SUPERPOWERS

News About Superpowers

7,908 articles

Russia-China partnership 'yielding results', Putin says
Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow has looked to Beijing as an economic lifeline since the Ukraine conflict began, with the two boosting trade to record highs as Russia faces heavy economi...
Prabowo visits Australia, unveils defence pact
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
The pact -- which includes provisions for joint drills and deployments to each country -- was unveiled during Indonesian defence minister and president-elect Pr...
China says Premier Li Qiang to visit Russia, Belarus this week
Aug 19, 2024 (AFP)
Li's visit comes as China and Russia ramp up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts. "Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Russia...
Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha, says President Zelensky
Aug 16, 2024 (UPI)
The Kyiv military has for a week now been pushing a ground invasion into Russia's western Kursk Oblast that shares a border with Ukraine and where Russian offic...
China FM to meet Myanmar junta chief on SE Asia trip: military official
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
China's foreign ministry said earlier that Wang would travel to Myanmar and Thailand from Wednesday until Saturday and co-chair a regional foreign ministers' fo...
Philippines' Marcos condemns China's 'illegal and reckless' actions over disputed reef
Aug 11, 2024 (AFP)
Two Chinese air force aircraft undertook a "dangerous manoeuvre" and dropped flares in the path of a Philippine air force turboprop over Scarborough Shoal on Th...
India and Maldives look to reset ties after troops expelled
Aug 10, 2024 (AFP)
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he was "committed to deepen India-Maldives ties", after meeting President Mohamed Muizzu in Male on Saturday. Jaishankar earlier sa...
Indian FM on first visit to Maldives since troops sent packing
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
The foreign ministry said in a statement that the Indian Ocean archipelago was a key part of New Delhi's "neighbourhood first" and maritime security policies. K...
U.S., Australia deepen relationship amid growing China threat
Aug 07, 2024 (UPI)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin hosted their Australian counterparts for the 34th Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultati...
Former US marine Paul Whelan: pawn in US-Russia standoff
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
The 54-year-old was detained in Moscow in 2018 -- allegedly with a cache of classified documents -- and then sentenced to 16 years in a remote Russian penal col...
NATO says cooperation by allies sealed Russia prisoner swap
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
"I welcome today's release of wrongfully detained Allied citizens and Russian political prisoners. Close cooperation between NATO allies made this achievement p...
Italy's Meloni says China 'important interlocutor' in managing global instability
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
Meloni is in Beijing on her first visit to China since she took office nearly two years ago, pledging to "relaunch" ties strained by her country's departure fro...
Italy's Meloni to meet China's Xi to 'relaunch' ties
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
Meloni arrived in Beijing on Saturday on her first visit to China since she took office nearly two years ago. Meeting her counterpart Li Qiang Sunday, she said ...
China warns US, Japan to 'stop creating imaginary enemies'
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
"We strongly urge the US and Japan to immediately stop interfering in China's internal affairs and stop creating imaginary enemies," foreign ministry spokesman ...
Quad foreign ministers meet in Tokyo with eye on China
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
While not naming it directly, the call from Blinken and the foreign ministers of the so-called Quad grouping will be seen as a clear reference to Beijing in the...
US, Japan take a swipe at China and deepen defence ties
Jul 28, 2024 (AFP)
A joint statement issued after "2+2" talks in Tokyo between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their Japanese counterparts...
China, Russia say to counter 'extra-regional forces' in SE Asia
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
Wang Yi and Sergei Lavrov were attending a three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc in the Laos capital Vientiane....
Cash-strapped Hungary borrows 1 bn euros from China
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
The Hungarian government did not announce the deal, which was first reported by the local financial news site Portfolio based on publicly available data. Budape...
Russia, China FMs meet as ASEAN talks get underway in Laos
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement after his talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Vientiane that the pair had discussed issues of c...
Top China, US diplomats to meet at SE Asia foreign minister talks
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
The three-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starts in the capital Vientiane on Thursday. Antony Blinken will meet Chin...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.