Blame game. The value of the Russian currency dropped on Monday to more than 100 rubles to the dollar, its lowest rate since March 2022, just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ruble has fallen by 40 percent over the past 12 months. An economic adviser to the Russian president blamed the central […]
Limiting investment. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order restricting U.S.-based investments in Chinese technology involving semiconductors, quantum computing and AI over national...
Chinese takeover. China replaced Russia as Kazakhstan’s top trading partner in the first five months of this year, according to official data. By June,...
Between East and West. New Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with South Africa’s minister in the presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, on the sidelines of...
Shakeup. China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was removed from his post and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi, according to Chinese state media. Once...
Russian drills. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet conducted live-fire exercises in the Black Sea on Friday after announcing earlier this week that it would consider...
Drills and redeployments. The Belarusian army announced the start of weeklong joint exercises with fighters from the Wagner Group within 13 kilometers (8 miles)...
Guns and oil. Indian and Russian defense officials met in Delhi to discuss spare parts and maintenance for India’s arsenal of Russian defense equipment....
Central Asia’s most populous nation, Uzbekistan, has been on a path of political and economic transformation. The process has been spearheaded by its president,...
China and Algeria. China will enhance cooperation with Algeria in key sectors such as infrastructure, petrochemicals, minerals and agriculture, Chinese President Xi Jinping said...
Expansion. Ethiopia has formally asked to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies ahead of the bloc's annual summit in August. Though Ethiopia has...
Georgian links. Representatives of the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom arrived for talks in Georgia on Monday amid concerns that...
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