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China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a “stern warning” to the self-ruled island’s government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker.Dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, the…

Brazil has just cut a deal with China to ditch the US dollar when paying each other for trade goods. It’s the latest victory in Beijing’s long-term drive to stomp on the greenback and establish the yuan as the dominant international…

On the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken of the “worst moment” of the war over the last 12 months. Speaking on Friday in Kyiv, a city which Moscow had confidence it would take in…

China’s hostility towards Taiwan continues to escalate, with increasingly powerful demonstrations of its military might. But is it getting ready to invade? Or blockade?Chairman Xi Jinping has begun the first year of his previously…

An aircraft carrier battle group is engaged in one of China’s most powerful displays of gunboat diplomacy yet, launching combat aircraft off Japan just days after Tokyo declared Beijing a “strategic challenge”.The powerful force, including…

“Dear friends, there is no such thing as ‘triggering’ Article 5,” says the former commander of NATO forces in Europe, retired General Ben Hodges. He was referring to a treaty clause that defines any attack on one member as an attack on…