Can India Afford To Frown At The Chinese?

India would not be seen to be anything but rude with the Pakistanis.In the big picture, who is the bigger adversary right now?Who is the bigger pain in the neck?And who is it that is keeping more......

Modi Trapped In World Of Complex Relationships

The Modi government finds itself in a contradiction of its own making.It has encouraged pro-Russian, Westophobic public sentiment while setting strategic policy that's exactly the opposite, points......

Jiang Zemin: A Chinese Leader Like None Other

Barring the many young women he had sex with, it is doubtful if anyone saw Mao Zedong smile. Zhou Enlai, Mao's premier, often sported an enigmatic smile, one that hid his devilish intentions as he......

China: 'Don't be in a hurry for a solution'

'Don't be too much after legacy that it should be solved in my lifetime.''It is not going to be solved, because you are not dealing with just any other country, you are dealing with a civilisation,......

Russo-Ukrainian war: Chelsea owner Abramovich to negotiate for peace

IMAGE: Word of Roman Abramovich's involvement in talks on the conflict first came from the Jewish News, which said Kyiv had reached out through Jewish contacts to seek his help. It was not......

No tropical paradise? No problem for Germany, says midfielder Kroos

'We are here to play football and hopefully for a longer period of time' IMAGE: Joachim Loew, manager of Germany watches his team train. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Four......

Chelsea owner Abramovich wins legal battle

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich emerged victorious on Friday from a long and hugely expensive legal battle with his former friend Boris Berezovsky that laid bare the murky dealings behind the......

Brazil orders Berezovsky, soccer bosses detained

A Brazilian federal court on Thursday ordered Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky and several directors of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians detained on money laundering charges. Judge Fausto......

Yeltsin's legacy to live long after his death

Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin and Maria Sharapova brought Russia tennis glory but it was keen player and avid fan Boris Yeltsin who helped to make the sport popular nation-wide. Russian tennis......