China has little cause to worry about the US-Russia rapprochement, according to observers, who say the Asian neighbours’ shared strategic goal to counter the West and their deep economic ties make for a partnership that is hard to break. The meeting between US and Russian officials earlier this week, which discussed the possibility of normalising…
US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday announced that America might impose sanctions and consider military intervention if Russia’s Vladimir Putin fails to conclude the ongoing Ukraine conflict, which has lasted nearly three years.Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Vance said, “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage”…
From snake-themed events to whether your luck is in: discover all you need to know about the Lunar New Year in our Year of the Snake 2025 series. Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are going to shape – and possibly reshape – the world in the coming…
US President Donald Trump rebuked Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy for choosing to go to war with Russia, which is a “much bigger and more powerful” entity adding that the latter could have struck a deal with Vladimir Putin instead.“Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump told Fox News. “He…
A top missile technology expert from the U.S. has claimed that there is now defence system in the world that can intercept Russia’s new intermediate-range Oreshnik. Speaking to TASS News Agency, Theodore Postol dismissed claims that existing defence systems like Aegis Ashore, THAAD, Patriot and the Iron Dome could counter Russia’s new cutting-edge ballistic missile….
Putin has lowered the threshold for using Moscow’s nuclear arsenals Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces may use a new missile again after targeting Ukraine in retaliation for Kyiv’s use of American and British-made weapons on Russian territory this week.Russia said it launched an Oreshnik missile on the city of Dnipro on Thursday, the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed on Saturday his desire to conclude the conflict with Russia through diplomatic channels next year, as both nations anticipate Donald Trump‘s return to the White House.February 2025 would signify three years since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Russian forces currently advancing against Ukraine’s under-resourced military, AFP News agency reported.Trump’s potential…
In his first comments after Donald Trump’s election as the 47th President of the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the West’s post-Cold War control over global power was “irrevocably disappearing”. He went on to commend Donald Trump for acting “courageously” during a recent assassination attempt. President-elect Donald Trump (L) and Russian…
In this March 29, 2023 file photo, Bibek Debroy, chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), during an event in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian, Chinese troops begin coordinated patrolling in Demchok in Eastern Ladakh The coordinated patrolling by the armies of India and China has started in Demchok, Army sources…
Kharkiv: “It barely exists anymore,” said the mayor of Vovchansk, an industrial town razed by a Russian onslaught shocking even for the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. Vovchansk has no great history but its geography could not be more tragic. Just five kilometres (three miles) from the Russian border, drone footage from the Ukrainian military…