A growing club led by Xi and Putin to counter the US is adding a staunchly pro-Russia member
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In Philippines, Chinese national’s arrest over fake papers deepens concern over Pogo links
The latest arrest of a 21-year-old Chinese national over false documents used in a Philippine passport application in Davao has deepened controversy in the country over an unusual influx of Chinese workers in the illegal offshore gaming sector.
China fears a South Korea-US nuclear pact to rein in Pyongyang: ex-Obama adviser
Gary Samore, a nuclear arms control expert at Brandeis University, said during a seminar in Seoul on Tuesday that recent steps taken by Washington and Seoul showed such an arrangement could become a reality.
Japan arrests Chinese man over Yasukuni Shrine graffiti incident, 2 others wanted
A Chinese national living in Japan was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring with two others to spray-paint the word “toilet” in English on a stone pillar at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier this year, police said.
Britain's Labour pulled off a thumping election victory with just 34% of the national vote
LONDON — The U.K.'s Labour Party won a huge parliamentary majority in the country's general election, but a quirk of the British electoral system means it did so with just 34% of the total votes cast.
U.S., Germany foil alleged Russian plot to assassinate CEO of German arms firm sending weapons to Ukraine
Russia planned to assassinate the CEO of a major German arms manufacturer that provides artillery ammunition and armored vehicles to Ukraine, but the plot was uncovered and disrupted by U.S. and German authorities, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the matter.