The Philippines has summoned China’s ambassador to Manila to express its “serious concern and strong objection” to remarks it said conveyed a threat to use force, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
(Xinhua) — The United States’ unpredictable nature is reflected in its inconsistent funding for infrastructure in Pacific Island countries. After U.S. President Joe Biden spoke of a sum of 40 billion U.S.
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The sombre mood at the Council for Foreign Affairs in New York during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s talk on Tuesday was only to be expected against the backdrop of the India-Canada diplomatic spat
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by H. H. Albert In Retrospect: A Rejuvenated Career When Ms. Aruni Wijewardane returned to the forefront of Sri Lanka’s diplomatic landscape, hopes were high. Her storied career in diplomacy suggested a
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Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
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The false narratives of Western media about the Chinese economy are defamation — “the weapon of choice to avoid competition,” French essayist and entrepreneur Laurent Michelon told Xinhua in a recent interview.
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The Ukrainian counter-offensive continues, but it appears to be less intense. Ukraine has not made any significant progress so far, and in some cases its forces have been pushed back. The Russians have published
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. “On this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we remind ourselves of a fundamental truth: the
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by Zheng Bofei Facing an array of unprecedented crises and challenges, humanity today needs wisdom and action to surmount them for better lives. A decade after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed building
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As befits a secret service, the CIA doesn’t want to talk how it’s going to handle the looming government shutdown. But it will quietly cope, CIA veterans say, as it has 14
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The great cultural theorist Stuart Hall called Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth “the bible of decolonisation” as it encapsulated the urge for freedom across the colonial world. Fanon illuminates how racism represented
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Introduction Sri Lanka is facing multiple crises – economic, politicaland cultural. How the government deals with these is crucial to the future of the country. The failed unitary form of government, in
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Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are two friendly South Asian neighbors. Official diplomatic connections between these two countries began in 1972; however, their relationship dates back much further. Shared culture and colonial history
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday lamented the Canadian Parliament’s accidental standing ovation to a veteran who fought for Ukrainian independence on behalf of the Nazi unit during the Second World
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The raging controversy over alleged involvement of the Indian government in the killing of Sikh plumber-cum-religious activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in faraway Canada is snowballing. Sensing that our elites are ultra-sensitive about
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DEMOCRACY AT ANY COST? Ever since the people of the world learned the need for homogeneity –be it cultural, linguistic, religious, or tribal of for the necessity to band together and felt
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