The American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, in collaboration with German firm BioNTech, surprised the world when it announced that its coronavirus vaccine showed 90 percent...
Conspicuous missile test. Russiaās newest naval corvette for the first time test-launched a cruise missile at a naval target in the Peter the Great...
Turkish troops headed for Azerbaijan. The Turkish parliament approved a presidential decree to send troops to Azerbaijan for one year to help Russian peacekeepers...
The U.S. goes after Chinese finance. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning investment in more than 30 Chinese companies...
Chinaās next five-year economic playbook. The Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee kicked off on Monday morning, with Chinese leaders gathering...
Suga in Vietnam. New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga isnāt wasting time taking advantage of Southeast Asian countriesā desire for deeper regional involvement from...
Chinaās economy falls short. Chinaās economy grew an estimated 4.9 percent year over year in real terms in the third quarter, according to official...
Kyrgyz president resigns. With protests over the results of Oct. 4 parliamentary elections showing no sign of stopping, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his...
Editorās Note: Astute readers will notice that todayās Daily Memo has a new look and feel. The alterations are meant to accommodate other content...
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in history. Though it may not be true...