Trade between Africa and China rose to a record high last year, according to recently released data by China’s customs agency. China is Africa’s largest trading partner, and last year’s growth strengthens this position. The value of trade between Africa and China rose by Read more…
Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness on Tuesday, days after a report faulted him for his handling of multiple reports of child sex abuse during the 1970s and ’80s. But he did not apologize or claim specific responsibility. Many Read more…
The US continues to “occupy” Germany by any scientific standard, while America’s NATO allies have surrendered all their sovereignty to Washington and aren’t allowed to have a say on issues like Nord Stream 2, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT Read more…
Britain will join a growing number of Western countries in backing the European Union in a case against China at the World Trade Organization over its alleged trade curbs on Lithuania, its trade minister said, in a move to oppose Read more…
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan issued grave warnings about Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, but insisted that US forces being deployed to Europe have “not been sent to fight Russian forces in Ukraine.” During an appearance on ABC’s ‘The Read more…
Bloomberg’s false ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ story gets frosty reception in Moscow. Bloomberg’s ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ blunder “perfectly demonstrates the dangers of the [tensions] whipped up by countless aggressive statements coming from Washington, London, and other European capitals,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Read more…
Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. Read more…
The friendship between Russia and China has become an example of how two nations can develop together and support each other “in almost all areas,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Speaking to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at their first Read more…
Seplat Energy, Nigeria’s biggest energy company by market value, Sahara Group, ND Western Limited and Tony Elumelu-backed Heirs Oil and Gas are in contention to take over an equity interest said to be worth $4 billion, held by the Nigerian Read more…
Israel’s top diplomat questioned whether Russia intends to invade Ukraine, angering Kiev’s envoy A Ukrainian soldier patrols the border with Russia near the village of Hoptivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, February 2, 2022. © AP / Evgeniy Maloletka Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel Read more…
The United States on Thursday delivered two Black Hawk military helicopters to Croatia, which is engaged in a mini arms race with neighboring Russian ally Serbia amid simmering tensions in the post-war Balkan region. The U.S. Embassy in Croatia’s capital, Read more…
Amid tensions on the ground, there are no hints at present Putin could escalate the situation, Paris’ top diplomat says Despite a spate of reports in recent weeks that Russian Armed Forces could stream into neighboring Ukraine, France’s foreign minister Read more…