Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is said to be weighing up an early election, a move that could put her in a stronger position with both China and the United States if she secures a decisive win, according to observers. But a diplomatic thaw between Japan and China is not expected any time soon. Citing…
Beijing and Hong Kong have slammed the G7 for “trampling the city’s rule of law” after the group criticised the guilty verdict handed down at former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s national security trial and demanded his immediate release. The strongly worded statements on Thursday were in response to a joint call from the foreign…
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in two significant multilateral sessions on the concluding day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting (FMM) in the Niagara region, but the highlight of his visit was the fresh impetus given to bilateral relations with the host country, Canada. In this image posted on November 12, India’s…
Toronto: Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand officially announced on Thursday that she has invited her Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to participate in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meet scheduled for next week. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand during a meeting, in New…
Rare earths will remain an “important card” for China in its relations with the United States, despite the Group of Seven’s commitment to challenge Beijing’s dominance of the critical minerals, according to a Chinese observer. At a meeting in the Canadian city of Toronto on Friday, G7 energy ministers agreed to establish a critical minerals…
China is consolidating its dominance in the global industrial robotics market, accounting for 41% of the world’s operational robot stock and more than half of all new installations in 2024, according to new data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The country added 295,000 industrial robots in 2024 alone — more than the rest…
Beijing is committed to a “fair” playing field for Italian investors, top diplomat Wang Yi pledged in Rome on Wednesday, as he courted international support for China’s next five-year plan. Addressing a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, the Chinese foreign minister also announced a further extension to Beijing’s unilateral visa-free entry…
Shares of medical device company DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) fell 7.4% in the morning session after a short-seller report from Hunterbrook Capital alleged issues with the company’s G7 glucose monitoring device, questioned its accounting, and highlighted an executive exodus. The report claimed that complaints about the G7 device led to the creation of a Facebook group that…
Beijing has warned against “unilateral actions” targeting Chinese interests, as the US intensifies pressure on Western allies to impose steep tariffs on China and India for allegedly “enabling” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by continuing to buy Russian oil. US President Donald Trump issued a letter to Nato members on Saturday, urging them to stop buying…
Group of Seven nations’ finance ministers discussed in a call on Friday further sanctions on Russia and possible tariffs on countries that they consider “enabling” its war in Ukraine, as the U.S. called on its allies to impose tariffs on purchasers of Russian oil. Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne chaired the G7 meeting, which was…