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Biden to set 'guardrails' in Xi superpower summit
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» NUSA DUA, Indonesia: US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping meet in Bali on Monday with Washington hoping to set "guardrails" for relations between the rivals and Beijing looking to put ties "back on track".
Biden and Xi centre stage as G20 gathers in Indonesia
AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» NUSA DUA (INDONESIA) - Leaders from the world's 20 largest economies arrive on the Indonesian island Bali on Monday for a post-pandemic reunion chilled by Sino-US rivalry and overshadowed by a superpower sit-down between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.
Iran dissidents praise 'groundbreaking' Macron talks, urge action
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» PARIS: Iranian women dissidents who met President Emmanuel Macron praised the talks on Saturday as a historic move from Paris, while urging France to lead concrete action against the Islamic republic.
Playing with fire 'in the garden of humanity'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/11/2022
» 'We appear to be witnessing a dramatic and childlike scenario," said Pope Francis in Bahrain on Friday. "In the garden of humanity, instead of cultivating our surroundings, we are playing instead with fire, missiles and bombs, weapons that bring sorrow and death, covering our common home with ashes and hatred."
Iran says it has developed hypersonic missile
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» TEHRAN: Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
Bust your worries to boost your creativity
Business, Published on 03/11/2022
» 'I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened," noted the American writer Mark Twain. What worries are on your mind right now? These days, many people worry about many things, which is unsurprising given that we're living in a fragile world that, in the aftermath of a global pandemic, has been battered by other external shocks.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moves toward ‘war of drones’ as winter looms
Published on 02/11/2022
» President Vladimir Putin’s swift and severe response to an attack on his Black Sea fleet reflects a war that is increasingly marked by a duel between long range Russian missiles and Ukraine’s innovative array of drones and truck bombs.
Dissident Russian writer vows to keep speaking out
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» FRANKFURT: Dissident Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky insists he will not stop speaking out against Moscow, despite facing years in jail after being charged over criticism of the war in Ukraine.
Critical Russian sci-fi writer vows to keep speaking out
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» FRANKFURT: Russian science fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky insists he will not stop speaking out against Moscow, despite facing years in jail after being charged over criticism of the war in Ukraine.
Germany eyes reduced China stake in Hamburg port to end row
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» BERLIN - Germany's government is eyeing a compromise that would allow a Chinese firm to take a smaller-than-planned stake in a Hamburg container terminal, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected banning the sale outright.