By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “strategic mistake” that weakened European unity in the face of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on Monday. In an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on Monday for the signing of an economic partnership agreement with the European Union, saying it would boost cooperation in semiconductors and that as democracies the two sides should be working together. Taiwan has pushed for the signing of investment and trade deals with the EU, in…
Fewer Westerners are working in major Chinese cities as high-paying jobs dry up amid slow economic growth, with living costs and China’s geopolitical tensions with the West also taking their toll. But some of those gaps are being filled by professionals from Southeast Asia, as foreign firms increasingly turn to local or regional talent. Census…
Diplomats in Brussels have received “convincing” evidence showing Russia has built a factory in China to produce lethal drones. ADVERTISEMENT The European Union is growing increasingly convinced that Russia is producing lethal drones in China to prop up the invasion of Ukraine, raising fresh questions on how far Beijing is willing to go to abide…
Chinese presence in the South African country became apparent in 2002, when former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos invited Beijing to invest following the end of the 27-year Angolan civil war that devastated the country’s infrastructure and economy. Now, the United States is challenging the dominant Chinese foothold in the region, by betting on a…
The election of Donald Trump – a felon and climate crisis denier – as president of the United States comes as a stroke of bitter irony after recent floods exacerbated by global warming smashed parts of the southeast US – Hurricane Milton alone is likely to cost up to US$50 billion – and given the…
Donald Trump’s return to the White House could present a chance for China and Europe to mend trade ties, the EU ambassador to Beijing has said, while warning of geopolitical “choppy waters ahead”. “What happened a couple of days or three days ago in the US may change … the global landscape but it can…
As President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance prepare to take office in January, questions over their policies on a slew of issues have emerged—among them, technology and artificial intelligence. The former president did not speak extensively about those issues on the campaign trail, instead relying on his platform of tariffs, taxes, jobs…
Berlin — German authorities have detained a U.S. citizen on suspicion of attempting to pass sensitive information about American military operations in Germany to Chinese intelligence agencies. The suspect has been identified only as Martin D., under German privacy laws. He is a 37-year-old former civilian contractor employed by the U.S. military who was arrested by…
The European Union is planning for talks with Donald Trump’s transition team as it seeks to head off a major economic and political shock after his convincing victory in Tuesday’s US presidential election. High on their wish list will be keeping the tap open for US funds to flow to Ukraine and avoiding scything tariffs…