International

COMMUNALIST TAUNTS, BELLICOSE THREATS

India’s election descends into the mire Keith Jones WITH each week, the election campaign in the world’s “largest democracy” becomes fouler and more toxic, as India’s rival capitalist politicians make communalist taunts and bellicose threats, and seek to hoodwink voters with phony promises. The campaign’s tone is being set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

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China, EU vow to uphold multilateralism, investment

CHINA and the European Union (EU) reached significant consensus on bilateral ties, charted out future cooperation and voiced support for multilateralism as leaders of the two sides held an annual gathering here on April 9. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker co-chaired the 21st China-EU leaders’ […]

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US threatens Turkey over Russian S-400 air defence purchase

Jordan Shilton TURKISH – US relations have deteriorated in recent weeks, with Washington threatening reprisals if Ankara goes ahead with the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defence system. Relations between the two countries have been in a downward spiral for some time—especially since Washington made the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers […]