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...
Chinese exports and consumer demand gained ground in the first two months of the year after a difficult 2023, according to new government data, but economists are warning that the world's second-largest economy is still struggling to find its footing. The debt-ridden housing market, in particular, is cause for concern,...
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in...
Citing a recent case where an unnamed Chinese technology company was targeted by a foreign hacking group for cyber extortion, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Thursday warned that the networks of "hundreds" of other Chinese businesses and government units have also been infiltrated by these overseas hackers,...
NEW DELHI: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that an open invitation has been extended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia, as reported by Russia-based TASS. Peskov noted that the visit of PM Modi to Russia is pending coordination through diplomatic channels. "This (Modi's visit to Russia) is yet...
India will surpass Japan and Germany to emerge as the third-largest economy and also the third-largest stock market in the world in the next five years, India's G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference on "The Deccan Conversations, Accelerating Our...
A model of the “Pillar of Shame,” a memorial to victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre that was controversially removed from a Hong Kong university in 2021, has gone on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue...