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Global climate negotiations marred by revelations COP28 president planned to use his position to push oil trade deals
The man in charge of this year’s global climate negotiations planned to use his position to push fossil fuel deals with foreign government officials, according to leaked documents.
Key points: Sultan Al Jaber planned to use pre-summit diplomatic …
Mint Explainer: What China’s $4.5-bn investment in Sri Lanka means for India
Sri Lanka has paved the way for a $4.5 billion investment by China in Hambantota. The town, which also houses a port that was leased to a Chinese state-owned shipping company in 2017, is at the heart of India’s concerns about growing Chinese influence …
The Japanese town that’s ground zero in the US-China chip war
The push, which has infuriated China, includes more production outside of Taiwan, which makes over 90 per cent of the world’s most advanced semiconductors, and which China regards as part of its territory.…
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America’s adversaries have reason to fear Nikki Haley
President Joe Biden opened his recent Washington Post op-ed with a familiar refrain: “Today, the world faces an inflection point.”
There is no better proof of the validity of that truism than the perceptions and actions of the authoritarian adversaries…
China influencing leading British universities, documentary claims
Leading British universities have been influenced by Chinese agents, with diplomatic and unofficial pressure resulting in censorship on campus, according to a Channel 4 documentary.
The Dispatches documentary, Secrets and Power: China in the UK, allege…
Morning Update: Alberta deploys sovereignty act, floats its own power corporation to defy federal clean-energy plan
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith deployed her signature sovereignty legislation for the first time yesterday, hinting at the possibility of creating a government-owned corporation to defy Ottawa’s proposed environmental regulations for the …
On This Day, Nov. 28: Jeffrey Dahmer beaten to death by fellow prisoner
1 of 7 | On November 28, 1994, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death by another prisoner at the Columbia Correctional Center in Portage, Wis. File Photo courtesy of Netflix
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Chinese diplomat lashes Australia over warships in South China Sea
The incident involving HMAS Toowoomba and a Chinese destroyer in the East China Sea a fortnight ago has been a setback in the otherwise improved relationship between Canberra and Beijing.
The Australian government claimed the Chinese ship ignored signa…
Yes, Germany supports Israel but not uncritically, and not for the reasons you think
Who could have anticipated such a twist in Germany’s fraught relationship with its dark past? The German government is coming under increasing pressure to break free of the constraints of German guilt.…
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Japan Vietnam vow to boost security, economic ties amid growing threat from China
As China’s influence in the region grows, Japan and Vietnam have decided to fortify their security and trade relations.
In their Monday meeting in Tokyo, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to expand the…