1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (16+ words) StratNews Global Xi Jinping Visits India After 7 Years...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (759+ words) The Modi-Xi meeting in New Delhi signals a meaningful stabilisation in India-China ties, but the two official readouts reveal different interpretations of what that stabilisation means. China’s account is expansive, strategic and confident. India’s is shorter, more conditional and focused…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (598+ words) Britain has spent nearly $40 million on SpaceX satellite services, deepening its reliance on Elon Musk’s company for military communications as European governments grow increasingly concerned about dependence on US security infrastructure. The spending was disclosed to Reuters through a freedom…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (755+ words) China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed President Xi Jinping’s visit to India during the BRICS Leaders’ Summit this weekend. The meeting of heads of state will seek to lift the bloc’s global profile even as the U.S.-led…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (305+ words) The recent floods in Nepal have raised fresh questions about China’s construction activity in Tibet. Mr Tsewang Dorji, Research Fellow at the Tibet Policy Institute, pointed out on the Gist that China has expanded roads, railways, airports and military infrastructure…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (346+ words) Indonesia is facing a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide readings currently the highest in the world, data showed on Wednesday. Fire emissions…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (291+ words) Leave it to the Philippines to show China its place. At the Seoul Defense Dialogue in South Korea, Gilberto Teodoro, Defense Secretary, while in the middle of his address, was handed a note which turned out to be a reminder…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (592+ words) South Korea is preparing for a sharp rise in electricity demand as chipmakers expand production and new artificial intelligence data centres are built. However, the country must also weigh the role of nuclear energy against public concerns over safety. Energy…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (321+ words) Padma Rao Sundarji is a veteran foreign correspondent and political analyst specialized in the Indo-Pacific and Europe. She has reported for ARD German TV for 11 years out of New York and New Delhi, was South Asia bureau chief for Der…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (323+ words) Earth-observation company Satellogic has appointed retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth as its new president, strengthening its defence business as it develops a satellite network designed to map the planet every day. Whitworth, who led the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)…...