China violated international laws and standards with its surveillance balloon
Feb 10, 2023 06:03 am UTC| Politics
The United States recently shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon after it apparently travelled from China and flew over Alaska and British Columbia. Its first public sighting was over Montana where it was seen to...
Feb 05, 2023 10:27 am UTC| Politics
Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed on Feb. 2, 2023, that the military was tracking what it called a spy balloon that was drifting over the continental United States at an altitude of about 60,000 feet....
China is extending its dealings with the Taliban as it increases its superpower status
Feb 05, 2023 04:28 am UTC| Politics
China is one of the few countries that is committed to expanding its dealings with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, where it hopes to expand its use of the vast natural resources while also improving its own...
Feb 05, 2023 04:23 am UTC| Politics
There are conflicting expectations ahead of a forthcoming summit between EU leaders and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Kyiv has made it clear that it wants to join the fast track for EU membership in two...
Ukraine recap: Kyiv keeps its friends close, but will they send the latest warplanes?
Feb 05, 2023 04:23 am UTC| Politics
The latest dispatches from the Institute for the Study of War make for sobering reading. After a few months in which the initiative on the battlefield was generally considered to be firmly with Ukraine, the pendulum...
Jan 26, 2023 12:04 pm UTC| Politics
President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that the U.S. would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyys repeated requests for more military tanks to help wage its war...
UK, EU unlikely to change post-Brexit trade agreement, report says
Jan 25, 2023 19:18 pm UTC| Economy
Amidst ongoing talks to resolve key issues, a report said the United Kingdom and the European Union appear unlikely to change major parts of its post-Brexit trade deal. The report noted that this would lead to the...
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