Beijing: – Analysts and the media are warning that the ongoing power shortage in China will have a major impact on the global economy. More than 20 provinces in China are facing severe power shortages, and supply to thousands of companies and factories has been reduced. As a result, the manufacturing sector has been hit […]
Kabul – After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, its economy has suffered. However, the Taliban is preparing to promote the cultivation of opium poppy and narcotics trade. In the 1990s, the Taliban was trading in large quantities of narcotics in Afghanistan. Analysts point out that the Taliban is once again moving in the same […]
Moscow: – Lawmakers from the Ukrainian ruling party have warned that a war may flare up between Ukraine and Belarus. Yegor Chernev claimed that the Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, has promised Russia in this regard. Russia cannot directly attack Ukraine. Chernev accused that, therefore, Russian President Vladimir Putin chose this option. Last month, an article […]
Moscow: Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia claimed that international markets, including Russia, have reduced their disposition towards the US dollar while preferring other currencies like Euro. She also claimed a significant increase in the use of other currencies for international trade. A few months back, Russia had declared to have reduced the […]
Washington: – ‘Don’t ignore the Abraham Agreement that was signed a year ago to bring Israel and the Arab countries together. If this cooperation is not given the right impetus, it will be to the detriment of the United States,’ warned Jared Kushner, advisor to former US President Donald Trump. Kushner criticised the Biden administration […]
Kabul: – The re-establishment of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has signalled a sharp rise in the narcotics trade. Analysts have noted that the Taliban seized key cities and provinces for drug trafficking last month after launching an offensive against the Afghan government. Afghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation has grown by 37 per cent in the […]
London/Beijing: – Chinese efforts to dominate natural and energy resources need to be challenged. In an article in a British daily, Robert McFarlane of the United States and Liam Fox of the United Kingdom drew attention to the growing Chinese influence. The former US and British ministers have warned that the United Kingdom cannot remain […]
Jerusalem/Washington/London: – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that Israel exactly knows how to respond to Iran with suicide drones for attacking Israeli fuel tanker. The United States and the United Kingdom have also expressed support for Israel against Iran, which is threatening international maritime traffic. Iran has threatened equivalent retaliation against Israel. For the […]
Sydney: – China, restless because of the joint war exercises being held between the United States and Australia, has sent its spy ship to monitor the exercises. Earlier, too, the reports of China spying on the US-Australia war exercises had surfaced. But China has exhibited its restlessness for the first time by sending two ships […]
Beijing – China has warned that there will be a strong retaliation against the sanctions imposed by the United States against the Chinese companies over the Uyghurs issue. Last week, the United States blacklisted 14 Chinese companies for their involvement in atrocities against the Uyghurs. This is the second instance of the Biden administration taking […]