Wounded Russian troops are being sent to North Korean medical facilities, per a Russian official. Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, said the deal involved “hundreds” of troops. War analysts said it could give North Korea an opportunity to learn even more from the Ukraine war. Russia is sending soldiers who were wounded in the…
Russia has not received any satisfactory proposals to start negotiations on Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told RIA state news agency in remarks published on Monday. “It is important that words be backed up by practical steps that take into account Russia’s legitimate interests, demonstrating a readiness to eradicate the root causes of the…
State Of China’s Economy Just how badly is China’s economy doing? More than half of China’s provinces have missed their self-set growth targets. That includes the so-called prosperous province of Hainan, says former intelligence officer and China watcher Jayadeva Ranade. At least 100 protests have been recorded across China and some of them have escalated….
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…
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed President Trump’s claim that the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He also echoed Trump’s false claims about fraud in the 2020 election. Putin said Moscow is ready for talks with the U.S. on a broad range…
A day after taking over as the President of the United States, Donald Trump has made his intentions clear to bring sweeping changes to global trade with tariff hikes. The Republican president, on Tuesday, warned of imposing fresh sanctions on Russia if it fails to negotiate a deal on Ukraine. He had also hinted of…
In 2007, President Vladimir Putin stood before the Munich Security Conference and stated clearly that Russia considers itself at war with the West. This speech, often dismissed at the time as mere rhetoric, now reads as a manifesto for the Kremlin’s imperialist and antagonistic foreign policy. Today, Russia wages a brutal war of aggression in…
The influx of American “TikTok refugees” onto the Chinese social media app RedNote may feed into some of Beijing’s main talking points, but could also pose a challenge for China’s censors. As of Thursday afternoon, the topic “TikTok refugee” attracted more than 800 million views and 14.7 million discussions as new users, mostly with IP…
The European Union has adopted a 15th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including tougher measures against Chinese entities and more vessels from Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet, the EU Commission said in a statement on Monday. (Representational image) A Russian Navy amphibious landing ship that was deployed to transport cars across…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese football legend and Everton player Li Tie gets 20 years for corruption Chinese former football star Li Tie, who also served as coach of the country’s…