Strain begins to show amid a wider slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy The Chinese economy has revealed fresh signs of the pressure of a trade war with the US and a wider slowdown at home as manufacturing activity fell and the yuan was fixed at a new 10-year ... Read More »
Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government told media on Wednesday. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved in ... Read More »
Chancellor’s centre-left governing partners on course for dismal result Angela Merkel and her governing party allies have lost significant support in a state election in Germany while the Greens’ share of the vote doubled. Projections showed Ms Merkel’s conservatives heading for an extremely lacklustre win in the vote for the ... Read More »
The United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov. 6 mid-term elections. The deployment will create an active-duty force comparable in size to the ... Read More »
Around 300 people involved in search which has recovered no bodies so far An Indonesian plane carrying 189 people crashed into the sea and sank minutes after taking off from the capital, Jakarta. The Lion Air flight, JT610, lost contact with ground officials 13 minutes after takeoff, Indonesia’s search and ... Read More »
Defence Secretary James Mattis expected to sign order sending the military to provide logistical support to border agents At least 800 troops are expected to be sent to the US-Mexico border after a request from Donald Trump – who says he is “bringing out the military” in response to a ... Read More »
Japan’s prime minister travels to Beijing on Thursday for his first formal bilateral summit with Chinese leaders in seven years as the Asian rivals seek to build on a thaw in ties against a backdrop of trade friction with Washington. China has stepped up its outreach to Japan and others ... Read More »
The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday. Akar also said that personnel would be sent to Russia to receive training at the start of 2019, according to ... Read More »
‘European countries… must understand that they are putting their own territory at risk of a possible counterstrike,’ says Russian president Russia would immediately target any European nation that agreed to deploy US missiles on their soil, Vladimir Putin has said, following the announcement from Washington that it would withdraw from ... Read More »
Attempt to separate Taiwan from China and Chinese armed forces will ‘take resolute action’, warns defence minister. China vowed it will never give up an inch of its territory – whether it’s the self-ruled island of Taiwan it claims as its own or in the disputed waters of the South ... Read More »
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