New York Times: “In April 2020, long before President Trump launched a trade war that would shake the global economy, China’s top leader held a meeting with senior Communist Party officials and laid out his vision for turning the tables on the United States in a confrontation…”

“Put simply: China should dominate supplies of things the world needs, to make its adversaries think twice about using tariffs or trying to cut China off.”

Wall Street Journal: What to watch during the U.S.-China talks this weekend.

President Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, after four days of the most widespread fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors in decades.

New York Times: “As night set in, there were indications that the ceasefire was not holding entirely. Cross-border firing was reported in some areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian part of the disputed region.”

Washington Post: India and Pakistan agree to an immediate ceasefire.

“When President Trump spoke to a room of top donors at his Florida club last week, he described ending Russia’s war in Ukraine as a growing frustration that keeps him up at night,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin was particularly tough to negotiate with, and wanted ‘the whole thing,’ Trump said, referring to Ukraine… His comments came in response to a donor’s question about his biggest foreign-policy concerns.”

“The war in Gaza was also notably challenging, Trump told the crowd. Finding any solution was hard because ‘they’d been fighting for a thousand years,’ he said.”

“Pakistan’s armed forces said they are targeting military sites in India after India fired missiles at three air bases in Pakistan’s Punjab province early Saturday, bringing the nuclear-armed rivals closer to war,” the Washington Post reports.

Politico: Pakistan says India fired missiles at air bases inside the country and Pakistan responds.