China has expelled Canada’s consul in Shanghai in retaliation for Ottawa sending home a Chinese diplomat accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian MP. On Monday, Canada declared China’s diplomat Zhao Wei “persona non grata” and ordered her to leave … Read More
BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive has proposed blacklisting several Chinese companies and curbing exports to nations seen as involved in bypassing Russia trade restrictions under new sanctions against Moscow for the war against Ukraine. The 27 … Read More
Santiago Peña of the Colorado party is elected, defeating Efraín Alegre who wanted to switch diplomatic recognition to China Paraguay’s ruling party candidate, Santiago Peña, 44, has scored a big win in the presidential election, tightening the conservative Colorado party’s … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Iran seized an oil tanker, fully loaded and bound for Texas. That’s when a helicopter dropped a bunch of commandos and steered the ship back toward Iran. They claim that there was a collision with another ship. … Read More
A long-range Chinese combat drone capable of carrying a large weapons payload has circled Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said Friday. ADVERTISING Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an attack by Beijing, which views the island as part of … Read More
BUENOS AIRES, April 26 (Reuters) – Argentina will start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than dollars, the government announced Wednesday, a measure that aims to relieve the country’s dwindling dollar reserves. In April, it aims to pay … Read More
This was the first time the two leaders have spoken since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had his first phone call since the start of the war with Xi Jinping, … Read More
Energy cooperation helped China’s overall trade with Russia maintain its strong growth momentum in the first quarter with an increase of 38.7% from a year earlier, far outpacing the growth of China’s total trade. Energy cooperation took more than 40 … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, So they caught the guy responsible for publicizing highly classified documents. Everyone’s concerned that this young (21 yr. old) guy would have access to such ruinous documents But they got him. The news media is all over … Read More
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 … Read More