The central premise is logical. They contend that Beijing seeks to exhaust Washington by taking contrary positions – or simply declining to act at all – on Ukraine, the Middle East, the Red Sea or any other locus of international conflict in which the US has a stake. The gusto with which the Chinese leadership … Read more
Iranians attend a funeral procession in Tehran, held for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria. Hossein Beris | Afp | Getty Images Western diplomats have mounted pressure on China to prevent Iran from escalating tensions in the Middle East with a direct retaliatory strike against Israel. U.S. Secretary of … Read more
When America’s top diplomat called with condolences over the killing of John Flickinger’s son in the Israeli airstrikes on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in Gaza, Flickinger knew what he wanted to say. The grieving father told Secretary of State Antony Blinken the killings by Israel in the Hamas-run territory must end, and that the United … Read more
Robert Iger, President and CEO of Walt Disney Company announces a $5 million dollar donation with Mickey Mouse for the New Hospital Building at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, October 30, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Bob Riha Jr | Archive Photos | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets … Read more
The administrative agency also took aim at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s remarks that America was considering travel curbs for Hong Kong officials deemed “responsible for the intensifying crackdown on rights and freedoms”. “The relevant acts and deeds have confused right and wrong, stigmatised Hong Kong’s national security law … smeared the rule of … Read more
The fast-tracked Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, which came into force last Saturday, has triggered fresh calls from the US Congress for new sanctions to be slapped on city officials and Hong Kong trade offices in the US to be stripped of special privileges. Frank Jannuzi (left) speaks at a “fireside chat” with ex-commerce secretary Edward … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that his forces will fight against Hamas in Rafah whether the U.S. supports them or not. Netanyahu emerged defiant from a Friday meeting with his wartime Cabinet and Blinken in Israel, vowing to press on in the southern Gaza … Read more
The United States made a fresh push on Tuesday for a ceasefire in Gaza to avert a manmade famine, while pressing its ally Israel to back away from plans for a ground assault on Rafah, last refuge for more than a million displaced people. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a trip to the Middle … Read more
President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic American steel company. Eugene Hoshiko … Read more
People are seen watching television at Seoul’s Yongsan Railway Station showing North Korea’s first test-firing of the new strategic cruise missile Pulhwasal-3-31. North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Seoul for a conference hosted by President Yoon … Read more
