As Shehbaz Sharif holds the chair of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, China on Tuesday congratulated the leader and sent out a straight message hoping for the swift completion of its ambitious China-Pak Economic Corridor. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, while congratulating Pakistan’s 23rd PM said, “China looks forward to working […]
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Japan, Philippines Seek Pact To Further Defence Cooperation
Tokyo, Apr 9 (AP) Japan and the Philippines agreed Saturday to start talks toward a possible defence agreement that would allow closer cooperation between their militaries amid regional tensions with China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi and their Philippine counterparts, […]
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Will Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Impact the Central African Republic?
If you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: Nigeria aims to block 75 million unregistered phone lines, Kenya ’s Supreme Court rejects changes to constitution, and South Sudan unifies armed forces. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa […]
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Kicking Russia Out of the U.N. Human Rights Council Isn’t Enough
Villegas said the council is an instrument of humility. No country has a 100 percent perfect human rights record, he said. There is always more to do. The Human Rights Council will address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. The council’s president, […]
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Ukraine Exposed the True Danger of Chinese Censorship
When the Strugatskys complained, Boris said, it was explained to them that “science fiction necessarily has to be fantastic and on no account should have anything to do with crude, observable, and brutal reality.” It didn’t matter that the authors thought of themselves as writing an allegorical book about “decaying […]
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US Admiral Says China Set Up Military Bases On 3 South China Sea Islands: Report
China has established three military outposts on islands in the South China Sea, equipping and arming them with anti-ship and anti-air missile systems, lasers as well as jammer devices, and further deploying fighter aircraft, posing a possible threat to the neighbouring countries, The Associated Press reported. According to The Singapore […]