The human cost of global conflict is unbearable for the victims, of course, and it comes with an economic cost too, which analysts are trying to estimate right now. President Trump has reportedly approved a plan to bomb Iran but not yet given the green light for action. The main issue for investors is what…
Amid the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, China has warned the United States against the “use of force” as US President Donald Trump mulls American intervention. China’s President Xi Jinping has called for a de-escalation between Iran and Israel as tensions boil in the Middle East. (AFP) Speaking at a press briefing, Guo…
2025-06-19T12:45:34+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need to halt the military escalation between Iran and Israel, during a phone call on Thursday. Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, said both leaders agreed to instruct their respective agencies to…
The Trump Organization’s newly announced smartphone will likely be made in China, experts say, despite claims that the device will be manufactured in the U.S, News.Az reports citing CNBC. Owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, the company on Monday announced the T1, a gold-colored device which it said would retail for $499. The smartphone will run Google’s Android…
China has been accused of “misleading” New Zealand—a United States security ally in the South Pacific—regarding its test of an unarmed but nuclear-capable long-range missile in 2024. In a statement to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Chinese Foreign Ministry denied that Beijing had mischaracterized the test, claiming it was part of the military’s routine annual training…
By Alessandro Parodi and Victoria Waldersee (Reuters) -The world’s largest car-carrying ship – with the equivalent of 20 football fields of vehicles – completed its maiden journey late last month to dock in Brazil’s Itajai port. But not everyone is cheering its arrival. BYD, China’s top producer of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, is offering…
Russia and China are set to conduct military exercises this year as part of their bilateral cooperation plan concerning a range of strategic issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Not least, we are developing military-technical and military cooperation,” the Russian leader stated in the context of Moscow-Beijing relations, News.Az reports, citing TASS. “This is, beyond…
China has reportedly dispatched naval vessels to waters near a United States air base in South Korea, as the East Asian power continues to expand its military presence in the contested region. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese defense and foreign ministries for comment by email. Why It Matters South Korea—a U.S. ally that hosts American…
Editor’s note: Teymur Atayev is an Azerbaijani publicist, historian, political scientist, and host of the program “Aspects of Foreign Affairs” on the Azerbaijani CBC TV channel (broadcasts in Russian). The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az. While the world remains fixated on the escalating…
Taiwan is vetting hundreds of thousands of military service members, public school teachers and civil servants in a bid to root out potential homegrown Chinese sympathisers, as Beijing intensifies espionage on the island. Alarm is growing in Taiwan over the extent of China’s infiltration on the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims is part of its…