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Thu, December 7, 2023 | 23:28

New-found trust between Vatican and Beijing

New-found trust between Vatican and Beijing

Blessed are the peacemakers, as the Bible says. Trust takes a long time to build. Worse, in clumsy hands, it can vanish before you know it. Notice how the goodwill between Beijing and Washington seems to be bottoming out almost faster than you can say “the spirit of Mar-a-Lago and the Diaoyutai State Guest House.”

2019-05-27 17:19

Abe-Trump talks topped by trade and Korea

Abe-Trump talks topped by trade and Korea

Donald Trump starts a multi-day trip to Japan on Saturday with a packed agenda, including preparations for next month's G20. Yet the primary reason for the visit, from Shinzo Abe's viewpoint, is the opportunity to deepen his personal bond with the mercurial president and fortify U.S.-Japan ties in the face of significant international uncertainty.

2019-05-24 17:41

Iran: unwinnable war

Iran: unwinnable war

“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favorably for the United States,” said Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism adviser in the White House under three administrations.

2019-05-23 17:30

Tariffs, trade and China

Tariffs, trade and China

Amid the global gallop toward economic protectionism, there's the political temptation to use tariffs which undeniably produce a feel good factor for politicians and polemists, but whose bottom line is paid by the consumers.

2019-05-22 17:45

UK politics in flux as Brexit Party is buoyant

UK politics in flux as Brexit Party is buoyant

Nigel Farage's Brexit Party is on course, according to polls, to win the largest share of the vote in Thursday's European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom. This would be only the second time in over a century that an organization other than the Conservatives or Labour have won a nationwide U.K. ballot, piling the pressure on Theresa May, and underlining the current ...

2019-05-21 17:19

To ease population decline problem

To ease population decline problem

Recently Statistics Korea has announced that in 2018 Korea recorded the lowest birthrate of 0.9. This news immensely shocked the entire nation. Believe it or not, the rate in 1970 was as high as 5.6.

2019-05-20 16:28

Great powers, endless wars

Great powers, endless wars

“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was wrong. That's exactly what they do. Great powers fight more wars than anybody else, even if, like the United States today, they have no hostile neighbors.

2019-05-19 17:23

North Korea shoots off missiles

North Korea shoots off missiles

By John J. MetzlerUNITED NATIONS― Amid a widening food shortfall affecting up to 40 percent of its population, North Korea has resumed testing short-range missiles in a risky bid for humanitarian aid and political attention. The rocket tests, which don't directly violate U.N. resolutions or prior diplomatic agreements, are nonetheless seen as a tactical step to revive Pyongya...

2019-05-17 17:33

North Korea food aid has nothing to do with security: NSO chief

New China tariffs leave Trump team in tizz

New China tariffs leave Trump team in tizz

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 600 points on Monday, its worst day since Jan. 3, in response to the growing prospect of a U.S.-China trade war. Beijing's decision Monday to retaliate against new U.S. tariffs from Friday has not only spooked multiple financial markets, but also adds to the foreign policy challenges facing the Trump team.

2019-05-15 18:03

Looking askance at Christian persecution

Looking askance at Christian persecution

From the appalling murders of Sri Lankan Christians celebrating Easter, to the killings of Coptic Egyptians, Syrian Catholics, and Nigerian villagers, the grisly wave of anti-Christian violence worldwide is rising.

2019-05-13 17:57

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