US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Joe Biden has decided not to send a US government delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics, in a diplomatic boycott designed to send a...
Why Vladimir Putin has Ukraine in his sights
When Vladimir Putin talks about Ukraine, he sounds like a spurned, abusive husband. A 5,000-word essay that the Russian president published in July, entitled...
SoftBank shares fall as value of portfolio companies plummets
SoftBank Group shares fell 8 per cent on Monday, their seventh consecutive day of losses, as mounting problems at its portfolio companies Didi Chuxing...
Honduras becomes new front in US-China struggle over Taiwan
Taiwanese diplomats are on a rollercoaster. While they revel in avowals of support from Japan and the west, they worry over Honduras’s allegiance —...
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Aung San Suu Kyi: The first verdicts in the trial of Myanmar’s ousted leader are...
US intelligence-sharing convinces allies of Russian threat to Ukraine
EU and Nato allies have swung behind the Biden administration’s assessment that Russia may be poised to invade Ukraine, following unprecedented sharing of US...
CNN fires Chris Cuomo after misconduct claims
CNN fired Chris Cuomo after a sexual misconduct allegation was made against him at the same time he was under investigation by the network...
Discovery in talks with BT Sport to hijack sale to DAZN
US media group Discovery is in talks over a deal to partner with BT Sport, in a move that would hijack the British television...
EasyJet head shakes off cautious label and takes the fight to his rivals
Even as the outlook darkens for the airline industry, Johan Lundgren has decided it is time to be more ambitious. The easyJet boss is...
US defence chief warns of China ‘rehearsals’ for attack on Taiwan
Lloyd Austin, US defence secretary, warned that China’s repeated sorties of fighter jets, bombers and other warplanes near Taiwan appeared to be rehearsals for...
