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In a statement on Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy in the UK dismissed allegations levied against Beijing that China actively seeks to snare poorer nations in “debt traps” and steals valuable strategic data from these countries.   The embassy claimed that Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Richard Moore, who made the …

Speaking on Thursday during a visit to South Korea, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanded Moscow pull back its military from its Ukrainian frontier or face the hardest round of sanctions ever imposed. When asked about which form the embargoes will take, he said that the “best methods” will be …

Speaking at a news conference, the European Commission chief suggested that member states should move towards mandatory Covid vaccination to help prevent the spread of cases and a further spike in infections due to the emergence of new variants, such as the omicron strain. “I think it is understandable and …

“I regret and should not have made that comment. I was trying to emphasize the strength and longevity of our company,” JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in a statement issued by the bank on Wednesday.   A spokesperson for the bank said Dimon acknowledged that he should “never speak …

“How many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?” Cruz asked Mayorkas on Tuesday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Mayorkas rejected the term “cages,” but Cruz continued: “Fine, you can disagree with it. How many children have been in the Biden cages? I’ve been to …

The brief statement, issued by the National Security Council to the media on Tuesday, mentioned neither any details from the meeting, nor when it exactly took place. A short photoshoot at the start of the meeting showed the two security officials greet each other with a nod of the head. …

The head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization, Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, compared the recent cyber intrusion to last year’s attack on the Shahid Rajaee terminal near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, and the hack that disrupted the country’s rail service …

During a visit to Washington, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said a special team of “very experienced safeguards inspectors and legal experts” will study the safety and legal implications of the controversial deal announced last month. Under AUKUS, the US and UK will help Australia build …

Ukraine is free to decide its future and foreign policy, with no foreign entity having a say in its aspiration to join the NATO alliance, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday. “Ukraine… has a right to decide its own future foreign policy and we expect that they will be …

Keith Alexander, who served as Director of the National Security Agency from 2005 to 2014, has called on the US and its ‘Five Eyes’ allies to construct a global unified cyber-defense ‘radar’ to protect critical infrastructure from foreign hackers. Speaking at an Australian Strategic Policy Institute webinar alongside Abigail Bradshaw, …