Kampala (Uganda), April 14 (IANS) Uganda Athletics has named its final squad for the 2026 World Athletics Relays, set to take place in Gaborone, Botswana. Uganda Athletics Federation president Dominic Otuchet confirmed to Xinhua on Tuesday that a team of four athletes will represent the country at the competition.Botswana will host the event at the Botswana National Stadium from May 2-3. This will be the eighth edition of the World Athletics Relays and the first time the event is staged on Afric…
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Kabul, April 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s mediating role between the United States and Iran resembled that of a courier rather than a mediator, lacking leverage, proposed solutions, and the ability to push both sides toward compromise. Pakistan acted as a diplomatic channel through which big powers like China communicated their positions without any direct engagement, a report highlighted on Monday.”The world watched with a mixture of relief and surprise on April 8 when the United States and Iran agreed…
Washington, April 13 (IANS) China does not benefit from an outright Iranian win but from Tehran’s continued ability to distract, complicate, and impose costs on United States power projection. This makes the relationship between Beijing and Tehran “more dangerous than simple arms sales” as it evolves into a form of strategic burden-sharing against the US, sustained through proxies, sanctions evasion, and plausible deniability, a report said on Monday. According to a report on ‘One World Outlook’…
Moscow, April 13 (IANS) Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday admitted that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is likely to impact international markets negatively. “Most likely, such actions will continue to negatively impact international markets; this can be assumed with a high degree of certainty,” the Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by Russia’s leading Tass news agency during a regular media briefing in Moscow.Responding to another question, he asserted that …
Colombo, April 12 (IANS) The 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), a 141-page document, formally adopted during China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Two Sessions in early March 2026 appears to be a strategic blueprint for deepening Beijing’s presence across the developing world, more so in South Asia, a media report said on Sunday. The Two Sessions, which bring together the NPC and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, function as the institutional machinery through which the Co…
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has called on the Chinese authorities to ensure that human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is allowed to reunite with his family in Beijing without restrictions ahead of his expected release from prison nearly after three years following a “baseless subversion” conviction. According to Amnesty International, Yu Wensheng is due to be released on April 13 after completing a three-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state …
London, April 11 (IANS) With the US image declining in Pakistan, Chinese infrastructure investment, diplomatic influence, and strategic presence are gaining from the contrast. Recent developments have placed Pakistani leadership into a delicate balancing act, seeking to safeguard ties with the US without fully endorsing them to avoid domestic backlash. According to a report in UK-based newspaper Asian Lite, the longer this balancing act persists and leans towards public sentiment, the more lever…
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to enhancing high-level exchanges and strategic communication with China, as he met with Beijing’s top diplomat, China’s foreign ministry said. Kim made the remarks during his meeting in Pyongyang with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who has been on a two-day visit since Thursday.In a press release shown on the ministry website, Kim was quoted as telling Wang that North Korea “stands ready” to “further d…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Youth unemployment is emerging as a major problem in China which is raising a question mark on the Asian giant’s “economic miracle.” World Bank estimates put youth unemployment at about 17.7 per cent in 2025, reflecting slower job creation amid an increasing number of university graduates entering the labour market. Official data released in 2025 showed unemployment among those aged 16–24 rising to 16.9 per cent. Social media amplified the issue when a PhD gradu…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) The White House on Wednesday confirmed high-level engagement with China during the Iran crisis, signalling a broader geopolitical dimension to the ceasefire and upcoming negotiations with Tehran. The White House said conversations took place between Washington and Beijing as tensions escalated, with both sides maintaining communication channels during the conflict.“With respect to China, there were conversations that took place between top levels of our government an…