The National Assembly of Laos elected Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the ruling party, as the nation’s new president on March 22, entrusting a popular party leader with rebooting an economy …
Iran, world powers to discuss U.S. return to nuclear deal, compliance
Officials from Iran, China, Russia, France … multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news …
Iran, world powers to discuss U.S. return to nuclear deal, compliance
Officials from Iran, China, Russia, France … multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news …
UN Security Council condemns deadly Myanmar crackdown after tense deliberations
The UN Security Council on Thursday “strongly condemned” the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Myanmar, in a unanimous statement watered down by China after two days of tough negotiations. “Members …
One of Taiwan’s Allies Weighs Embracing China for Vaccines
Paraguay’s 63-year-old alliance with Taiwan — forged when both were run by right-wing authoritarians — means the government can’t directly buy from China’s vaccine makers that have …
Iran’s Foreign Minister Uses New ‘Clubhouse’ App To Defend China Deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took to the new Clubhouse social media app on March 31 to defend Tehran’s controversial recent strategic cooperation pact with China — a deal criticized …
China unlikely to wield U.S. bond weapon as tensions stay high
The risk that China could slow its bond buying or sell … yields jumped to one-year highs in March and new debt supply to finance government spending and a widening deficit surges to record …
Companies ripping Georgia do business in China, silent on human rights violations
CEOs of several powerful American companies have thrown tomatoes at Georgia’s new election law that critics say suppresses voting access but won’t speak out against China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims.
Companies ripping Georgia do business in China, silent on human rights violations
CEOs of several powerful American companies have thrown tomatoes at Georgia’s new election law that critics say suppresses voting access but won’t speak out against China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims.
Iraq’s crude oil exports exceed 91 mln barrels in March
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil said on Thursday that Iraq exported 91.31 million barrels of crude oil in March, bringing in revenues of about 5.7 billion U.S. dollars. The average selling price for crude oil …