Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Viewed through the Cold War prism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s decision at its recent summit meeting at the Hague to boost the defence spending by member countries to 5 percent of
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During the JVP’s second insurgency, various foreign intelligence services took notice, and from early 1989, the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency began providing military advisory support to the Sri Lankan government to suppress
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Perched above the serene Lake Albano, Castel Gandolfo is once again preparing to host a pope after a 12-year hiatus, as newly elected Pope Leo XIV reinstates the centuries-old tradition of the
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China’s President Xi Jinping may be laying the groundwork for a long-term succession plan, analysts say, following the release of new Communist Party regulations designed to streamline internal decision-making and increase delegation
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs are sending shockwaves through global supply chains and freezing corporate investment, as companies struggle to make strategic decisions in a climate of deep uncertainty, according to
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I started my career in journalism during the early 1960s as a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago, a now long-gone local news agency that was set up by the
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The recent massive bombings on Ukrainian territory and advances by the Russian army are harbingers of the end game that will befall Ukraine unless that country can find a way out. One
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Editor’s Note: As the Big Beautiful Bill scrapes through the Senate, Chinese strategist Prof. Wang Xiangsui warns it may offer short-term relief at the cost of long-term ruin. From deep cuts to
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On July 1, did you hear the crunching sound of ice cracking on the frozen lake of Russia-France ties? President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take a phone call on that day from
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The cry echoes up and down New York City’s crowded streets. Out of nowhere has emerged a malevolent Muslim candidate for mayor named Zohran Mamdani. He’s 33 years old and born in
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