The Pentagon’s top official for Asia spoke with an official from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in a rare high-level conversation between senior U.S. and Chinese national security officials. “Assistant Secretary Ratner and Director Yang discussed U.S.-PRC defense relations, as well as regional security issues,” a Pentagon spokesperson said in […]
Amid heavy rains in China, several parts of northern and southern China will face a high risk of flooding in August as two or three typhoons are expected to make landfall across the nation, China-based Global Times reported citing Chinese authorities. The consequences of Typhoon Doksuri have lashed Beijing and neighbouring Hebei Province since Saturday. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia’s attacks on port infrastructure showed Moscow was intent on creating a “global catastrophe,” with a crisis in food markets, prices and supplies. “For the Russian state, this is not just a battle against our freedom and against our country,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. […]