by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
by Yi Fan A few weeks ago, the U.S. State Department approved another round of arms sales to Taiwan. Listening to U.S. politicians and their obedient media conglomerates, you may be led
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U.S. soldiers in South Korea had been caught smuggling drugs through military mail and distributing them here, local broadcaster MBC has reported. The police in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of the
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U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in July, lower than expected, according to the latest report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The figure, slightly below the market’s expected
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As Donald Trump hit the stage at the Iowa Republican Party Lincoln Dinner Friday, as far and away the leading frontrunner in the Republican primary, the Brooks & Dunn song “Only in
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(Xinhua) — Just when America is in the middle of a grave opioid crisis leading to more accidental deaths across the country than ever before, Washington has begun arresting and indicting Chinese
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When it comes to manipulating the “national security” concept, no country can rival the United States, an undeniable pro who plays well the victim card. For quite some time, China hawks in
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Syed Faisal Arif, a Bangladeshi student of the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States, was shot dead by the police last January. Ever since Faisal, a
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Sometimes one wishes Winston Churchill had left behind an evergreen quote in regard of Russian diplomacy as well, similar to his epic one on Russian politics, which still remains unbeatable — “Kremlin political
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(Xinhua) — “Maybe after reading this book, you will understand why your father keeps running off to China. Because it’s such a fascinating place.” That’s the dedication Dr. Denis Simon wrote in
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A rainbow was seen across the sky after a sudden shower when U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen landed in Beijing on Thursday for a high-stakes visit. That is both a good sign
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