German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia
A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China when it comes to defending democratic values and human rights.
A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China when it comes to defending democratic values and human rights.
PRAGUE – Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday the idea that Russian spies caused a 2014 ammunition dump explosion in the central European country was just one of two theories and the possibility it was an accident should not be ruled out.
China’s space agency says its first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god.
DENPASAR, Indonesia – Search teams have recovered debris believed to be from an Indonesian submarine missing for days in the Bali Sea, defence officials said on Saturday, as hopes dwindled for the 53 crew who were expected to have run out of oxygen in the early hours.
A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts has arrived at the International Space Station, a day after launching from Florida.
A spokesperson for China’s Xinjiang region has called accusations of genocide totally groundless as Beijing came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Belarusian counterpart for talks on closer integration between the two ex-Soviet neighbors.
Though Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said all temporarily deployed troops would withdraw by May 1, Ukraine has observed that some of these forces were relocated permanently.
MANILA – The Philippines has sent two new diplomatic protests to China over its failure to withdraw what it called on Friday “threatening” vessels that were massing in contested areas of the South China Sea.
The president said it was the ‘first ever’ such plan from the U.S. during his two-day climate change summit.