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
A growing fleet of shadowy cargo vessels operating around Taiwan has drawn renewed scrutiny after a Financial Times investigation found that many ships placed on Taipei’s maritime security blacklist have links to
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US artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Chinese technology giants that have been placed on a Pentagon blacklist, raising fresh questions in
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Construction of the Kadawatha–Meerigama Expressway, a China-funded highway in Sri Lanka, ground to a halt in 2022 as the country’s economic crisis took hold. Work had begun under an agreement combining Chinese
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The political legacy of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is shaping the country’s current position between the United States and China, highlighting the challenges facing Washington’s efforts to reduce Beijing’s influence in
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Thousands of mourners gathered in Mashhad late into Thursday for the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with funeral ceremonies marked by calls for revenge and opposition to any compromise
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China has publicly disclosed details of a new generation of high-power microwave (HPM) weapons capable of producing outputs of up to 100 gigawatts, according to a paper published by defence scientists, marking
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Anti-immigration groups in South Africa have shifted their campaign from large public demonstrations to door-to-door neighborhood searches targeting suspected undocumented migrants, marking a new phase in protests that organizers say will continue
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‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte described the state of the Alliance’s nuclear strategy at the pre-Summit press
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In a significant escalation of international law enforcement efforts, on July 7, 2026, the United States (US) Department of Justice unsealed three federal grand jury indictments, charging a total of 37 defendants
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On 4 June 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a devastating assessment of the state of the world’s food systems. According to the new estimates, which draw on data up to 2021, unsafe
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