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Defiant Xi re-emerges on global stage, prepares for US competition
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
After almost three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation where international diplomacy was largely conducted via videolink, China now aims to shore up its gl...
Finland, Sweden can 'count on' Hungary over NATO: Budapest
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
All 30 NATO member states except Hungary and Turkey have ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland, which dropped decades of military non-alignment with bids...
US-China rivalry, N. Korea to dominate ASEAN summit
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet in Phnom Penh from Friday, kicking off a diplomatic blitz in the region that also take...
UK to remain 'bedrock' of NATO, Sunak declares
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
The NATO chief will be the first international leader Sunak has met in Downing Street since he took office last month. Wednesday's talks will centre on UK suppo...
Swedish PM tries to win Turkey over on its NATO membership
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden and Finland abandoned their long-standing policy of military non-alignment and in May applied to join the transatlantic all...
Erdogan announces new meeting on Sweden's NATO bid
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Kristersson was hoping to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden joining the US-led military alliance, with Ankara accusing Stockholm and Finland of h...
Germany's Scholz calls on China to use 'influence' on Russia
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
"I told President (Xi) that it is important for China to use its influence on Russia," Scholz said. "Russia must immediately stop the attacks under which the ci...
G7 steadfast on Ukraine, cautious on China at German meet
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
The G7 club of rich countries has agreed a new structure to funnel aid to Ukraine to help rebuild infrastructure targeted by Russia, the foreign ministers said ...
China, Vietnam pledge to 'manage' South China Sea dispute
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
The socialist neighbours both maintain sweeping claims to sovereignty in much of the contested waterway, parts of which are also claimed by Taiwan, the Philippi...
US, China discuss relations, war in Ukraine
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
The top diplomats talked about the need to "responsibly manage the competition between our two countries," Blinken said in a tweet. They also discussed the need...
Xi invokes Mao in visit to cradle of Communist revolution
Oct 29, 2022 (AFP)
Xi's choice to visit Yan'an -- a site inextricably linked with Communist China's founder Mao Zedong -- was an important, deliberate indication of the themes of ...
NATO chief to visit Turkey on November 4: official
Oct 28, 2022 (AFP)
Stoltenberg is due to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has warned his country will not give a nod to the two countries' memberships until "the prom...
Xi says China, US must 'find ways to get along'
Oct 27, 2022 (AFP)
China and the United States have butted heads in recent years on issues ranging from Beijing's aggression towards self-governing Taiwan to its crackdown in Hong...
US sees 'acute threat' from Russia, but says China is main challenge
Oct 27, 2022 (AFP)
The dangers are both conventional -- Moscow's aggression toward its neighbors and Beijing's efforts to gain control of Taiwan -- and nuclear, with Russia posses...
Putin: Russia battling 'Western domination' as Ukraine war grinds on
Oct 27, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian leader showed no sign of backpedalling on the eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine, and indeed painted the current situation as part of the decline o...
Swedish PM discusses NATO membership bid with Turkish leader
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
Kristersson described the call as "constructive", adding on Twitter that he was "looking forward to visit Ankara soon," without providing any details. Erdogan m...
Biden, Sunak agree to support Ukraine, stand up to China: White House
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
They spoke for the first time hours after Sunak became Britain's third prime minister this year, inheriting an economic crisis following the resignation of Liz ...
Sweden will address Turkey's concerns over NATO bid: new FM
Oct 25, 2022 (AFP)
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden and Finland tore up their long-standing policies of military non-alignment and asked to join the US-led military alliance. ...
What to expect from Xi's next five years in power
Oct 24, 2022 (AFP)
- Slowing economy - China's slowing economy will likely dominate Xi's next five years in power but his decision to pack the Communist Party's top leadership wit...
China Congress shows 'ruthless' leadership: Ai Weiwei
Oct 24, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking in Tokyo after China's Communist Party wrapped up its five-yearly Congress at the weekend, Ai was referring to the dramatic exit of former president Hu...
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