British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for an official visit to China through Saturday. In August 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone call with Starmer at the latter’s request, and in November that year, during his attendance at the G20 Summit in Rio deContinue Reading
By – Lawal Sale British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pay a four-day official visit to China this week, this was announced on Tuesday by Gou Jiakun, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson. It will be first such trip since 2018 by British Prime Minister. While addressing reporters in Beijing, GouContinue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday welcomes Finnish enterprises to “take a swim in the vast ocean of the Chinese market” to enhance their global competitiveness. Xi made the remarks in his meeting in Beijing with visiting Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, calling on both sides to deepen mutuallyContinue Reading
In Astana, Chairman of the Management Board of KazMunayGas JSC, Askhat Khasenov, held a meeting with Chairman of the Board of Directors of CITIC Construction Co., Ltd., Yang Jianqiang. The talks focused on the progress of the Karachaganak Gas Processing Plant (GPP), one of Kazakhstan’s key strategic projects inContinue Reading
China said on Monday that building a new type of strategic partnership with Canada is conducive to world peace, stability, development and prosperity. The remarks follow recent warnings from US President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the US will impose 100 percent tariffs on Canadian imports shouldContinue Reading
President Xi Jinping’s intensive bilateral and multilateral interactions spanning China’s neighboring regions, Europe, North America and the Global South, have drawn widespread attention across the world. At a time when humanity once again stands at a crossroads, China’s diplomacy under Xi’s leadership opens a magnificent new chapter, demonstrating China’sContinue Reading
A senior Iranian military commander said on Saturday the country’s armed forces are ready to give a “regret-inducing” response to any adventurism by the “enemies,” according to the official news agency IRNA. Deputy Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ahmad Vahidi made the remarks at a national congressContinue Reading
Fears of regional escalation grew on Saturday as more airlines suspended flights to the Middle East. The move followed a warning from Türkiye’s foreign minister that Israel is seeking an opening to strike Iran. The atmosphere of uncertainty was compounded by expanded U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian oil and Tehran’s accusationsContinue Reading
By – Lawal Sale Amid global economic storms, GlobalSouth countries bear the brunt of the economic squeeze, a fact crystallized in a recent World Bank finding: By the end of 2025, nearly all advanced economies had seen per capita incomes rise above 2019 levels, while about one in fourContinue Reading
By Huan Yuping A series of recent actions taken by the United States against Venezuela—from military strikes and forcible capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, to open declarations of intent to “run” Venezuela and gain control over its oil resources—have laid bare the underlying logic ofContinue Reading
