Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned on Thursday, a day after thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets in nationwide protests. Zhelyazkov announced the decision minutes before lawmakers voted on the sixth no-confidence motion against his government. The motion, brought forward by opposition parties over what they described as failuresContinue Reading
By : AFP US President Donald Trump deepened his rift with Europe in an interview published Tuesday, calling it “decaying” and blasting key allies as “weak” over immigration and Ukraine. Speaking to Politico, Trump also called on Ukraine to hold elections despite Russia’s invasion and questioned whether the countryContinue Reading
China’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday delivered another letter to the United Nations chief, rejecting what Beijing calls Japan’s “unreasonable arguments” over Taiwan and reiterating its position on the issue. In the letter, Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the UN, said China “firmly opposes” Japan’s letterContinue Reading
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) plays a crucial role in strengthening Georgia’s connectivity and deepening its cooperation with China, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in an interview with Xinhua during the recent 5th Tbilisi Silk Road Forum. Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze delivers a speech during theContinue Reading
China-Europe freight trains have made a cumulative 120,000 trips and transported goods with a total value exceeding 490 billion U.S. dollars, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) said on Friday. The 120,000-trip milestone was achieved with the departure of a freight train on Friday from Chengdu,Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declined a meeting request from EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Politico reported, amid continued tensions between the European Union and the Trump administration. According to the report, even officials in the White House who are typically supportive of EU engagement haveContinue Reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a draft of a proposed new peace plan from the US, his office confirmed in a statement on Thursday, calling it the “American side’s assessment” which could “help reinvigorate diplomacy”. The office also stated that Zelensky plans to discuss diplomatic opportunities with Donald TrumpContinue Reading
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a plane carrying a delegation from the Ministry of Mining, led by Minister Louis Watum Kabamba, crashed during landing at Kolwezi Airport in the south of the country on 17 November. There were no fatalities or injuries, the Congolese radio stationContinue Reading
Japanese residents held a protest in front of the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on Saturday evening, demanding Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s resignation. About 100 people rallied with banners and shouted slogans such as “Takaichi step down” and “Those who cannot conduct diplomacy are unfit to be primeContinue Reading
— A United States aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America on Tuesday, escalating a military buildup that Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own “massive” deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under controlContinue Reading
