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
A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled “Sailing the Giant Ship of China-South Africa Friendship and Cooperation Toward Greater Success” was published Monday on South African media as he is
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ADB HOPEFUL ON BANGLADESH’S GROWTH According to Asian Development Bank Bangladesh is doing well. The ADB report states that exports, remittances, and domestic consumption buoyed Bangladesh’s economy in fiscal year (FY) 2022,
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by Burak Akinci While it is not certain yet if a cage fight between tech giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will take place, Türkiye has proposed an ancient Roman theatre for
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The military coup in Niger is already three weeks old. The putschists are cementing their rule, having gained the upper hand in the shadow play with the Economic Community of West African
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This week augurs an acceleration of strategic realignments among the big powers amidst growing signs of a new cold war globally with particular focus on the United States’ containment strategy against China
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Lahaina, a historic town on Hawaii’s Maui Island in the United States, is facing “a dire and immediate housing shortage” and “a serious threat of long-term displacement” following the deadliest U.S. wildfire
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has issued a public apology amidst mounting criticism and frustrations surrounding the government’s recent plan to consolidate individuals’ tax and social security data into a singular identification
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(Xinhua) — It seems that U.S. President Joe Biden intends to take smearing China as part of his “grand strategy” to shoot America’s economic troubles. At a fund-raising event on Thursday, the
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(Xinhua) — Provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that more Americans died from suicide last year than in any other year on record. At least 49,449
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conducted a Pacific tour in late July in a useless attempt to strengthen Washington’s influence in the region by sowing
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PAKISTANI ARMY CHIEF ON RELATIONS WITH CHINA Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff in July this year has categorically described the core of China-Pakistan relations. A report from Pakistani newspaper Dawn( August 3
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In an extraordinary session convened in Abuja, Nigeria, the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met under
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Reuters carried a speculative report last week that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person and, furthermore, that India disfavoured an expansion of the
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The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus’ visit to New Zealand also grabbed public attention. So much so, Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera issued a brief statement to explain the position of the Parliament.
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An outline of the problem Post-independent Sri Lanka (Lanka) has suffered from recurrent economic crises; the more notable ones being in August 1953, in the late 1970s and most pertinently the current
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