Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, center, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, July 6, 2023.

Janet Yellen in China for trade talks

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, center, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, July 6, 2023.

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing for four days of talks on trade, investment and tariffs. We look into how the two superpowers might find common ground amid growing tensions. Also, a new report reveals larger-than-usual profits for top corporations over the past two years, all while people around the world struggled through a cost-of-living crisis. And, the Taliban have given all women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan one month to close down in another blow to women’s rights. Plus, the Tour de France bicycling race kicks off. We take a look at the races within the race.

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Yellen aims to dial back tensions with China
The outlaw Moldovan oligarch who rules from afar
After decades in power, Cambodia’s Hun Sen prepares to step down
Big business profits prompt call for windfall taxes
Dalai Lama and cake
Tibet’s Dalai Lama turns 88 
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wall with women's faces marked out
Women in Afghanistan are devastated by the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons
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Historian uncovers the Jamaican metal workers behind Industrial Revolution
Iranian rapper faces death penalty for support of human rights
What it takes to be the king of the mountains at the Tour De France