China Is Under Unprecedented US, EU Pressure Over Russian Payments, Says Kremlin

China Is Under Unprecedented US, EU Pressure Over Russian Payments, Says Kremlin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Beijing is under unprecedented U.S. and EU pressure to be tough on Moscow, the Kremlin said on ... Read More

Foreign Holdings of US Treasuries Hit Record High; Japan Holdings Rise, Data Shows

Holdings of Treasuries grew the most in Belgium, by $27 billion, to hit $320 billion. Japan, the largest non-U.S. holder of Treasuries, increased its U.S. government debt to $1.167 trillion, the ... Read More

US Hails Closer Approach With EU Against China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ... She expressed concerns about China's "overcapacity" undercutting American and other countries' companies. Following the EU-US meeting in Belgium, EU ... Read More

EU, US Discussed How to Address China's Role as Conduit for Goods to Russia

EU, US Discussed How to Address China's Role as Conduit for Goods to Russia ... He said that the EU and its partners are trying to shut off the supply of end-of-life tankers. Read More

China eyes US-Japan security upgrade plan

Washington and Tokyo are gearing up to unveil plans to restructure the U.S. military command in Japan in what would be the biggest upgrade to their security alliance in decades. China has already ... Read More

Act fast or fall behind China, US for good, EU leaders told

The European Union must act fast or risk falling perilously behind the economies of China and the United States, EU leaders heard Thursday as they headed into summit talks on ... Read More

The US ambassador to Japan says boosting arms industry ties is key to a stronger security alliance

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan urged Tokyo on Tuesday to take a greater role in developing, producing and supplying weapons “to enhance our collective security" amid conflict in Ukraine, ... Read More

US, Japan, Philippines eye cooperation on South China Sea

Planning is already underway for three-nation naval patrols in the South China ... the United States, Japan and the Philippines, senior officials have said. Philippine ambassador to the U.S ... Read More

The EU’s great green retreat benefits the far right. For the rest of us, it’s a looming disaster

to rein in livestock emissions and, last week, to restore nature to 20% of Europe’s land and seas. The aim may have been to create breathing space. Predictably, that hasn’t worked. The bloc ... Read More

US falls out of world’s top 20 happiest countries list for the first time ever

and the World Happiness Report’s editorial board, pointed to happiness decreasing in all age groups for the US. It also found a significant decline among young people, who are now the least ... Read More

The State That’s Trying to Rein in DEI Without Becoming Florida

Utah’s attempt to rein in DEI’s excesses while investing ... “we don’t need a bureaucratic structure to tell us to keep our minds open.” And she wonders whether the new law will give ... Read More