Britain and China aim to revive a “golden era” business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a planned Beijing visit next week, said three sources familiar with the initiative, with top executives from both sides expected to participate. AstraZeneca, BP, HSBC, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Schroders and Standard Chartered, are...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World of Global Donald Trump is once again striking at NATO’s most sensitive nerves—and he does so not with diplomatic courtesy, but with an open challenge. Facing a U.S. president who bluntly says, “If you don’t pay, I won’t protect you,” the world’s largest military alliance appears to be...
Resit Kemal As, Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global In international politics, there are certain geographies that may appear small on the map but carry enormous weight in the strategic equation. Crimea and Greenland are among the most striking examples of this category. What Crimea represents for Russia, Greenland represents for the United States. This comparison...
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is making statements regarding developments in Russian diplomacy in 2025. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia continues to occupy a place in the minds and plans of European leaders. Speaking at a press conference assessing developments in Russian diplomacy in 2025,...
According to the official results of Portugal’s presidential election, no candidate secured an absolute majority. The country will therefore head to a second round on February 8. Based on results released by the Portuguese National Electoral Commission after 90 percent of the ballots were counted, António José Seguro, the candidate of the opposition Socialist Party,...
The European Commission is considering ways to allow Ukraine’s quick accession to the EU as part of a peace deal with Russia but without giving Kyiv full membership rights, which would only be “earned” after transition periods, EU officials said. The idea, which is at a very early stage, is intended as a possible gesture...
Russia’s Vostok battlegroup liberated the village of Priluki in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “Units of the Vostok group of forces advanced into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the village of Priluki in the Zaporozhye region,” the ministry said in a statement. The liberation of the village...
Commenting on statements from Italy, France, and Germany emphasizing the need for dialogue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the development as a positive evolution. Speaking about remarks by Italian, French, and German officials calling for dialogue with Russia, Peskov stressed that the Kremlin views these signals as a positive change. Statements by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry...
Ukraine’s government has agreed to broaden the tax base, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of Communications Julie Kozack said at a briefing. Enacting legislation “to tax income earned through digital platforms, closing customs loopholes for consumer goods, and resuming and removing exemptions for VAT” is “critical to unlocking financing for its large needs,” underscored the...
French President Emmanuel Macron said that France has taken over the role of the United States in providing intelligence to Ukraine. The French leader also stated that “Europe should, in the short term, possess a weapon similar to Russia’s Oreshnik.” President Macron said that France has replaced the United States in supplying intelligence to Ukraine...