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Commentary: Flat broke superpower
Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)
As it filed for bankruptcy, the United States' one-time powerful center of mechanical invincibility and its wealthiest city, was a maze of vacant lots and aband...
Global poll sees China rising, but high marks for US
Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)
The world increasingly believes China will become the top superpower but the United States enjoys a better image in most regions, according to a poll released T...
Chinese ships sail near disputed island: Japan
Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese government ships sailed into waters around islands at the centre of a territorial dispute on Thursday, the day after Japan's premier visited coast...
Outside View: American decline -- pure poppycock!
Jul 17, 2013 (UPI)
A specter is haunting the United States. That specter is one of American decline. But this specter isn't merely exaggerated. It is poppycock. Those who see in A...
Japan PM Abe visits island near disputed chain
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday visited coastguards who patrol waters around islands at the centre of a dispute with China, as election campaign...
Top US commander says China ties 'collegial'
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
The United States' top naval commander in Asia described military relations with China as "collegial" on Tuesday and rejected Cold War comparisons, urging "meth...
Putin observes Russian war games on China, Japan doorstep
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday inspected huge military exercises Russia's army is carrying out close to the borders with Japan and China, in one of its big...
Should the West be afraid of Moscow's plans for a Eurasian Union?
Jul 15, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
In 2010 a Customs Union comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan was launched as part of a Russia-led project aimed at economic reintegration within the former...
Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit Iraq: spokesman
Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to make a two-day visit this week to neighbouring Iraq, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said on Sunday. A...
Hollande faces grilling in Bastille Day interview
Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande will face tough questions on France's faltering economy and a deadly train derailment in an interview with top television channels o...
Obama's second term, sound and fury but few wins
Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama has little to show so far for a second term stifled by political inertia at home and foreign crises that have defied American might and i...
Who is afraid of the Eurasian Union?
Jul 12, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Speaking recently to the press, New York Senator Chuck Schumer blasted Russia for allowing Edward Snowden to land in Moscow. "The bottom line is very simple: al...
Pentagon chief, Chinese official discuss military ties
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday hosted Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi for talks on military ties between the two countries, including the delicate iss...
China says Japan defence paper 'ignores facts': Xinhua
Jul 12, 2013 (AFP)
China has lashed out at Japan over an official defence report by Tokyo, calling it untruthful and wrongly labelling Beijing a threat, state media reported on Fr...
US-China military ties making 'progress': admiral
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
Military ties between the United States and China are showing "significant progress" with both sides engaged in a useful dialogue as well as joint exercises, a ...
Chasm grows between Japan, neighbors: study
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
The gap between Japan and its neighbors over war history is deepening, with Chinese and Koreans sharply critical of Tokyo but most Japanese believing they have ...
Outside View: Mr. President missing in action?
Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)
Regional crises abound. Massive protests in Egypt that ended the flailing Morsi government to continued bloodshed from Afghanistan to Syria are representative o...
US, China to take up hacking, business rows
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and China will on Wednesday try to find common ground on rows ranging from hacking to trade access, with few expectations of breakthroughs. Se...
Macedonia PM: Greece dragging feet on name dispute negotiations
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says Greece is dragging its feet in efforts to settle the decades-old name dispute between the countries. Speaking to ...
Japan: Risk of incident from 'coercive' acts by China
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
China's "coercive" behaviour in waters around islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan is dangerous and could trigger an incident, Tokyo said in a n...
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