LAST UPDATE: 13.11 US President Joe Biden today announced from Tokyo a new economic alliance in the Asia-Pacific region in exchange for China, but experts show skepticism, if not skepticism, about its real scope beyond its symbolism. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with 13 countries, including the US and Japan, but not China, is not […]
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The United States has announced a major economic deal in Asia
In a move to boost its economic profile and create a counterweight to China within Asia, the United States on Monday announced the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with Asian partners, CNBC reported. It is a broad plan designed to help expand US “economic leadership” in the Indo-Pacific region. The group wants to set international rules […]
Raisi: Iran to seek revenge for assassination of Revolutionary Guards colonel
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned today that Tehran would “take revenge” for the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel, a day after he was assassinated in an attack unprecedented since November 2020. “I have no doubt we will take revenge for the blood of this great witness,” Rice told state television. “Colonel Sayad Hodai” was […]
Macron’s party and allies are expected to win next month’s parliamentary elections
French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Renaissance” party and its allies are expected to win next month’s parliamentary elections, according to a poll by Ipsos / Sopra Steria / Cevipof published in Le Monde newspaper. The poll for the intention to vote in the first round of the June elections puts Macron and his allies ahead with […]
Australia: New PM moves to Japan with environmental policy at the top of his agenda
Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who was sworn in today, left immediately for an international summit in Japan, where he is expected to announce that his country will change course in the fight against climate change. The 59-year-old Labor leader was sworn in during a brief ceremony in Canberra, along with several members of […]
New Australian Prime Minister: The relationship with China will remain difficult
Australia’s new center-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said today that his country’s relationship with China was expected to remain “difficult” after he was sworn in, hours before leaving for Tokyo, where he will attend a Quad summit with the president. US Joe Biden and the Prime Ministers of Japan Fumio Kishida and India Narendra Modi. […]
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ‘advance talks’ on peace deal
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Sunday during a meeting in Brussels to “move forward talks” on a peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, an area where war broke out between the two presidents in the autumn of 2020, he said. European Council. Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian and Azerbaijani President Ilhan Aliyev had “honest […]
Japan: Biden kicks off visit with Emperor Naruhito
LAST UPDATE: 08.15 US President Joe Biden, who is in Japan to launch a regional economic plan to tackle China and reaffirm ties with a key US ally in Asia, began his visit Monday with meeting with Emperor Naruhito. President Biden also assured his “good friend” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida today that the United […]
Armenian-Azerbaijani leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh peace plan
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia met in Brussels today to discuss a peace plan for Nagorno-Karabakh, which has sparked a wave of protests in Yerevan, with the opposition accusing Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Paschinian of negligence. The simmering tension between the two countries led to the outbreak of a six-week war in the autumn […]
Austria: President Van der Belen announces re-election
The president of Austria and former leader of the Greens, Alexander van der Beelon, 78, announced today that he will run again for a second six-year term, a fact that is expected to reduce the number of candidates for the presidency. Van der Belen is very popular in Austria. Senior officials in parliament’s two largest […]
