U.S-CHINA TRADE TALKS BEGIN IN PARIS, SETTING STAGE FOR TRUMP-XI SUMMIT. (PHOTO).

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 US-China trade talks begin in Paris, setting stage for Trump-Xi summit  U.S. and Chinese officials began high-level trade talks in Paris on Sunday, setting the stage for President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations are led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. While the White House has announced Trump’s visit for March 31 to April 2, Beijing has not yet confirmed the dates. Bessent emphasized that the U.S. team aims to secure outcomes that prioritize American farmers, workers, and businesses. Over the two-day talks, the delegations will focus on trade and economic issues of mutual concern. Trump’s visit will be his first to China since his first term in 2017 and follows a one-year truce in the U.S.-China trade war agreed upon last year in Busan, South Korea. Despite the truce, tensions remain, including over a new U.S. trade investigation into 16 trading partners...

SPAIN SWORN IN A NEW KING,FELIPE VI,TODAY.

Public display: As Leonor (left) and Sofia (right) waved to the thousands gathered outside the royal palace, their parents embraced one another               It was a low key ceremony that monarchists hope will usher a new era in their troubled royal household.Felipe VI,has taken to the throne after his father Juan Carlos tearfully signed his abdication papers at midnight last night following a 36 year reign.The new monarch,his wife Letizia and their two daughters Leonor,eight years old and Sofia,seven years old were ferried through Madrid in a low key affair after a brief military parade to their first official engagement.The crowd was banned from protesting and thousand's of football fans are today mourning Spain's premature exist from world cup.More photos below.                           In awe: Felipe and Letizia grinned at their daughters eight-year-old Leonor, left, and seven-year-old Sofia, right, as they looked starstruck by the whole affairHandover: This morning, Juan Carlos and his son Felipe stood side-by-side in the Zarzuela Palace of Madrid in front of their family before the red sash was passed onPrince Felipe, crowned as Felipe VI of Spain, and Queen Letizia,  arrive to Spanish parliament in Madrid accompanied by daughters Princess Leonor and Princess SofiaOath: The new 46-year-old king swore an oath promising to uphold the constitution before calling for a 'new Spain that we can build together'Honoured: To complete the ceremony, the family stood outside parliament on a red-carpeted podium to her the national anthemStatesman-like: Felipe looked every inch a king as he cruised through sunny Madrid in a Rolls Royce, waving at his peoplePatriotic: Despite having just crashed out of the World Cup in the first round, Spaniards held their flags with pride and banners saying 'Long live King Felipe VI!'Austerity: Determined to maintain the country's era of austerity, as one in three Spaniards remains unemployed, the family have opted for a low-key ceremony

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