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Pharmaceutical geopolitics is usually mapped through factories. China’s vast pharmaceutical supply chain, India’s strength in low-cost generics and the concentration of patented drug discovery in richer economies have shaped that discussion for years. But that map is becoming incomplete. Two developments in China this past week point to the next layer of competition. Jiangsu province The post.
More than 900 workers are missing from hydropower sites and officials believe around 100 people trapped inside tunnels are alive; experts from India, China, and South Korea have joined the Nepal Army’s efforts to rescue these workers.
Bangladesh’s planned J-10CE purchase could significantly strengthen its airpower while tying that capability more closely to Chinese weapons, support networks and supply chains. This month, multiple media outlets reported that Bangladesh is moving toward one of its largest defense procurements in years, preparing to buy Chinese J-10CE fighter jets as part of an air force The post Bangladesh’s.
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS) military exercises sent shockwaves across the Asia-Pacific geostrategic landscape. The unilateral announcement, posted to social media mere hours before the large-scale maneuvers involving 18,000 South Korean troops were set to launch, was justified by Washington Th.
Bangladesh’s problem is not its geography. It is a geopolitical imagination too often confined by geography. So long as Dhaka views its foreign policy almost exclusively through the South Asian frame, India will remain the dominant power around which every Bangladeshi calculation revolves. Geography cannot be changed, but the diplomatic arena in which Bangladesh operates The post Bangladesh sh.
Nepal reverses earlier decision and says foreign teams will be allowed to help with rescue efforts‘The flood took everything I have’: survivors grieve for relatives and homes swept away in NepalVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Number of missing rises to 2,478; bodies recovered down rivers in India – latest updates.
Lake has formed at epicentre of flood, forcing rescue teams to withdraw, Chinese state media reportNepal flash flood – latest updatesNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Risk of fresh flooding had forced rescue teams to withdraw as residents rushed up hills to escape possible river surgeNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Rescuers searching for survivors of deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have resumed their efforts after suspending operations when a.
Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure project needing funding and construction. However, the real importance of this initiative lies in what it shows about the rapid shift in Eurasia’s economic geography. The project, revealed by Pakistan’s The post Minsk-Karachi railway.
With at least 38 people killed in Russian air attacks on the Kyiv region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "terrible negligence" was a factor in the high death toll. Ukrainian authorities have pledged to investigate why a weapons storage depot was located close to a populated area.
Ukrainian rescue crews early on August 30 continued to search for victims of the deadly Russian attack outside of Kyiv, while local residents -- as well as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- demanded answers as to why explosives were stored in a warehouse so near private housing.
Desperate relatives trying to reach loved ones last seen in area where entire villages have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods.
An "all-Russian" MC-21 passenger jet made its first test flight in early August, marking a step closer to full production, due to begin in 2027. But years of geopolitical turbulence have pushed the project far off-course, aviation insiders say.
Daisy Chain Fields on Saturday (Aug 29) united a women-led lineup boasting queer pop star Chappell Roan, breakout rapper Doechii and riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill behind issues of women's health, workplace protections and legal rights.
US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the vital waterway, a US official confirmed to RFE/RL. US Strike On Iranian Launchers Signals Resolve To Keep Hormuz Open, Experts Say.
On the shores of Nkondo, in Uganda’s Kikuube district, the day begins before sunrise. Fishers enter the lake to fish, while families around Lake Albert rely on its waters for food, income and daily survival.
Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hoursAustrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the NetherlandsIn October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war.
Damaged roads, disrupted services and ongoing military activity continue to put civilians at risk in south Lebanon as strikes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continue, ’s peacekeeping mission in the country (UNIFIL). UN warns of growing civilian risks as military activity continues.
As Damascus continues to rebuild after more than a decade of war – from the recent dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the United States’ removal of Syria from its sponsors of terrorism list – a top UN official warned the Security Council on Thursday that international support can help tackle outstanding challenges. UN News app users can follow here.
A July roadmap sponsored by the Board of Peace has failed to overcome obstacles that have mired Gaza’s ceasefire deal ten months on. A mix of sustained pressure and diplomatic guarantees is needed to break the logjam and centre Palestinian agency in the strip's recovery.
Fuelled by wartime grievances, mob attacks and other forms of retribution threaten Syria’s transition. Damascus has done too little to deter such acts. It should ensure visible legal consequences for violence and broaden locally rooted policing to rebuild trust among vulnerable communities.
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‘Total peace’ plan of previous government led only 99 of Colombia’s 30,000 armed combatants to disarm, but new president Abelardo De la Espriella opposes peace agreementsIn mid-June, 99 guerrilla fighters were flown by helicopter to a small settlement in a rural area of southern Colombia where they lined up and, one by one, handed their weapons to government officials: rifles, pistols, machine gun.
Critics call move to gain long-term access to country’s massive energy reserves ‘predatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’Reports that the US is preparing to claim a big stake in Venezuela’s massive energy reserves have sparked an outcry, with critics describing the move as “predatory” and a “rapacious” land grab. Several media outlets this week reported that the Trump administration – which abducted Venez.
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