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The release of the first combined intelligence assessment of the United States is no small thing, given that there is a new administration under an ebullient President, Donald Trump. Add to that the fact that it comes under the leadership of Tulsi Gabbard, only the second…
Washington: China is the top threat to American interests globally, according to a US intelligence report released Tuesday, which said Beijing was making progress in its military and cyber capabilities. Beijing’s “coercive pressure” against Taiwan and “wide-ranging cyber operations against US targets” were indicators of its…
Just days after the US accused China of testing ‘dogfighting’ satellites in low Earth orbit, Beijing has clapped back with a sharp rebuttal. A report from China’s state-run Global Times dismissed the US allegations as a “budget-driven” tactic which was “part of a broader effort to…
Washington: The United States on Thursday sanctioned a China-based oil refinery that purchased Iranian oil worth around $500 million from Huthi-linked ships, as the White House ramps up pressure on Iran. In a statement, the US Treasury Department announced it was sanctioning a “teapot refinery” based…
US President Donald Trump’s brinkmanship with China is escalating with the announcement of a fresh 10% tariff, along with 25% duties on imports from Canada and Mexico on March 4. Given the 10% levy imposed by the US that came into effect last month, Chinese exports…
Berserk bullies generally halt when someone stands up to them. That is what is happening to America’s President of seven weeks, Donald Trump. His tirade against friends, allies and neighbours initially caught them off guard. It took them some time to collect themselves, although they tried…
Beijing: China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States “to the end” on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing’s lagging growth. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent this week, vowing…
Two days after US President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on live television, European leaders met in London to present a united front to support him. They agreed on a plan to achieve peace in Ukraine with some security guarantees,…
As US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, billionaire investor Warren Buffett called the move an “act of war”. “Tariffs are actually – we’ve had a lot of experience with them – they’re an act of war, to some degree,” Buffett…
The second coming of US President Donald Trump has been a roller coaster ride, pulling everyone and everything into his orbit. In recent days, that has included China, too. Following the US President’s proposal for ‘denuclearisation’, which he apparently discussed with an interested Vladimir Putin, Trump…