THE Brazilian diplomat who will chair the next UN climate summit praised China as an example in the fight against climate change while admonishing rich countries for shirking their responsibilities.

China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the overall combat effectiveness” of its forces.

US nominee for Ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik, currently a member of the House of Representatives, has pledged to work toward Taiwan's maximum meaningful participation in international organisations,

Manila would be able to raise South China Sea-related issues that could 'embarrass' Beijing and nudge it into a compromise, analysts say A seat on the UN Security Council would give the Philippines its highest-profile platform yet to confront Beijing over its expansive claims in the South China Sea.

Chinese actor Wang Xing shakes hands with a Thai police officer after being assisted in his return to the country, after being kidnapped into one of the telecom fraud centers, at a police station in Thailand-Myanmar border's Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, January 7, 2025. Royal Thai Police/Handout via REUTERS

Head of Beijing-based multilateral development bank says current global governance structure fails to incorporate emerging economies.

Pratik Mathur assumed charge as the Consulate General of India in Shanghai on Thursday, according to an official announcement by the Consulate.   He succeeds Dr N Nandakumar. Mathur, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 2007 batch served as Deputy Secretary in the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from August 2019 to September 2020.

She has published academic research about madman theory in Security Studies and the British Journal of Political Science and is writing on a book about the topic. Even though they have already witnessed four years of a Donald Trump presidency,

The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and intimidating staff and patients.

US President Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine is a little scattered and meandering, and at times misinformed. But be in no doubt that it exists and seems an unanticipated priority.

Reich also criticises Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship - where anyone born in the US becomes a citizen - saying it's a violation of the US constitution: "Decent people could lose their citizenship... children could lose their parents...some parents may not have the right papers."