Despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s attempts to ease U.S.-China tensions during her recent four-day trip to China, anti-China sentiments in the United States may have undermined Yellen’s attempts at smoothing relations. Yellen met with China’s number two leaders, Premier Li Qiang and Vice Premier He Lifeng, during her visit
On July 13th, Southeast Asia’s foreign ministers condemned the ongoing conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar – two of the central issues that dominated that week’s talks in Indonesia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A.S.E.A.N.). The human rights abuses Myanmar’s military junta has been
On June 19th, imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Russians to join a new anti-war campaign against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Since his arrest in January 2021 upon returning to Moscow following his recuperation in Germany from nerve agent poisoning, which he blamed on the Kremlin, Navalny has been
The killing of 17 year old Nahel Merzouk, a teenager with Algerian and Moroccan parents, by a police officer in the Paris suburb of Nanterre has triggered riots across France and caused intense debate regarding racism in French policing. On June 27th 2023, Nahel was fatally shot at point-blank by
On June 24th, Pakistan’s army claimed that Indian forces killed two civilians after opening fire on a group of shepherds in the disputed Kashmir region’s Sattwal Sector, at the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two countries. According to Reuters, this is the first such conflict since
On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un pledged to “hold hands” with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message released by state media KCNA to mark Russia’s National Day. Kim vowed “full support and solidarity” with Russia and defended Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, saying, “justice is sure to win
