US-China Trade War: Can it be an Opportunity for India?
The US and China are into the most fierce trade war, which is a major part of an overall struggle for dominance of global space and positioning between the two economic giants. The trade...
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Upping the Ante: NATO Warships Moving Closer to Syrian Coast – Reports
Warships from NATO’s 2nd Standing Maritime Group are patrolling Eastern Mediterranean waters, moving closer and closer to the Syrian coast, media reports said, citing Western websites monitoring naval activity in the region. The NATO flotilla cruising off the...
Sisi says it fights fake news, critics see new crackdown
CAIRO – Echoing some of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of “fake news” they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule...
Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea
A Japanese submarine joined a naval drill in the South China Sea for the first time, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday, in an escalation of Japanese activity in the disputed waterway claimed...
More than 65 million ‘low-carbon jobs’ can be created by 2030: UN-backed Climate Summit urges action ‘to the next level’
Those are some of the opportunities of moving to a low-carbon economy, outlined on Friday, at the close of the Global Climate Action Summit, which took place in San Francisco. It brought together national,...
‘Shadow’ of persistent inequality is growing, key UN human development report reveals
Looking at the widening gap in real terms, a child born in Norway today – the country with the highest human development index (HDI) – can expect to live beyond the age of 82,...
The search for fresh funds: Maduro visits China
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is currently on a state visit to China for a few days, to discuss various economic arrangements that exist between the two nations. The trip of the head of the...
Tariff War Won’t Solve US Trade Deficit – China’s Ministry of Commerce
Washington’s unilateral measure of imposing more tariffs won’t solve its trade deficit problem, Gao Feng, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said Thursday, according to Xinhua News Agency. Speaking at a press conference, Gao noted that fluctuations...
Somalia’s destiny lies in the hands of the people, highlights outgoing UN envoy
Briefing the Security Council for the last time in his capacity as UN Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating called on all Somalis to draw strength from the positive transformations going on inside the...
Pro-Beijing scholars defended human rights record at UN over ethnic uyghurs
GENEVA – Pro-Beijing scholars brought together by the Chinese government have briskly defended the country’s human rights record as criticism grows over the mass internment of ethnic minority Muslim Uighurs in China’s far west....
