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Imran Khan Makes Political Gains Across Pakistan, Gives Sharif Another ’Chance’ to Hold Federal Vote

Imran Khan Makes Political Gains Across Pakistan, Gives Sharif Another ’Chance’ to Hold Federal Vote

© AFP 2022 / ASIF HASSAN Dhairya Maheshwari All materials Asad Umar, secretary-general of opposition party PTI, told reporters at a press conference after midnight that the election results marked…

Russia and China on Same Page, Seeking to Build New Order Free of Western Pressure

Russia and China on Same Page, Seeking to Build New Order Free of Western Pressure

© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Go to the mediabank Ekaterina Blinova All materialsWrite to the author Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a pivotal speech on Sunday outlining the country’s…

CCP’s 20th Congress: PRC ‘Soft Power’ Will Thwart US Attempts to Hang on to Hegemony, Observers Say

CCP’s 20th Congress: PRC ‘Soft Power’ Will Thwart US Attempts to Hang on to Hegemony, Observers Say

CC0 / / Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The Chinese Communist Party kicked off its 20th Congress on Sunday, with President Xi Jinping expected to be reelected as general…

Central bank of G20 host rails against US dollar – media

Central bank of G20 host rails against US dollar – media

The regulator wants to reduce reliance of the Indonesian financial markets on the greenback ©  Getty Images / Daniel Grizelj Indonesia’s central bank has spoken out against the use of the…

China Not Ruling Out Use of Force Against Foreign Meddlers Over Taiwan

China Not Ruling Out Use of Force Against Foreign Meddlers Over Taiwan

© AFP 2022 / FREDERIC J. BROWN Oleg Burunov All materialsWrite to the author China considers Taiwan an unalienable part of its sovereign territory and opposes any official contact between…

Why the US won’t step back from the warpath with China

Why the US won’t step back from the warpath with China

Washington’s policies are guided by threat inflation and a vision of global control By Dr. Radhika Desai, a professor at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg,…

China racing for 6th-gen fighter edge over US

China racing for 6th-gen fighter edge over US

US downplays Chinese fighter advances but the balance of Pacific airpower may have already shifted in China’s favor By GABRIEL HONRADA Concept art of China’s 6th generation fighter. Photo: Facebook /…

Analyst: There is no military option for US to confront N Korea

Analyst: There is no military option for US to confront N Korea

Chinese yuan becomes most traded foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange, surpasses the US dollar: report

Chinese yuan becomes most traded foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange, surpasses the US dollar: report

Renminbi Photo: VCGThe Chinese yuan became the most traded currency on the Moscow Exchange for the first time on Monday, with trading turnover in the yuan-ruble pair reaching 70.3 billion…

China Offers Huge Discount to Indian Businesses if They Settle Their Russian Transactions in Yuan

China Offers Huge Discount to Indian Businesses if They Settle Their Russian Transactions in Yuan

© AFP 2022 / STR Rishikesh Kumar All materialsWrite to the author Exclusive Indian businesses switched to non-US dollar payments to secure lucrative deals with Russia. Following anti-Russia sanctions, many…

Australian Senator Calls for Withdrawal From AUKUS, Slams US for ‘Destabilizing’ the Entire Region

Australian Senator Calls for Withdrawal From AUKUS, Slams US for ‘Destabilizing’ the Entire Region

© AP Photo / Amanda Gray Dhairya Maheshwari All materials Under the trilateral AUKUS pact unveiled last September, the US and the UK would supply high-end technology to Australia so…

‘Witch-hunt’: India outlaws leading Muslim political group, citing ‘terror links’

‘Witch-hunt’: India outlaws leading Muslim political group, citing ‘terror links’

India has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) over “unlawful activities” for five years. (File Photo) The Hindu nationalist government in India has declared the Popular Front of India…

Solomon Islands Deals a Blow to US by Refusing to Sign Pacific Declaration: Report

Solomon Islands Deals a Blow to US by Refusing to Sign Pacific Declaration: Report

© AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein Rishikesh Kumar All materialsWrite to the author Leaders from 12 Pacific Island countries are set to join President Joe Biden in the first ever…

China in the Crosshairs: Why NATO’s Next ‘Line of Defense’ Will be South China Sea

China in the Crosshairs: Why NATO’s Next ‘Line of Defense’ Will be South China Sea

NATO will soon draw a new “defense line” across the South China Sea, warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the 77th UN General Assembly. Chinese and Vietnamese experts shed…

Solomon Islands PM slams West’s ‘intimidation’ over ties with China

Solomon Islands PM slams West’s ‘intimidation’ over ties with China

File photo of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has hit out at the Western media campaign against his country over its resumption of diplomatic…

It seems nations small & large want out of the US dollar matrix: Nepal offers to trade in national currencies with Russia

It seems nations small & large want out of the US dollar matrix: Nepal offers to trade in national currencies with Russia

The country’s envoy says the mechanism should be similar to the one between Russia and India © Getty Images / Anadolu Agency Moscow and Kathmandu could create a mechanism for mutual settlements…

Turkey Could Consider Buying Russia’s Su-35 If Deal on US F-16 Fails: Defense Agency

Turkey Could Consider Buying Russia’s Su-35 If Deal on US F-16 Fails: Defense Agency

© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the mediabank ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey may consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets if the deal on the acquisition of US-made F-16…

Chinese Scientists Use Cutting Edge Wind Tunnel, Precision Robot Arms to Simulate Hypersonic Bombing

Chinese Scientists Use Cutting Edge Wind Tunnel, Precision Robot Arms to Simulate Hypersonic Bombing

© Photo : China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The tests are being conducted at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre’s (CARDC)…

Iran to join drills with Russia and China

Iran to join drills with Russia and China

The chief of staff in Tehran says naval maneuvers will take place in the Indian Ocean FILE PHOTO: Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the northern…

China pushes for broader use of digital yuan, central bank says

China pushes for broader use of digital yuan, central bank says

By Global Times China’s central bank Photo: CFP China will push for the expanded use of the digital yuan from the first four trial cities — Shenzhen in South China’s…

Xi’s trip to Central Asia ‘breaks US encirclement’ with ‘a circle of friends at SCO’ : Chinese FM Wang Yi

Xi’s trip to Central Asia ‘breaks US encirclement’ with ‘a circle of friends at SCO’ : Chinese FM Wang Yi

By GT staff reporters Chinese President Xi Jinping (seventh from left, front) and leaders of other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, observer states and dialogue partners pose for a…

Here’s the real reason that the US wants to sanction China

Here’s the real reason that the US wants to sanction China

Washington’s modus operandi is ‘create problem, blame target country, impose sanctions, expand influence’ Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. rachelmarsden.com…

China’s Xi at SCO summit urges regional countries to reshape intl. order

China’s Xi at SCO summit urges regional countries to reshape intl. order

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for regional countries to reshape the international order while speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan, which has been touted as…

Looking Eastward, Erdogan Says Turkey Seeks SCO Membership

Looking Eastward, Erdogan Says Turkey Seeks SCO Membership

© Sputnik / POOL / Go to the mediabank ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara aims to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).…

Chinese Researchers Come Up With Long-Distance Underwater Communication Technology

Chinese Researchers Come Up With Long-Distance Underwater Communication Technology

© AFP 2022 / Guang Niu Subscribe Communication with submarines when they are submerged is a rather difficult technical task. The main problem is that electromagnetic waves with frequencies used…

China, developing countries increasingly join forces against West-weaponization of human rights

China, developing countries increasingly join forces against West-weaponization of human rights

By GT staff reporters Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva Photo: VCG Using human rights topics to attack developing countries, drawing small circles to smear countries with…

China will work with Russia as ‘great powers’ – Xi

China will work with Russia as ‘great powers’ – Xi

The Chinese leader said he is willing to work alongside Moscow to increase stability in the world ©  Getty Images / TPG Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to work with Moscow…

Moscow unveils details of new gas pipeline to China

Moscow unveils details of new gas pipeline to China

The Soyuz Vostok project is expected to deliver 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually Gazprom is finalizing construction details of the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline project with its Chinese and…

China completes 1st flight test of domestically developed reusable engine

China completes 1st flight test of domestically developed reusable engine

Major advance in spacecraft reusability, laying ground for aerospace vehicle By GT staff reporters Photo: Courtesy of CASC Sixth Academy  China’s aerospace technology researchers announced on Wednesday that for the…

Gazprom to Shift Gas Sales to China to Rubles, Yuan From Euro

Gazprom to Shift Gas Sales to China to Rubles, Yuan From Euro

Gas giant also plans to move 25% of sales to Turkey to rublesKremlin seeking to move trade out of ‘unfriendly’ currencies Bloomberg News Gazprom PJSC said it will shift its contract…