China to arrest 19 over military veteran protests: state media
AFP | Chinese authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of 19 people for allegedly organising protests by military veterans in two cities last year, state...
China, Russia side with Maduro as US backs Venezuela challenger
AFP | The United States, Britain, and major South American nations recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim leader Thursday but China and Russia...
Rich Russians flock to Florida to deliver American babies
AFP | In southern Florida's Sunny Isles Beach, Russian tourists Anna and Helen sip coffee with their husbands and newborn babies: a common scene in...
US, China ‘miles and miles’ from resolving trade conflict: US official
AFP | Washington and Beijing are "miles and miles" from resolving their trade war, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday. A high-level Chinese delegation...
Parade to mark wartime siege stirs anger in Saint Petersburg
AFP | Plans for a military parade in Saint Petersburg marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad have provoked an...
“China ready to accept Taliban as a political force”, says Chinese envoy to Pakistan
News Analysis | Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing, while talking in a conference at Peshawar University, has said that his country is ready to...
Players’ Skewed Maps complicate Eurasia’s 21st Century Great Game – Dr. James M Dorsey
Dr. James M Dorsey | The United States and China are playing Eurasia’s 21st-century Great Game from different but equally skewed maps. While the US...
Russia avoids new doping penalties over missed deadline
AFP | Russia remains under scrutiny even though it will not be punished for missing a December deadline to allow access to the Moscow laboratory...
In China, unhappiness tracks poor air quality
AFP | Eye-watering, throat-scratching air pollution is a major driver of big city blues in China, according to a study published Monday that matched social...
China’s birth rate falls to lowest ever since 1960
AFP | China’s population grew at a slower rate last year despite the abolition of the one-child policy, official data showed on Monday, raising fears...
Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians
AFP | A group of more than 100 former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the...
Russian row over ‘Siege of Leningrad’ black comedy
AFP | A "blasphemous" re-telling of one of the darkest moments in Soviet history or a much-needed comment on modern Russia? A new comedy set...