- March 16th, 2025
Chinese leadership has a history of surprising unexpected events. In 1955, Chairman Mao Zedong secretly conferred with the US when China supported the North Vietnamese regime. After the Tiananmen Square Incident in 1989, Deng Xiaoping's 'Southern Tour' highlighted China's economic...
The US foreign policy landscape is evolving, with the Trump administration and the Biden administration demonstrating that the old world America made with Europe will not last. Europeans, who heavily depend on US security guarantees, are anxious about a potential...
The U.S., Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade forum, set to begin in South Africa, is expected to focus on the extension of the U.S. program allowing sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to U.S. markets. U.S. officials, including Ambassador...
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden recently unveiled a multi-billion-dollar plan to strengthen Australia's domestic minerals industry, aiming to address supply chain vulnerabilities and counter China's market dominance. However, the investment was framed as key to...
The US and President Joe Biden face significant stakes in the Gaza war, particularly in garnering support for their positions on multiple issues, including the Ukraine war. Biden's approach towards Israel has sparked allegations of hypocrisy and double standards. The...
The European Union-US summit in Washington saw European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chief of the European Council Charles Michel meet US President Joe Biden. The summit aimed to strengthen the transatlantic partnership, which had been strained during...
Over the past year, Biden administration officials have consistently pledged to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion "for as long as it takes." This commitment, which involves pledging oneself to a course of action and surrendering control over future behavior,...
BEIJING Chinese government-affiliated researchers suggest that China would need to establish a global network of companies under US sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds in a war with the US over Taiwan. The sanctions against...
WASHINGTON Tensions in the Middle East are increasing, with US forces facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles allegedly headed towards Israel and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. An attack...
CHICAGO A baroque landscape painting by 18th-century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer, which went missing during World War II, has been returned to Germany. The FBI handed over the artwork to a German museum representative in a ceremony at...
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