The greater than expected softening of US inflation last week is not likely to be repeated in the UK. Economists forecast that the annual pace of consumer prices, due to be released on Wednesday, will show inflation accelerated to 10.8 per cent in October, up from a 40-year high of 10.1 in the previous month, … Read more
After decades of abuse by Washington, some Latin American countries seem to find Beijing’s approach attractive By Timur Fomenkoa political analyst As a Forbes article sets out, China’s “list of Latin American inroads is long and striking” and “Washington has yet to manage much of a response.” It goes on to note that in the … Read more
NORFOLK, Va. – Thousands of Sailors returned home Monday when the USS Harry S. Truman returned to Naval Station Norfolk following a nine-month deployment. During deployment, the carrier and its Strike Group were stationed along the Mediterranean Sea and partnered with NATO Nations. The deployment lasted longer than initially anticipated after the Dept. of Defense … Read more
The US Senate foreign relations committee is poised to vote on a bill that would finance weapons exports to Taiwan for the first time and dramatically reshape relations with Taipei amid rising pressure from China. The Taiwan Policy Act contains dozens of measures designed to boost Taiwanese security and deter any attack by China. It … Read more
Washington said the latest voyage by the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold demonstrated its “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” but Beijing blasted it as a “provocation” that showed the United States was a “destroyer of peace and stability.” The strait is a 110-mile (180-kilometer) wide stretch of water that separates the democratic self-ruled island … Read more