Chinese economy. China’s gross domestic product grew by 4 percent year over year in the last quarter of 2021 and by 8.1 percent for the entire year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Meanwhile, China’s central bank said it would cut interest rates to 2.85 percent on 700 billion yuan ($110 billion) worth of […]
Troop withdrawal. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization’s peacekeeping mission, launched last week amid escalating unrest in the...
Order restored? After reporting over the weekend that 164 people were killed in last week’s unrest, Kazakh authorities say order has been restored and...
Kazakhstan under fire. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he ordered police and the army to open fire on protesters without warning amid continuing anti-government...
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The defining feature of 2021 will be insularity. Countries will simply be too consumed with...
Israeli strikes. Israel on Tuesday launched airstrikes against Syria’s port city of Latakia. According to Syrian state media, the strikes hit a container area...
Supply chain probe. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is launching an official investigation into the causes of supply chain disruptions and how they are...
For centuries, the power that controls the seas – the “World Ocean” – has successfully stymied continental rivals and dictated the rules of world trade. The...
Next week is Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday that celebrates, and is celebrated with, food. This year, however, Americans are reckoning with rising food prices....
