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Wed | September 27, 2023 Hong Kong  —  The inauguration of two new electricity-generating units in Zimbabwe’s Hwange power station last month was not an unfamiliar scene when it comes to major infrastructure projects in Africa. There, in a remote region of the country of southern Africa, authorities and the Chinese ambassador came to cut

Bangkok | Thur, August 10, 2023 Thailand’s Pheu Thai party announced on Wednesday it had the support of six more parties in its attempt to form a government, still short of the required backing, as the country remained in political deadlock nearly three months after an election. After election winners Move Forward were prevented from

Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 23:05 PM PARIS – Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday, in a second night of unrest following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop there. In the ethnically varied suburbs of France’s

Hong Kong | Wed May 31, 2023 Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his top national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” as the ruling Communist Party hardens efforts to counter any perceived internal and external threats. At a meeting of the party’s National Security Commission on

Beijing, China | Thu, April 27, 2023 On Thursday, after President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart stated Pyongyang would face the “end” of its government if it used its nuclear arsenal, China urged Washington and Seoul against “provoking confrontation” with North Korea. According to Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry,

Wednesday | March 1, 2023 Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko – a close ally of Vladimir Putin – on Wednesday, in a state visit that comes as the West warns China against providing lethal aid for Putin’s war in Ukraine. According to Belarusian state media agency Belta, Xi welcomed Lukashenko

Tuesday | 28 February 2023 While Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, a group of refugees in The Hague, Netherlands, have used their talents to help preserve Ukrainian culture and raise awareness for the dire situation in their country. Little over a year ago, just after Russia invaded Ukraine, the United Ukrainian Ballet was established.

Wed February 8, 2023 Two children wedged between concrete in the remains of their home in northern Syria have been rescued more than 36 hours after Monday’s quake trapped their family as they slept. The older child can be heard on film pleading with rescuers as they stand amid the ruins of the children’s home

Wed January 11, 2023 Peru’s top prosecutor’s office on Tuesday said it has launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over violent clashes that have seen at least 40 killed and hundreds injured since early December. But on Tuesday night, a vote of confidence in the new administration was

Hong Kong | Thu November 17, 2022 When world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, issued a joint statement condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine, a familiar sentence stood out from the 1,186-page document. It quoted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks to Russian President Vladimir Putin at their face-to-face meeting in