US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
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Putin to travel to Mongolia next week despite an ICC warrant for his arrest
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court, which last year issued a warrant for his arrest.
Is Chinese manufacturing set to follow the path of Japan’s decline?
From 1985 to 2022, the share of Japanese goods in US imports dropped from 22 per cent to 5 per cent, and Japan’s share of global manufacturing exports declined from 16 per cent to 4 per cent. Moreover, Japan’s share of global manufacturing value added fell sharply, from 22 per cent in 1992 to 5 per cent in 2022. The number of Japanese companies on the Fortune Global 500 list dropped from 149 in 1995 to just 41 today.
Trump Sees a World on Fire, and Says He Knows Who’s to Blame
In former President Donald J. Trump’s explanation of global events from the campaign trail, the world would not be aflame had he remained in the Oval Office.
India and China continue to walk a fine line over Russia’s war in Ukraine
While this might suggest Modi’s visit to Kyiv was a case of India supporting Ukraine in the festering war that is now in its 30th month, Modi himself was less direct on India’s position on Russia’s aggression. He said: “We have stayed away from the war with great conviction. This does not mean that we were indifferent. We were not neutral from day one, we have taken a side, and we stand firmly for peace.”
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Yunus lifts ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday lifted a ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party that was imposed by the former prime minister who was ousted in nationwide protests against her rule.
A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain circulated a wide-ranging United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts, condemning attacks on civilians — especially by the Myanmar military — and calling for a halt to illicit arms transfers.
Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- Hours before ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a student-led uprising, Mohammad Sabur and his family were escaping civil war in neighboring Myanmar.