Russian President Vladimir Putin has called U.S. sanctions on his country and China "devoid of common sense." He made the remarks on the last day of his state visit to
CHINA is flogging arms to Russia in a major boost to Putin’s war in Ukraine, Britain’s Defence Minister claimed. Spies tracked “lethal aid” from China to Russia and into Ukraine, Grant Shapps
STRICTLY professional Nadiya Bychkova has admitted she has no idea if she’ll be coming back amid Giovanni Pernice’s show crisis. The Ukrainian ballroom star is still none the wiser abou
As of Friday, the final and busiest day of Georgia’s three-week early voting period, the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office said around 513,000 people had already voted.
Last month, Zimbabwe rolled out a new gold-backed currency called the ZiG. Officials hope the ZiG can mitigate the currency instability that has plagued the country for decades.
Protectionism in the form of tariffs is justified but the focus will be on whether Beijing retaliatesThe global economy is fragmenting and a new era of protectionism has dawned. Dreams by free marketeers of a frictionless world in which goods and services moved seamlessly from country to country are dead.That was the clear message from Joe Biden’s decision last week to target China with a range of new, much higher tariffs on electric vehicles and a range of other products crucial to sectors seen...
Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for UkraineIn the weeks since Vladimir Putin sacked his longtime defence minister Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s FSB security service has pursued a series of high-level corruption cases against a deputy minister and department heads in what many insiders are now calling a purge in the defence ministry.Andrei Belousov, the technocrat economist appointed to replace Shoigu, has a mandate to reduce...
Electoral reform was the spark for unrest, but Indigenous protesters say they are fighting to correct years of widening inequality“I don’t know why our fate is being discussed by people who don’t even live here.”The 52-year-old Indigenous Kanak – who gave his name as Mike – spoke from a roadblock just north of New Caledonia’s capital, in the hours before France’s president arrived in the Pacific territory that has been paralysed by violent protests. Continue reading
'Maybe China thinks it's an agreement, but it's not an agreement for us. You normally need two parties to implement an agreement.'
BEIJING >> Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Taiwan’s newly-inaugurated President Lai Ching-te “disgraceful” today, stepping up Beijing’s rhetoric just a day after he took office.
It’s almost winter, my friends. Time to dust off your slippers, beanies and — of course — the black Kathmandu puffer jackets. While some of us enjoy the changing of the guard in wardrobe styling, I think it’s fair to say that winter can be a huge bummer. Especially now that a new family of […]
F-16s flew overhead, marching bands played, and singers entertained with cultural performances during Taiwan’s presidential inauguration on Monday. The inauguration of President Lai Ching-te was Read More