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Share this Islamic State (ISIS) activity around the globe has dropped significantly between 2021 to 2022, according to a comparison of figures the jihadist group released and independent sources. The group claims to have conducted a total of 2,058 attacks in 2022, dropping from 2021’s 2,705 according to the Israel-based Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism […]

Former U.S. President Barack Obama‘s advisor predicts a “calmer environment” in U.S.-China relations in the coming months as Beijing prepares to lay the groundwork for Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s potential visit to the U.S. in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. What Happened: In a commentary, Ryan Hass, a senior fellow at the […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – A number of the world’s leading figures have won the King Faisal Prize for 2023, which was announced at a ceremony on Wednesday evening in Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA. The announcement was made in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Advisor to the […]

Healthy, functioning ecosystems underpin society: they produce the oxygen we breathe, help mitigate climate change and support at least 55% of the global economy. Hence the need to reverse the destruction of ecosystems and biodiversity loss. Here, Robert-Alexandre Poujade discusses the outcomes of the recent COP15 meeting and some of the steps investors can take to address biodiversity loss.[1] Given […]

Beijing has called on the European Union to examine “objectively and fairly” the epidemiological situation following the decision by Greece and other member states to impose measures on travelers arriving from China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning was responding to a question put to him during the regular press conference about the EU’s recommendation […]

Italy has joined a group of countries testing travelers arriving from China./Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters Italy has joined a group of countries testing travelers arriving from China./Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters China says the decision by a number of European countries to screen travelers is discriminatory. In a news conference at China’s embassy to the UK in London, spokesperson Minister-Counsellor […]

In an interview with Russia’s TASS state news agency, published on January 3, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said China entirely agrees with how Russia is defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity: “Russian-Chinese cooperation is experiencing the best period in its history, bilateral relations … are built on a solid foundation … of mutual […]

A shopping mall in Beijing, China, January 2, 2023. /CFP A shopping mall in Beijing, China, January 2, 2023. /CFP As China’s optimized COVID-19 strategy takes effect, experts think the science-based change will bring new hope for global economic recovery, while some of them doubt the necessity of certain countries’ requirement of a negative COVID-19 […]

WASHINGTON – The US said Thursday it has worked with Turkey to impose sanctions on four people and two firms that it says provided financial support to the Islamic State (ISIS) group. The announcement signalled counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries at a time of tensions over efforts to fight Islamic State. Turkish President Recep […]

At the start of 2022, China’s economy appeared strong, Beijing seemed to have contained the spread of COVID-19, Sino–Russian relations were deepening and there was growing talk of autocracies stealing the march on democracies across the world. China’s leaders were proclaiming that ‘time and momentum’ were on China’s side in its great power competition with […]