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The US should stop threatening Saudi Arabia over high oil prices and find other ways to resolve the problem, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which Riyadh is de facto leader, agreed to slash oil production in early October, angering …

The United States is “a master of bullying” and should stop promoting a “hegemonic order,” the Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, said on Thursday. During a press briefing, Wu Qian was asked to comment on the US military leadership’s recent statements. On Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd …

While Ukraine has long held ambitions to join the EU, irresponsible officials in Brussels are treating Kiev with contempt, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has claimed, as tensions heat up across the shared border with Russia. Speaking on the RTL TV channel on Sunday, Zagreb’s leader shared his opinions on the …

Cambodia is a country with a tragic and turbulent recent history. Its contemporary politics are defined by the horrific memories of the Khmer Rouge, an intra-Communist proxy conflict backed by China and Vietnam, and a short-lived return to democracy and constitutional monarchy. It is just one stark example of many …

If anyone needed a marker of where China has come from, where it is now, and where it is heading, it came at Thursday’s event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party (CPC), where Xi Jinping made a defiant address.  Xi stated that “no one should underestimate …

It’s the ones you least expect that hurt the most. The world is dominated by corporate behemoths. There’s hardly a country you can’t touch down in and be met by a familiar array of shops, restaurants and coffee bars. That’s why plucky, challenger firms that apparently put principles over profit …

“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged, and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. She plans to expound on her decision in an interview with Oprah Winfrey …

It’s been over a year since the Covid-19 crisis began. In that time, vaccines have been developed and are being distributed all over the world, in the hope that everyone can return to normal life.  However, one group of people that has encountered problem after problem with the restrictions put …

Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin is bemoaning China’s “vaccine diplomacy” in Latin America. Whilst the United States has suffered from large scale mismanagement of Covid-19, hoarding vaccines and taking a robust ‘America First’ policy to overcome the pandemic which has left close to 600,000 dead, China has taken a leading …

Jocular Kyrgios entered the Margaret Court Arena by imitating Djokovic’s “heart-throwing” gesture to the stands alongside partner Thanasi Kokkinakis, attempting to imbue some light-heartedness among the sad sight of the empty stands. The world number 47 was unable to conceal his thinly-veiled contempt for the Serb superstar, though, as he made a sarcastic …