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Obtaining a visa to enter mainland China often requires filling out pages of paperwork, paying more than US$100, and waiting days for the documents to be processed. But for a growing number of visitors, some hurdles have been lowered or removed entirely as Beijing continues to relax visa-free entry rules to attract more foreign visitors and boost the nation’s tourism …

Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian …

Vladimir Putin is being forced to increase some taxes to fund “defence and security” as Russia reportedly plans to allocate less funds to the sector next year. The country’s finance ministry announced an increase in value-added tax (VAT) from 20% to 22% starting January 2026, as well as a decrease in the annual revenue threshold for businesses that must pay …

US President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signalled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter aircraft to Ankara. During Trump’s first term, the US removed Turkey, a Nato ally, from its flagship F-35 programme after Turkey bought an air defence system …

In the early months of the war in Ukraine, Gen. Mark Milley, then chair of the joint chiefs of staff, carried a note card in his briefcase outlining what he saw as the main priorities when it came to the US and NATO approach to the war. As reported by the Washington Post, they were: No. 1: “Don’t have a …

An expert warned that NATO and the U.S. are (Image: Getty / AP) Following the recent onslaught of Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, a former US State Department official said the defence bloc is ultimately “not prepared” to handle a new warfare tactic unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin — drone swarms. A couple of weeks ago, the Polish …

Despite frictions on trade and geopolitics that hang over their bilateral ties, leaders from the European Union and China vowed to work together to tackle global challenges on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump ridiculed the “green scam” of climate change. Europe wants to work more with China on climate and biodiversity, even as it called on Beijing …

“Cyberspace espionage is nothing new,” JP Castellanos, Director of Threat Intelligence at Binary Defense and a former cyber operator at U.S. Central Command, tells The Cipher Brief. “However, this is the first time it has been publicly reported that a country such as Ukraine is taking the offensive. These recent operations yielded troves of classified information, from submarine schematics and …

In a speech laced with threats against Russia and with little about China, US President Donald Trump’s address at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday may have given Beijing some reason for optimism. According to observers, the American leader’s attacks on Russia over the war in Ukraine signalled his frustration and revealed cracks in ties between Washington and Moscow, a …

After months of suggesting that Ukraine would have to cede territory to Russia if any ceasefire agreement between the two countries was to go forward, President Donald Trump has seemingly reversed his position on the matter, saying that Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, could “WIN all of Ukraine back.” “After getting to know and fully understand the …