President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has no ill intentions towards its neighbors. Referring to the ongoing Russian special operation in Ukraine, Putin stressed that Russia only responds to “negative actions by other countries”. In an apparent nod to the impact of sanctions imposed by the US and its ...
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged the Biden administration to take the “long-overdue” step of granting “diplomatic recognition” of Taiwan and declaring it a “free and sovereign country”. Pompeo is on a visit to the self-governed East Asian island between 2 and 5 March, a trip ...