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In one of its most explicit statements yet, China pledged to set boundaries on its increasingly-close relationship with Russia, vowing not to sell weapons to either side of the war in Ukraine. During a Friday news conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said, “China will not provide weapons to relevant parties of the conflict, and…
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – France and Egypt signed strategic partnership agreements on Monday, in areas covering health, transport and energy, which French President Emmanuel Macron said would help shore up Egypt’s stability amid volatility in the region. “Egypt is a strategic partner for our country,” said Macron, speaking alongside Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
On Friday, SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, turned on Starlink in Iran. Signaling in a tweet to Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he will make the satellite internet system available in Iran. Starlink satellites are already passing over Iran where they appear as a string of lights flying in tandem. This is good news for…
Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff. Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen was handed a four-year prison sentence and banned from holding public office for five years by a…
HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) – China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters showed. The deployment, which was not publicised by China, came ahead of U.S. Defense Secretary…
‘When someone attacks you, the best defense is to attack him back’ The U.S. and Israel concluded their largest ever set of war games Thursday, sending a message that the U.S. stands with its allies against Iran’s aggression, according to The Wall Street Journal. The exercises, dubbed Juniper Oak 23.2, spanned four days and involved…