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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang yesterday congratulated new ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn and expressed China’s commitment to maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting economic growth. Qin said China looked forward to strengthening the Sino-ASEAN relationship in his congratulatory message to Kim Hourn on his inauguration as secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian […]

A German woman went on trial Wednesday accused of aiding and abetting war crimes and genocide with the ISIS terrorist group in Syria by “enslaving” a Yazidi woman. The 37-year-old defendant, identified only as Nadine K., is also facing charges of crimes against humanity and membership of a foreign terrorist organization before a court in […]

Short on time? Here are the highlights: A comprehensive new trade deal between Australia and India includes provisions for international students coming from India Indian graduates of Australian institutions will be able to remain in Australia to work for up to four years 1,000 Work and Holiday Visas will now be reserved for Indian students […]

All the world organizations have already grasped the importance of this climate change, and they have rolled up their sleeves to take urgent measures regarding the adverse effects of the event on food and agriculture. FAO, the European Commission (EC), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Program (WFP) have recently […]

AP: WHO knew of past sex misconduct claim against doctor LONDON (AP) — When a doctor tweeted that she was “sexually assaulted” by a World Health Organization staffer at a Berlin conference in October, the U.N. agency’s director-general assured her that WHO had “zero tolerance” for such misconduct. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus replied to […]

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. 1 Trade agreements 1.1 Which bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements have effect in your jurisdiction? Mauritius is a member of a range of multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements. At the multilateral level, Mauritius is an original member of […]

CARAT/MAREX Singapore is a bilateral exercise between Singapore and the United Sates designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT/MAREX series is comprised of multinational exercises designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and […]

China has signed Belt and Road Initiative cooperation agreements with all five Central Asian countries after China signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkmenistan days ago, and China’s BRI cooperation circle is still expanding, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin. Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western […]

In the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed just prior to Christmas, Congress approved $858 billion for defense in fiscal year 2023. Yet, despite this large amount of money, for many reasons beyond its control the US military is headed toward becoming a twenty-first century version of the dreaded “hollow force” that plagued the nation […]

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — As the world’s population hit a new milestone of 8 billion people in 2022, the task of ensuring global food security has become even more critical. However, due to climate change, geopolitical crises and a global economic slowdown, the international food market is expected to remain uncertain in 2023, and […]