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A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, according to the country's state media. In January, he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totalling 81 million yuan ($11.2m; £8.9m). An anti-corruption crackdown led by President Xi Jinping has cut through...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday expressed confidence in the future of India-Russia relations, and stressed that Moscow has always maintained a strong and positive relationship with New Delhi. EAM Jaishankar, while interacting with the Indian community during his visit to Singapore, said that both India and Russia have...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time that “radical Islamists” were responsible for last week’s attack on a concert hall outside Moscow. However, he suggested that Ukraine was also somehow involved. Russian authorities have detained 11 people in connection with the March 22 attack on Crocus City...
China fumed following India's support for the Philippines as Beijing is locked in a series of provocative clashes with Manila in the South China Sea. "Maritime disputes are issues between the countries concerned," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday. "Third parties have no right to interfere whatsoever....
The Biden administration will enlarge a list of companies under an import ban because of their alleged ties to forced labor in China, an official said, a move that would intensify pressure on some corporate supply chains. Many more companies will be added to what is known as the Uyghur...
Nikolai Nozdrev, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Japan, warned Tokyo of severe repercussions and punitive measures if Patriot missile systems manufactured in Japan under license from the United States were to be sent to Ukraine. This statement was made during his inaugural interview as...
Taiwan, an island slightly bigger than the state of Maryland, carries enormous strategic importance for not only U.S. security and prosperity, but also in preventing a global war, a special report by the Heritage Foundation warned Wednesday. Tensions between the U.S. and China over Taiwan have been on the rise...
A Chinese cyber attack on British MPs was more widespread than the UK Government initially revealed, i has learned. Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, announced on Monday that a group of three MPs and one peer had been targeted. The MPs, including China hawk Iain Duncan Smith, say they were...
New Delhi has taken advantage of Western major pharma firms cutting ties with Moscow, the outlet has said India emerged as Russia's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals last year, filling the recent void left by previously dominant Western firms, RBK reported on Monday, citing data compiled by RNC Pharma. Indian manufacturers ramped...
The terrorist attack on the PNS Siddique naval base seems to have the Chinese drones deployed there as a possible target. Pakistan forces have deployed these Chinese combat drones to curtail the Baloch rebellion in the region. The PNS Siddique boasts a modern runway capable of accommodating large aircraft. The...