Will China-India relations see a turnaround in 2021?
What next for India? Illustration: Liu Rui/GT By Qian Feng Although talks between New Delhi and Beijing have yet to make headway to end a border standoff, the Indian military…
UK records highest daily coronavirus death toll since April
Britain has recorded almost 1,000 coronavirus deaths overnight, the highest daily death toll since April, according to the latest official figures released on Wednesday. The daily number of deaths of…
6.4-magnitude quake jolts central Croatia
A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Petrinja, a small city about 50 km southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, at 12:19 p.m. local time (1119 GMT) on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean…
COVID-19 vaccination brings “high hopes” in Argentina
Argentina on Tuesday launched its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, generating "high hopes" for the battle against the pandemic. On Dec. 24, the South American country received the first 300,000 doses…
‘Dark Period’: New York City Records 41% Increase in Murder for 2020
The annual homicide total for New York City, New York, has been on the rise for three consecutive years, following a modern-era low of 292 in 2017. As of Tuesday,…
Kremlin Refutes Claims About Putin’s Potential Successors as Unsubstantiated
Politicians' reflections about a successor for Russian President Vladimir Putin are most often absolutely unsubstantiated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "The 'successors' topic is traditionally generating great interest…
EU leaders sign post-Brexit trade deal with Britain
The European Union (EU) leaders formally signed the post-Brexit trade deal with Britain on Wednesday. Brexit Photo:VCG
China is not the reason why the US’ ‘luck’ is running out
China-US Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT By Wang Wenwen In a recent column in the US magazine Foreign Policy, Professor Stephen Walt at Harvard University asserted that America's history of luck is…
India keeps hyping Sinophobia, Modi govt shows no intention to fix ties with China: experts
China-India By Yang Sheng and Liu Xin Although China-India border tensions have eased somewhat as the two sides are seeking a solution through negotiations, the anti-China sentiment and related…
Telecom towers targeted amid Indian farmer protests
More than 1,600 telephone towers have been vandalized in an Indian state where farmers have taken the lead in an increasingly angry campaign against government agricultural reforms, officials said. The…