Chinese dissidents claim the UK spies may have tracked the stricken Chinese submarine in the Yellow Sea, by exploiting a sailor’s Apple smartwatch. This revelation comes as part of an ongoing inquiry into the disaster involving the Chinese Type 093 nuclear submarine, which tragically claimed the lives of all 55 crew members.

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As countries figure out how to deal with such dominance, it is important to understand whether China’s present dominance was happenstance, or merely reflective of an already acquired manufacturing prowess. How important was strategic foresight, or was the West simply caught napping?

Happenstance or manufacturing prowess? How China reached pole position in…

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Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally to a news portal under investigation on charges of spreading Chinese propaganda, documents showed on Friday.

A Xiaomi India spokesperson strongly denied the accusation.

Delhi Police Accuse Chinese Telcos Of Funding Investigated News Portal: Report…

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A day after indicating that Russia might revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (October 6) that the country would do so to be on level terms with the United States, and not to resume nuclear testing.

What is the the Comprehensive…

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Socialists periodically predict the downfall of capitalism, but each decade the coffin remains empty. In his new book, Yanis Varoufakis – the former Greek finance minister, game theorist and “erratic Marxist” – offers a twist on this familiar narrative.

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Christopher Pollon is the author of Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places, from which this essay has been adapted.

At Barrick Gold Corporation’s 2021 annual general meeting, I was waiting in an online queue with a few other journalists when my turn came to ask a question to chief executive…

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KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed after a glacial…

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The FIR, a copy of which ThePrint has accessed, states that “it is further learnt that big Chinese Telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo, etc. incorporated thousands of shell companies in India in violation of PMLA/FEMA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act/Foreign Exchange Management Act) for illegally infusing foreign funds in India in furtherance of…

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WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Early in the Biden administration, U.S.

Is the US strategy of engaging China working? comes…

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Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire, Anthony Pratt, three months after leaving office, according to a new report.

Citing a source with knowledge of the Australian’s account to investigators for the special counsel Jack Smith, the US news outlet ABC News reported an…

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