Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a call for safeguarding the UN-centred international system, opposing bloc confrontation and bullying practices to the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in his remarks at the SCO Summit, China Daily reported, citing Xinhua.
Former MoS MJ Akbar said President Trump might be seen as the most socialist US president for challenging free trade and promoting protectionism, calling it a "socialist response" to competition with capitalist products seen during the Cold War and Soviet Union era.
As UP faces a severe heatwave, Balrampur Hospital in Lucknow has set up cold wards with AC, medicines, and equipment to treat heatstroke patients. Doctors advise people to stay indoors between 12-4 pm and take precautions like drinking water, using ORS, and covering up when going outside.
International affairs expert Robin Niblett said in Taipei that China's military, technological, and ideological ambitions are driving a new Cold War with the US. He urged Asia-Pacific democracies, including Taiwan, to build resilience and deepen ties with G7 nations as China escalates "gray
World military expenditure reached USD 2718 billion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 per cent in real terms from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, according to new data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Oscar winner Russell Crowe has joined the star-studded team of 'Billon Dollar Spy' which stars Harry Lawtey in the lead role who played the iconic Harvey Dent's role in Warner Bros. Joker: Folie a Deux
During the Cold War, the USA was alarmed at the prospect of communism gaining new adherents via a domino effect. As Washington DC envisaged one Asian country after another toppling before the communist juggernaut, that was the raison d'etre for getting involved in the Vietnam War.
Earlier this month, the US said it would start deploying long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 as part of a longer-term militarization that will include SM-6, Tomahawk cruise missiles and developmental hypersonic weapons.
US official Jack Sullivan noted that Russia's defence industry is on a wartime footing and with help from Iran, China, North Korea, and is "attempting to undertake the most significant defence expansion since the height of the Cold War."