Covid runs rampant in China as govt seems absent

On December 23, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted, 'China's COVID situation is predictable and under control.' IMAGE: A medical worker provides instructions to a resident at a mobile......

China conducts 'strike drills' around Taiwan

China on Sunday staged 'strike drills' around Taiwan's airspace, saying it was conducted in response to the provocation from the self-governed island and the United States, Al Jazeera reported.......

We will do what we said, says China as Pelosi flies out of Taiwan

China on Wednesday said it will take "strong and effective" countermeasures against the US and Taiwan for violating the "One-China policy", as the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi......

'America shall pay price': China summons US envoy over Pelosi's Taiwan visit

China has summoned the American envoy in Beijing to lodge a stern protest over Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit to Taipei, warning that......

US confident of sorting out Iranian oil issue with India

The Obama Administration has exuded confidence that it would comfortably sail through the challenging phase in its relationship with India on the issue of purchase of oil from Iran. "We've worked......

What good are economists, anyway?

Economists mostly failed to predict the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Now they can't agree how to solve it. People are starting to wonder: What good are economists anyway? A commenter on a......

Utopia in the desert

Two years ago, the investment fund of the oil-soaked city of Abu Dhabi handed Sultan Al Jaber $4 billion and a 2.5-square-mile parcel of desert. It was a starter kit. Jaber, a petroleum engineer,......

Of trust vote and bad economics

A dispassionate understanding of the emerging world order would convince anyone that the Americans require the nuclear deal more than India does. Paradoxical as it may seem, much as America is the......

George Floyd death: F1 drivers speak out after Hamilton rap

IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton, Formula One’s first black world champion, spends much of his time in America. Photograph: Lewis Hamilton/Twitter Formula One drivers followed Lewis Hamilton's......

Semenya glides to 1,500m Commonwealth gold

IMAGE: Caster Semenya celebrates winning gold in the Women's 1500 metres final. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images South African flag-bearer Caster Semenya powered to the 1,500 metres title......