A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system
The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed.
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Russian TV falls for fake report on DeepSeek's 'Soviet code'
MOSCOW - A spoof Russian news report that China's DeepSeek AI app was based ... "Not only was the Soviet Union the most educated and advanced country. The Soviet Union was a scientific and ...
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Can China fill US-sized void in Pacific after Trump’s foreign aid freeze?
China is expected to fill the void that’s been left behind by US President Donald Trump’s halt on foreign aid in the Pacific region, with Beijing set to grow its influence in economic and ...
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Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been spotted leaving the South China Sea for the wider Pacific Ocean, where it will participate in a large, multinational naval drill. The Carl Vinson ...
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Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian officials say a number of countries including China, Brazil, Cuba and former Soviet republics such as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Belarus have expressed interest in taking part in the ...
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Cook Islands PM aims to boost trade ties during China visit
SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific state in a decade, to help improve ties ranging ...
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China Investment Map Shows Expansion Into New Counties Amid USAID Upheaval
Critics of Trump's decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign funding are worried that the move is making space for China to step in as an influential superpower around the world. USAID was ...
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China's Emergence in Central Asia
China's strategic relationship with Central Asia has grown expansively over the past decade, symbolized by both the 1996 founding of the "Shanghai Five," which in June 2001 became the Shanghai ...
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China, Pakistan pledge to boost cooperation on infrastructure, mining projects
HONG KONG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan will upgrade and reconstruct ... rail and sea. Sign up here. Asia Pacificcategory Bangladesh asks India to stop ousted PM Hasina making 'false ...
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China 'regrets' Panama withdrawal from Belt and Road project
BEIJING: China on Friday (Feb 7 ... passes through the narrow body of water linking the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. This service is not intended for persons residing in the E.U ...
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Leaked Kremlin Report: Sanctions Are Driving Former Soviet States Closer to the West
Western sanctions are weakening Moscow’s ties with former Soviet republics and hindering its economic expansion into the Global South, according to a leaked Russian government document dated February ...