A dam collapse at a Sino Metals copper mine triggered an environmental crisis along a major Zambian waterway in February.

A former military intelligence soldier was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to deliver classified material to China.

The government's chief legal adviser says the trial would have gone ahead if new legislation had been in force.

CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades.

China "absolutely will not" rule out using force over Taiwan, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, striking a much tougher tone than a series of articles in state media this week that pledged benign rule if the island comes over to Beijing.

Beijing controls the processing of almost all the world's rare earths, which has given Xi powerful leverage in the ongoing trade war with Washington. Chinese export controls have choked supply of rare earths recently as the two countries try to nail down a deal spanning a range of issues, from tariffs to the sale of TikTok's US operations.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday welcomed Japan's determination to accelerate its ongoing military buildup and defense spending. During a visit to Japan, Hegseth said he hopes to see those pledges implemented as soon as possible,

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Eduardo Baptista AIR FORCE ONE/GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell artificial intelligence chip at their expected meeting on Thursday.

Trump heads to crucial meeting with China's Xi Jinping during Asia trip, promising to tackle fentanyl crisis and trade issues while criticizing Biden's border policies.