by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
In a striking diplomatic victory that has reshaped the global climate debate, the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has pushed through an ambitious climate resolution at the United Nations General Assembly,
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates was officially framed around energy cooperation, investment expansion and strategic connectivity. Yet beneath the language of economic partnership lies a broader
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At a time when central banks across the world are grappling with war-driven energy shocks, volatile inflation and slowing growth, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra has delivered a strong defence
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The United States has dramatically escalated its confrontation with Cuba by charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five former military officials with murder, conspiracy and destruction of aircraft over the 1996
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The global terrorism threat is undergoing a profound and deeply unsettling transformation. Across Europe, North America, and Australia, children and teenagers are increasingly emerging as perpetrators of extremist violence, forcing intelligence agencies
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When law graduates and students (joined by participants from neighbouring Kosovo and Albania) marched through Skopje in recent days demanding the right to take the bar exam in Albanian, the protests quickly became something
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The scenes unfolding in Beijing were carefully choreographed, yet politics can never be reduced to mere spectacle. When US President Donald Trump traveled to China for his summit meeting with Xi Jinping,
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Listed companies in Asia are set to confront annual costs of around US$336 billion by 2030 due to physical climate risks such as floods, heatwaves, storms and water stress, according to a
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Indonesia has announced a sweeping overhaul of its commodity export system, moving to centralise shipments of key natural resources through a government-appointed state-owned entity, in a policy shift that has triggered sharp
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Italian authorities have detained three shipments of suspected military-grade steel travelling from India to Israel, marking a new flashpoint in growing international scrutiny over global arms supply chains linked to the conflict
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Vietnam has introduced a comprehensive artificial intelligence law that regulates systems similar to ChatGPT and other large language models, marking one of the most far-reaching national AI governance frameworks in Southeast Asia.
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The lighthearted “Melodi” meme surrounding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has taken on a far more serious global dimension as Modi’s European tour also triggered a
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The United States has unsealed a sweeping criminal case accusing seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturers of running a coordinated scheme to restrict supply and inflate
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The question sounds almost philosophical at first: how long can a civilization survive before it collapses? But the research highlighted by El País treats it as a systems problem rather than speculation.
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It was both painful and humiliating to watch media coverage of Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, because it amply demonstrated America’s decline as a great power relative to China. Prior to the summit,
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