• U.S. must break dependence on Russia, China for minerals

    The law of supply and demand should dictate that the United States be more aggressive in meeting the increasing demand for minerals.

  • US resolution on Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal vetoed by Russia and China

    Five-month impasse in UN security council extends as Netanyahu insists Israel will press ahead with new offensive against RafahA US resolution urging a ceasefire in Gaza linked to a hostage deal has been vetoed by Russia and China in the UN security council, extending a five-month impasse in the international body over the Israel-Hamas war which has killed more than 32,000 people.Eleven council members voted for the resolution on Friday morning; Russia, China and Algeria voted against it and...

  • Russia & China Strike Shipping Deal With Houthis To Ensure Safe Vessel Transits, Report Says

    Russia & China Strike Shipping Deal With Houthis To Ensure Safe Vessel Transits, Report Says According to Bloomberg's sources, Russia and China have sealed a deal with Iran-backed Houthis to allow their commercial vessels to transit the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of drone and or missile attacks. One of the sources said China and Russia reached a deal with diplomats in Oman with Mohammed Abdel Salam, one of the Houthis' top political leaders. They said the safe passage...

  • Houthis tell China, Russia their ships won’t be targeted in Red Sea| Countries broker deal with Yemen

    Houthis have assured China and Russia that their ships sailing in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will not be attacked, as reported by Bloomberg. In exchange, China and Russia have pledged political support to the Houthis in forums like the UN Security Council (UNSC). This support could manifest in the form of blocking additional resolutions against the Houthis at the UNSC. However, specific details of the agreement between the countries and the Yemeni group remain undisclosed. The pact was sealed...

  • Israel-Gaza war: US condemns ‘cynical’ Russia and China veto of ceasefire deal; Israel to go into Rafah ‘with or without US support’ – as it happened

    This live blog is now closed. For more on the US’s vetoed UN resolution, you can read our latest reporting:US resolution on Gaza ceasefire vetoed at UN by Russia and ChinaExplainer – Why did Russia and China veto US’s Gaza ceasefire resolution?The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that “hundreds of worshipers” were “blocked” from reaching the al-Aqsa mosque compound by Israeli forces on Friday.According to Wafa: “Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces significantly increased their military...

  • Three-time Super Bowl champion Tim McKyer avoids jail time over alleged hit-and-run after cutting deal

    Officials said they would drop the charges against the former defensive back, who won three Super Bowls during a decade-long NFL career, if he completed a pretrial diversion program.

  • Apple and China's Baidu have not agreed to an AI deal

    Despite previous reports of Apple having made a deal to use Baidu for its AI features in the region, Chinese media sources are now saying that no such deal has been made. Baidu logo The original reports came via local media in China, with two separate publications reporting the news. Now a short article in China Daily says that these earlier reports are simply not correct. Apple and Baidu have not agreed on AI cooperation, says the publication, and reports that the companies have made...

  • China and Russia ‘spreading slurs against Princess of Wales’

    China, Russia fuelled disinfo about princess (Second column, 7th story, link) Related stories:Double cancer blow leaves royals depleted and strainedFamily 'lied' to public about Middleton diagnosisKing 'frustrated' by pace of his recoveryDoctors warn of mysterious epidemicConspiracies linger

  • Trade between Russia and China is reshaping the logistics of Eurasia

      According to a new review by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) ‘Eurasian Infrastructure: Short and Medium Term Trends’ , in 2023, the Eurasian region (EAEU countries, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) significantly increased trade with China. The report shows that in the first ten months of the year, the foreign trade turnover of the Eurasian region […]

  • Lativa suggests it must 'destroy' Russia. That's not helpful.

    When the presumptive Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency Donald Trump threatened that he would withdraw NATO protection from delinquent allies (i.e. those who do not invest enough in their own defense), his words drew widespread condemnation. Yet some of America’s European allies are not doing their cause any favors.On March 15, Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs expressed his “full support” for French President Emmanuel Macron’s hawkish stance toward Moscow, saying “we should not draw...

  • Born in the USA? It’s time to deal with your taxes

    If you were born in America or have a green card, it’s a connection for life. Not least because, around this time of year, the long arm of the tax man may well reach out to give you a little shake. “It’s a pretty common mistake for people born in the US, who have lived in other countries their whole life not to realise this,” says a tax expert from Blue Umbrella, an accountancy which has a specialist service to

  • Rebuilding wine sales in China to take time: minister

    China’s removal of punishing tariffs on Australian wine imports will be celebrated with the popping of corks over the Easter weekend but rebuilding the $1.1 billion trade will take time, an assister minister says. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced late on Thursday it was “no longer necessary” to impose sanctions on Australian wine imports. […]