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WASHINGTON, U.S.--The launch of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was a major accomplishment for transatlantic ties. After four years of historically high tensions, it was critical for the United States and European Union (EU) to stabilize the relationship. 

BEIJING, China--Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) convened a virtual meeting on Tuesday on supporting Ukraine following the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Chinese observers believe that the West, eyeing a prolonged proxy war to exhaust Russia, would continue to fan the flames by providing Ukraine with more weapons and should be blamed for the current rising tensions.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--Only a fool can’t see it: the sanctions against Russia only harm Russia marginally, but they threaten to permanently destroy entire key areas of industry and agriculture in Germany and all of Europe. 

BANGKOK, Thailand--Society has changed more over the last couple of years, than it has over the last fifty years. Similar events are occurring today, which are very similar to the seventies, but for different reasons. The Vietnam war was ideologically based, the libertarian and social justice movement believed in equality of opportunity for all, the nature of the oil crisis today is self-inflicted, and the world is seeing rapidly rising inflation due to the monetary and fiscal choices governments made over the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--NATO’s spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance. It’s as much about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s immediate political goals as Turkey’s positioning itself in a new 21st-century world order.

MOSCOW, Russia--State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the US Congress is obliged to impeach American leader Joe Biden.

HONG KONG, China--The US-China rivalry over the Indo-Pacific region has spilled over to South Asia and the Himalayan nation of Nepal is the latest to become entangled in the trade war between the superpowers.

MELBOURNE, Australia--The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned for its unjustified aggression. There are legitimate fears of a revived Russian empire and even a new world war. 

BEIJING, China--The US is seeking to return to the Pacific island region as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the reopening of the US embassy in the Solomon Islands after 29 years, bringing the South Pacific nation back to the center of international politics, as it is still recovering from widespread riots in November 2021.

NEW YORK, U.S.--When US President Joe Biden took office, he removed a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. He should have replaced it with one of Neville Chamberlain. 

BEIJING, China--US President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 on Monday. The Act authorises $768 billion in defense spending, up about 5 percent from a year earlier. 

BEIJING, China--A day before the Democracy Summit, the US House of Representatives passed a bill on the so-called forced labor issue to reinforce the US lie of the century - the "genocide" allegation against China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Experts said the US' recent moves show its determination to use Xinjiang to launch a "democracy" battle to contain China.

BEIJING, China--How many evils have been committed in the name of democracy?