China, US Military Talks Reopening
Authorities are ‘coordinating’ on restart of high-level communication: Spokesman China and United States defense authorities are “communicating and coordinating” on resuming high-level military communications,...
Don’t Count on Xi Jinping-Joe Biden Meeting to Yield Breakthroughs, Provided It Happens: Analysts
Assuming Xi Jinping and Joe Biden finally sit down together next week in San Francisco after a year of posturing, accusations, backchannel signalling and wayward surveillance balloons, the results...
US Pledges $3 Bln for Green Climate Fund at COP28
DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The United States has pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday...
Sri Lanka’s Worst Economic Crisis In Decades
Rome (16/11 – 57) Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and the country’s then President Rajapaksa has flown out of the country, days after a huge crowd of...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Heads to US Amid Gaza Tensions
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is in the United States this week for a summit with President Joe Biden at the White House,...
Australian Prime Minister Announces China Visit Hours Before Leaving for US to Meet Biden
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, making the announcement Sunday hours before...
Sri Lanka President to Visit China as Debt Talks Progress
Berlin (3/11 – 40) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit China in the upcoming week as the crisis-hit country makes progress on debt restructuring talks with its biggest lender. Wickremesinghe took...
Amid US-China Rivalry, ‘Big Winner’ Vietnam Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope to Avoid Getting ‘caught in the Crossfire’
KEEPING both the US and China onside is becoming increasingly difficult for Vietnam as it elevates ties with Washington and eyes US arms. Vietnam...
Trump is ‘Single Most Dangerous Threat’ to the US, Warns Republican Liz Cheney
Donald Trump is “the single most dangerous threat” the US faces as he seeks a return to the Oval Office, according to Liz Cheney, the...
US Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China
On a windswept island 50 miles north of Seattle sits a US Navy monitoring station. For years, it was kept busy tracking whale movements and measuring...