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China's Xi warns of 'Cold War-era' tensions in Asia-Pacific
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Amid growing tensions with the United States over Taiwan, partially offset by a surprise deal between Beijing and Washington on climate, Xi said all countries i...
US warns Russia against another 'serious mistake' on Ukraine
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Welcoming Ukraine's foreign minister to Washington, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States was "concerned with reports of the unusual Rus...
The Re-Emergence of China: The New Global Era
Nov 09, 2021 (SPX)
While there are policy areas where, as with any country there is room for criticism on specific issues, in relation to China there is a collective political and...
France to host Russian defence, foreign ministers for talks
Nov 09, 2021 (AFP)
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly will meet their Russian counterparts Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu on the sidel...
Former US Marine starts hunger strike in Russian prison
Nov 09, 2021 (AFP)
An American citizen, Trevor Reed is being held in a penal colony in Russia's Mordovia Republic, some 500 kilometres (300 miles) southeast of Moscow, after being...
China ruling party plenary to further cement Xi's grip on power
Nov 06, 2021 (AFP)
From Monday to Thursday, some 400 members of the Communist Party's all-powerful Central Committee gather in Beijing behind closed doors. The only such meeting t...
India ramps up Himalayan border defences after deadly China clashes
Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)
A year after deadly high-altitude clashes with Chinese soldiers, India is ramping up its border defences along a treacherous mountain range that has long been a...
Ukraine denies Russia border build-up as defence minister quits
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
The statement came hours before a government official said Tuesday that Ukraine's Defence Minister Andriy Taran had resigned -- reportedly on health grounds. Ta...
Laughing or crying, Biden wears heart on sleeve
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
On Monday, he was apologising in Glasgow on behalf of the United States for Donald Trump, whom he defeated exactly a year ago. The day before, in Rome, Biden ca...
Pentagon watches possible Russian troop buildup near Ukraine
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
According to The Washington Post, US officials are concerned over unexplained movements of Russian military units in the area. Videos posted on social media sho...
Biden apologizes for Trump exit from climate accord
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
In a reference to Trump, who withdrew from the Paris climate deal on world action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Biden told the COP26 summit in Glasgow tha...
Biden and Erdogan pledge to improve US-Turkey ties
Oct 31, 2021 (AFP)
Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome, the two leaders "had a very constructive conversation" in which Biden "made clear his desire to have constru...
Biden butters up Europeans at G20
Oct 31, 2021 (AFP)
It was a fresh start in an ancient setting: those aboard the gigantic presidential convoy -- over 80 vehicles at times -- glimpsed the Vatican, Colosseum and Ro...
Biden says pope called him 'good Catholic' in meeting before G20
Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)
The meeting at the Vatican lasted more than an hour -- longer than Biden's two predecessors were given -- and came as Biden arrived in Europe ahead of a weekend...
UK says relationship with Russia 'not the one we want'
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin said he regrets being unable to attend the UN climate summit starting next week in Glasgow, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Stre...
Modi confirms COP26 attendance in boost to summit
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
More than 120 world leaders are expected to attend the biggest climate summit since the 2015 Paris talks on November 1-2, but China's President Xi Jinping and R...
Biden and Macron discuss 'stronger' European defense: White House
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The two leaders "discussed efforts to enable a stronger and more capable European defense while ensuring complementarity with NATO," the statement said. Biden w...
Israeli PM holds first talks with Putin
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Naftali took office in June, following Benjamin Netanyahu who was in power for 12 years and had close ties with Putin. Russian state television aired footage of...
Biden and Macron discuss 'stronger' European defense
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The two leaders "discussed efforts to enable a stronger and more capable European defense while ensuring complementarity with NATO," the statement said. Biden w...
US in uphill battle to challenge Russia in Black Sea
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The high-profile trip for the normally low-key Pentagon chief demonstrated that aside from facing down Chinese military expansion in the Indo-Pacific, the admin...
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