US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are poised to hold a high-stakes summit in South Korea on Thursday, as the world’s two largest economies struggle to resolve a protracted trade conflict that has upended global economy.

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The United States has cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

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Donald Trump visits Seoul for talks with President Lee Jae-myung focused on trade, investment, and maintaining stability amid growing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mercedes Schlapp, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) senior fellow (left), and conservative political commentator and practicing Catholic Jack Posobiec (right) discuss Christian persecution at the Summit on Ending Christian Persecution on Oct. 30, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (photo: CPAC / CPAC)

BEIJING ― China's state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country's first purchases from this year's U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

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KSHB 41 anchor Kevin Holmes, aka "Tin Man," was live Thursday evening at the Trunk or Treat Spooktacular in Lee's Summit.

With SNAP benefits paused, Lee’s Summit Social Services faces record demand. The Rotary’s Feed Lee’s Summit gala aims to raise $250,000 to help.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted Michael Callahan's resignation following a disciplinary probe into accusations that he coerced a disabled client into sexual acts.