A Politburo meeting this week, chaired by President Xi Jinping, concluded that economic headwinds in China were reining in growth, an admission that drew loud...
Asia
A potential Kamala Harris presidency is unlikely to change existing US foreign policy towards the Indo-Pacific region. That said, the possibility that a Harris...
Paris/Jakarta (24/7 – 28.57). “Coffee is the common man’s gold, and like gold, it brings to every person the feeling of luxury and...
Near SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — In a remote stretch of land near the Wakhan Corridor not far from Tajikistan’s mountainous border with northeastern...
PANJAKENT, Tajikistan — For the some 150 people in the tiny Tajik village of Khumgaron, the pollution and waste from the Chinese gold-mining operation...
