12 h. ago Chongqing, China’s New Rail Route To Europe, Asia And Africa: A Game

Chongqing, China’s New Rail Route To Europe, Asia And Africa: A Game-Changer For Promoting Trade And Tourism!  Travel And Tour World

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27 h. ago China, US, Japan race for control of key African rail routes in critical minerals fight

China, US, Japan race for control of key African rail routes in critical minerals fight  yahoo.com

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31 h. ago China, US, Japan race to control African rail routes in critical minerals fight

A geopolitical contest is unfolding in central-southern Africa, where major global powers are vying for control of key logistical routes amid a global race to secure critical minerals for the green energy transition. At the centre of this rivalry lies the small town of Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia, a strategic hub where three competing corridors – China’s Tazara, the US-backed Lobito Corridor and Japan’s Nacala Corridor – converge. Observers say the race to build these corridors is not just...

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41 h. ago Hainan Airlines Cancels 13 Flights Causes Travel Turmoil across China Leaving Passengers Stranded at Beijing Capital, Shenzhen Bao'an, Chongqing Jiangbei

Hainan Airlines Cancels 13 Flights Causes Travel Turmoil across China Leaving Passengers Stranded at Beijing Capital, Shenzhen Bao'an, Chongqing Jiangbei  Travel And Tour World

Transport

65 h. ago Trump tells Europe to put economic pressure on China over Ukraine

US President Donald Trump urged European countries on Thursday to put economic pressure on China because of its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. Speaking by video conference with European leaders gathered in Paris, Trump also said “Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil that is funding the war”, a senior White House official said on condition of anonymity. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who also took part in the meeting, said earlier that Trump was “very...

Politics

4 d. ago China’s ‘Arctic Express’ shows its ambitions at the top of the world

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

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4 d. ago How China’s ‘Arctic Express’ poses challenge to Western dominance

Could a single shipping route shift both trade flows and geopolitical influence? China’s new “Arctic Express” to Europe leverages melting ice to bypass chokepoints and challenge Western dominance. In a significant step for Arctic commercial shipping, China’s Haijie Shipping Company will launch the first regular container service linking Asia and Northern Europe via the Northern Sea Route on September 20. The Istanbul Bridge, with a 4,890 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity and a low ice...

Politics

4 d. ago Former Chongqing political official facing corruption investigation

Sun Zhengcai, the former secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Monday.

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4 d. ago China to build 'Suez Canal' railroad to connect Europe and Asia

China to build 'Suez Canal' railroad to connect Europe and Asia  Euronews.com

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5 d. ago SCO summit 2025: showcase of how far bloc has come in nearly a quarter century

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was founded in 2001 as a Eurasian security bloc by China, Russia and the four Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It now has 10 full member states, with the addition of Belarus, India, Iran and Pakistan in the past decade. In all, the bloc now brings together 26 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa, including observer states Mongolia and Afghanistan and 14 dialogue partners: Sri Lanka, Turkey, Cambodia,...

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5 d. ago China worker scoops oil from rubbish bin; eatery claims it’s for sale, not cooking

A hotpot restaurant in China has gone viral amid allegations that it was cooking with used oil taken from a roadside rubbish bin. On August 18, in Chongqing, southwestern China, a netizen posted a video showing a woman in her sixties, surnamed Zhang, apparently scooping used oil from a swill bin. The footage showed the woman dressed in the uniform of a local hotpot restaurant. She was carrying a ladle and a plastic bucket. When asked who had told her to collect the oil, the woman responded...

Economics

6 d. ago GLOBAL ECONOMY European factories return to growth, Asia activity shrinks

GLOBAL ECONOMY European factories return to growth, Asia activity shrinks  Reuters

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6 d. ago Europe is drawing up ‘precise’ plans to send troops to Ukraine: Von der Leyen

Europe is drawing up “pretty precise plans” for a multinational troop deployment to Ukraine as part of post-conflict security guarantees that will have the backing of US capabilities, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday. “President Trump reassured us that there will be [an] American presence as part of the backstop. That was very clear and repeatedly affirmed,” von der Leyen told the newspaper. The deployment is set to...

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6 d. ago Europe drawing up ‘precise plans’ to send troops to Ukraine: EU chief

Europe is drawing up “pretty precise plans” for a multinational troop deployment to Ukraine as part of post-conflict security guarantees that will have the backing of US capabilities, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday. “President Trump reassured us that there will be [an] American presence as part of the backstop. That was very clear and repeatedly affirmed,” von der Leyen told the newspaper. The deployment is set to...

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1 week ago US, Japan look to halt the unstoppable rise of North Korea’s fake IT workers

The US, Japan and South Korea pledged to intensify efforts to block North Korea’s use of overseas IT workers to raise money for its weapons programmes, warning that Pyongyang’s operatives are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to evade detection. North Korean programmers, often posing as non-North Korean freelancers with fake identities and locations, are winning contracts worldwide, including in North America, Europe and East Asia, according to a joint statement issued by the three...

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1 week ago Iran nuclear deal risks collapse over European demand for talks, inspection

The 2015 deal under which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme is on the verge of collapse after its three European signatories last week threatened to reinstate United Nations sanctions if Tehran did not heed Western demands. With Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejecting pressure from his British, French and German counterparts on Friday to resume negotiations with a disinterested United States and allow UN inspectors back into nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the US in...

Events

1 week ago ‘Not asking for pity’: Ukrainian war veterans find healing in the water

During a pool training session months ago, Ukrainian war veteran Oleh Tserkovnyi was struck by an idea: what if a group of veterans swam across the strait of Bosphorus, between Turkey’s European and Asian shores? And if they did it on August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day? The symbolism of the day would draw attention to the toll and devastation inflicted by Russia’s full-out war on Ukraine, now in its fourth year. When the 34-year-old pitched the idea to fellow veterans in their One for Another...

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2 w. ago Why Japan’s support for Ukraine boosts Nato’s plan for Tokyo office

A pledge by Japan this week to provide a security guarantee for Ukraine alongside other allies is a reminder that Tokyo may be Europe’s most dependable defence partner in Asia. It also strengthens the argument for Nato to proceed with a long-discussed plan: opening a liaison office of the transatlantic security alliance in Tokyo. On Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba declared that Japan would “thoroughly discuss what our nation can and should do” in support of Ukraine, and “play an...

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2 w. ago Planting trees could lead to droughts in parts of US and Asia: Chinese

Planting trees in some parts of the world could cause droughts, according to a Chinese-led study that suggested greening efforts should take regional conditions into account to be effective. Through a complex multi-decade study of vegetation and soil moisture patterns combining several databases and models, the researchers found that nearly half of the world had experienced a pattern of “greening-drying.” This included parts of the United States, Central Asia, Central Africa, inland Europe,...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s their continent’: Vance tells Europe to take lead on Ukraine’s security

US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Wednesday that European countries will have to take the “lion’s share” of the burden of Ukraine’s security guarantees as Washington tries to broker a peace deal between Kyiv and Russia. “I don’t think we should carry the burden here. I think that we should be helpful if it’s necessary to stop the war and to stop the killing. But I think that we should expect, and the president certainly expects, Europe to play the leading role here,” Vance told Fox News’ The...

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