses Ukraine peace with India amid reports of Modi’s planned visit

While Western countries sanctioned Moscow after Ukraine invasion, nations friendly with Russia – such as India and China – continue to trade.

US-China relations

Outside In | It’s time American China strategists accepted some inconvenient truths

The Council on Foreign Relations’ China-focused project could be a chance to rethink flawed assumptions underpinning the rules-based order.

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US secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on June 28, 2023. Photo: AP
US-China relations

US at G7 to keep pressing China to halt its Russia military support

Janet Yellen expected to restate American call for firms and financial institutions in China and elsewhere to ‘cease’ backing Moscow’s defence complex.

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a meeting of European bank leaders in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
US-China relations

Opinion | Stakes have never been higher for speeding up US-China cooperation

Recent high-level talks between China and the US on climate change and ongoing wars highlight the potential for successful collaboration. The current moment calls for even more bilateral coordination on the environment, peacekeeping, AI governance and reforming multilateral institutions.

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US-China relations

US working with EU to counter China on Russia support, overcapacity

America’s top diplomat describes Beijing as seeking ‘better relations with Europe’ while fuelling its ‘greatest security threat’ since the Cold War.

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US-China relations

US cannot ‘say one thing and do another’, Chinese leader tells Blinken

China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday afternoon. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US-China relations: Blinken hits out at ‘non-market practices’

Secretary of State raised concerns in meeting with Shanghai party chief Chen Jining, but also said direct engagement between the two sides is a ‘necessity’.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks along Shanghai’s Bund with US ambassador Nicholas Burns (third right) and Shanghai consul general Scott Walker (second right). Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

My Take | Please, America, show some shame over the war in Gaza

If China has been committing genocide in Xinjiang, then what do we call what Israel and the United States are doing to the people of Palestine?

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China’s military

China shows off nuclear might ahead of top US diplomat Antony Blinken’s visit

Chinese navy releases video showing launch of JL-2 ballistic missile from nuclear submarine in display of its second-strike capability just days before US secretary of state’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai.

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