Newswire Washington: Russia, despite economic sanctions imposed on it, remains an existential threat to the US and its European allies, commander of the US European Command, Air Force General Tod D. Wolters said at the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfare Symposium this week. “We’re in an era of global-power competition. Winning in this era is […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said Sri Lanka can multiply its economic and regional ties with Pakistan by joining China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project (CPEC). The premier, who was Sri Lanka on two day visit, stated this during a joint news conference with his counterpart Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa.PM Khan […]
Read MoreZhao Lei – China Daily Beijing: President Xi Jinping encouraged Chinese space industry workers on Monday to strive for successes in the nation’s future lunar explorations and carry out interplanetary expeditions with a methodical approach. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Government of Japan this week announced a contribution of USD 3.7 million to support UNHCR’s programmes and activities for Afghan refugees and host communities in Pakistan.This three-year project will focus on education, livelihoods assistance and community structures in the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, benefitting over 240,000 individuals. The announcement was […]
Read MoreKate Nicholson Andrew stepped down from his life as a working royal after his BBC Newsnight interview caused international backlash. Conducted just three months after his friend Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in prison, the Duke of York addressed his decade-long association with the disgraced financier with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis. Epstein, already a convicted sex […]
Read MoreLan Jianxue On February 19, China disclosed the details of the Sino-Indian border clash in Galwan Valley in June 2020, honoring the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country along with those who were wounded on that fateful day. The official announcement shows the Chinese government holds in high esteem the heroes who defend […]
Read MoreKang Bing Taking a walk on the university campus near my home has been my routine for years. Yes, routine, except on Saturdays and Sundays, because during weekends the campus is packed with cars which bring mid-career professionals there to take part in a wide range of activities, from attending special classes to delivering special […]
Read MoreMohamed A. El-erian Recognizing that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the G7 last week announced additional steps to facilitate more “affordable and equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics” globally to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). But translating stated intent into effective action will require both bold political leadership at home and […]
Read MoreDr Theodore karasik Now that bird flu and the associated culling of migratory birds is occurring in parts of India, we can add this disease to the toxic mix of pathogens currently on the loose around the world. Ebola has also reappeared in Africa on top of the coronavirus pandemic. Climate change is adding to […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo this week met with the chief of the country’s negotiating team, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, stressing the importance of revitalizing the ongoing talks with the Taliban. “Met with Chief Negotiator @MMStanekzai (Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai) today on the Afghan Peace Process – which […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi while reiterating that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was in the best interest of Pakistan, this week emphasized the country’s consistent support for the Afghan peace process.Prime Minister Imran Khan had always stressed that there was no military solution to the Afghan conflict, he added.The Foreign Minister expressed […]
Read MoreDing Gang We could have never imagined that the US would evolve into a “socialistic democratic” country like Sweden. But we will soon have to face a US that has a strong socialist democratic tendency. I predicted in an article a few months ago that once the pandemic eases, all the countries will attach more […]
Read MoreWang Qi Beijing: China should keep a close watch on the Indo-Pacific region and mark its red lines, Chinese experts said, right before the third Quad meeting of the US, Japan, India and Australia since 2020.US State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced this week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with his counterparts […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin this week warned Russia to ensure its parliamentary elections scheduled for September are free of any external interference.Putin said the country needed to protect the vote and “suppress any attempts at foreign influence,” during an online meeting with the four parliamentary party leaders in the State Duma. “We cannot and […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) this week directed the concerned ministries to prepare the list of ‘deliverable’ projects for the upcoming 10th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) with Iron Brother China.The 31st meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC was held here at the Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Karachi: Pakistani President Dr Arif Alvi this week said that Pakistan was becoming a geo economic hub with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. President Alvi made the remarks when addressing the conference ‘Development of Blue Economy under a secure and sustainable environment’ which aims at […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: The Millennium Education (TME) & Millennium Confucius Classroom (MCC) marks the virtual Chinese New Year Celebration “The Year of Ox” and 70th anniversary of Pakistan China diplomatic relations together with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Nong Rong and Cultural Counsellor Mr. Zhang Heqing at The Millennium Education, One […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik this week wrote a letter to Financial Action Task Force President Dr Marcus Pleyer, pleading him to remove Pakistan from FATF’s Grey List and take action against India for money laundering and terror-financing.Malik made the letter public while addressing […]
Read MoreGeorge Lloyd Matsumoto: Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture is one of the best-known of Japan’s historic castles, alongside Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture and Kumamoto Castle in Kyushu.The castle is a National Treasure of Japan and is the oldest surviving six-story castle in the country, as well as one of the most complete. Its imposing […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg A visit to Iraq this month was instructive on the challenges facing the country, but also the real determination to undo the damage caused by years of war and destruction. Iraqis expressed confidence that the upcoming national elections would help guide the political process and reignite economic development. They also pinned […]
Read MoreWang Chao The year 2020 was an extraordinary year for the world, especially because of the challenge the COVID-19 posed to the global economy and international community. In the face of the complex international situation, China has, as always, upheld the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, advanced major-country diplomacy […]
Read MoreDaoud Kuttab As the contours of US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy become increasingly apparent, doubts about his commitment to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict continue to grow. And those doubts raise an urgent question: Can anyone fill the diplomatic vacuum the US leaves behind? To be sure, Biden has moved quickly to reverse some of […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO senior civilian representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo met former Afghan President Hamid Karzai this week. They exchanged views on current situation, especially the peace process. Though details of such a meeting couldn’t made public but both sides are happy with meeting and hopeful of its positive outcomes. The NATO Ambassador, Pontecorvo […]
Read MoreLondon: In order to gain a better understanding of the coronavirus, a British study will intentionally infect participants with the pathogen, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced on Wednesday.The study would be the world’s first “human challenge” study on the novel coronavirus, it said.Up to 90 volunteers between the ages of 18 […]
Read MoreBeijing: As people celebrated Chinese New Year and spring holidays Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden gave the world a gift of hope.The two leaders held their first telephone conversation this week since the latter entered the White House in late January, sending a series of positive signals to the world […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) this week directed the concerned ministries to prepare the list of ‘deliverable’ projects for the upcoming 10th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) with Iron Brother China.The 31st meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC was held here at the Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini this week said Iran was committed to promote ties with Pakistan.In his message on the 42nd anniversary of the Iranian revolution, the Ambassador said Iran had emphatically extended the hand of peace and friendship to all free and right-seeking nations in the region and […]
Read MoreChen Weihua With the Joe Biden administration busy reversing the previous administration’s policies, there is hope it would also reverse the regressive trend former president Donald Trump’s set for China-US relations.The Trump administration’s trade war, tech war, suspension of bilateral exchange mechanisms and McCarthyist measures against Chinese journalists and media outlets and the Confucius Institutes […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla The UAE becomes the fifth nation that has sent a spacecraft to the Red Planet. Hope is expected to answer a number of pivotal scientific enquiries regarding the red planet’s atmosphere. The probe is aptly named as the UAE hopes it will inspire the next generation of Arab scientists and prompt a renaissance […]
Read MoreZhao Huanxin The trade friction between the United States and China does not signify a tipping point in the Sino-US relationship, experts have said, even though the two countries have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars of each other’s goods. After the conclusion of the hearings on the US administration’s proposal to impose 25 percent […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg US President Joe Biden’s decision last week to appoint Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Timothy Lenderking as a special envoy to Yemen is an important step toward resolving the conflict there. US leadership is key to augmenting Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and UN efforts to bring peace to the country. Lenderking […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Senior Civilian Representative of NATO in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that peace was a common mission for the NATO and the whole world. In a meeting with former Afghan Finance Minister and diplomat Dr Omar Zakhilwal this week, Ambassador Pontecorvo said NATO wanted all the groups to work together to achieve […]
Read MoreMoscow: Moscow expects that the United States’ Joe Biden-led administration will make up its mind regarding its policy on the Russian track within a month’s time, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Ekho Moskvy radio station in an interview this week. Zakharova recalled that so far there had been only telephone conversations between […]
Read MoreKristin Huang Beijing: China says it is closely watching the movements of the US Navy after an American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the first to do so since the inauguration of President Joe Biden.The USS John S. McCain, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, passed through the waterway that separates the Chinese mainland […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed the normalization of relations between Moscow and Washington during their phone call this week, along with issues of strategic stability, the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Syrian regulation and the Alexey Navalny case, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Lavrov congratulated […]
Read MoreHu Xijin China and the US are two powers with super strength. Both of them are quite complicated, so is the competition between them. However, I think it’s too simplistic if we use the concept of a clash between two civilizations or between two systems to describe China-US relations.I believe what bolsters the two countries’ […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques What will happen to Europe? Will it continue with a broadly pro-American orientation, or will it pursue an increasingly independent position?Either way, the consequences will be far-reaching. At the heart of the West lie the US and Europe. If Europe seeks a more autonomous role, then the West will be seriously weakened. The […]
Read MoreWang Wen In the last week of 2020, I led a team to the China-Vietnam border area to do field research in various port cities of South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Coincidentally, many of the deputy mayors of these cities who received us were female. This made me reflexively want to write about changes […]
Read MoreRay Hanania There is a myth that removing Donald Trump from the White House has somehow magically changed the overwhelmingly anti-Palestinian nature of American politics. In fact, it has not changed in substance. It has changed in tenor. What I mean is that, while Trump screamed pro-Israel rhetoric and actions, the Democrats whisper it in […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that his country wanted to play a role to beautify and develop the Gilgit-Baltistan. In a meeting here with GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, the envoy said Italy will co-finance the Economic Transformation Initiatives (ETI) and invest 20 million Euros in the project.“Both the […]
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