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MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's electricity exports and imports are expected to remain at around 10 billion kWh in 2026, roughly unchanged from the previous year, Sergey Dregval, CEO of Russian power company Inter RAO, said Tuesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Kazakhstan and Mongolia will remain the main export destinations, along with deliveries to southern markets, primarily Georgia
Read full story →MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's electricity exports and imports are expected to remain at around 10 billion kWh in 2026, roughly unchanged from the previous year, Sergey Dregval, CEO of Russian power company Inter RAO, said Tuesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Kazakhstan and Mongolia will remain the main export destinations, along with deliveries to southern markets, primarily Georgia
Read full story →People always talk knowingly about Weimar, a period of extremes: artistic and social-sexual decadence, democratic liberalism and the radicalisation of the left and the right, before Germany’s descent into Hitlerian hell. The city as a symbol, close to the site of the former Buchenwald concentration camp, is back in the news, well, at least the op-ed pages of the Western press. That’s rarely a good sign. “The new crisis [in Germany] seems uncomfortably familiar because, in some respects, it...
Read full story →The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
Read full story →The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
Read full story →Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
Read full story →Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
Read full story →Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
Read full story →Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
Read full story →Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
Read full story →Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
Read full story →Chinese money laundering networks were accused of being “financial fuel” for the Mexican cartels at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, where witnesses urged US President Donald Trump to prioritise the issue at his next face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “I want to be very clear, Chinese money laundering networks have become the financial fuel for cartels to poison Americans and threaten our borders, we’re seeing a Silk Road of crime across the Americas,” said Leland...
Read full story →Anthropic is rolling out a public version of its Mythos AI model, but with guard rails barring its use in risky areas such as cybersecurity, after a preview earlier this year sent shock waves globally with its ability to find software flaws. The new Claude Fable 5 is the most powerful model Anthropic has ever made for wider use, the start-up said on Tuesday, touting its performance in software engineering and analytics. Anthropic has so far limited its access to a group of about 200...
Read full story →On a state visit to China last month, US President Donald Trump shocked his political base with a series of rhetorical concessions. In an interview, he warmly endorsed Chinese students studying in America, supported China-linked acquisition of US farmland, and dismissed concerns over state espionage as a routine, two-way reality. It was not the first time Trump’s softer stance on China clashed with his own administration’s hardline approach. Even before the summit, he repeatedly suggested...
Read full story →China has surpassed Russia as the biggest direct foreign investor in Central Asia, a resource-rich region that has long been in Moscows sphere of influence but is being increasingly courted by Beijing, according to data from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).Chinas cumulative direct investment in Central Asia over the past decade exceeded $35 billion in 2025, the EDB said in areportpublished in December. Found
Read full story →China has surpassed Russia as the biggest direct foreign investor in Central Asia, a resource-rich region that has long been in Moscows sphere of influence but is being increasingly courted by Beijing, according to data from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).Chinas cumulative direct investment in Central Asia over the past decade exceeded $35 billion in 2025, the EDB said in areportpublished in December. Found
Read full story →China has surpassed Russia as the biggest direct foreign investor in Central Asia, a resource-rich region that has long been in Moscows sphere of influence but is being increasingly courted by Beijing, according to data from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).Chinas cumulative direct investment in Central Asia over the past decade exceeded $35 billion in 2025, the EDB said in areportpublished in December. Found
Read full story →The United States launched fresh strikes against Iran on Tuesday, prompting a retaliatory response from Tehran, which said it had targeted a major US naval base in Bahrain and an airbase in Jordan. The escalation came hours after President Donald Trump vowed to respond to the reported downing of a US military helicopter, while Bahraini authorities urged residents to seek shelter and remain calm amid growing regional tensions. The US Central Command said it began carrying out “self-defence...
Read full story →Nasa named three US astronauts and an Italian astronaut on Tuesday to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a spacecraft docking demonstration in Earth’s orbit next year that would test moon landers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin for the first time in space. Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman at a ceremony in Houston named US astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio and Randy Bresnik and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency as the crew for...
Read full story →Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority will help owners of 40 housing estates undergoing maintenance work to hire temporary reviewers for their projects, after their original consultant came under investigation following the deadly Tai Po fire. The authority announced on Tuesday that it would launch tenders for the 40 estates that had previously engaged Will Power Architects as their consultant and had already begun maintenance work, as the company was “extremely unlikely” to continue its...
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