Silk Road

ON BOARD THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE: With the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at the centre, France and India on Friday stepped up their biggest naval exercises as the Indian Ocean's strategic shipping lanes draw ever more envious eyes. …

Comments come following stinging criticism from US secretary of state in London. PHOTO: REUTERS BEIJING: China is “fed up” with hearing complaints from the United States about its Belt and Road programme to re-create the old Silk Road, the government said o…

China sought to tackle those concerns at a summit in Beijing last month. (Reuters) China is “fed up” with hearing complaints from the United States about its Belt and Road programme to re-create the old Silk Road, the government said on Thursday, following s…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is "fed up" with hearing complaints from the United States about its Belt and Road program to re-create the old Silk Road, the government said on Thursday, following stinging criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The i…

Laurentino Cortizo narrowly won Panama’s elections on Sunday to become the country’s next president-elect, prior to which he implied in an exclusive interview with Reuters that the U.S. needed to re-engage the region otherwise it risks being replaced by China…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed China for its BRI, which he said, tends to eat into the sovereignty of nations. (Reuters) China is using its government power through the Belt and Road Initiative to achieve its national security objective, US Secret…

Frozen and desolate, the Arctic region looks set to be the next frontier for competition between the US, Russia, and China. Speaking at a meeting of the Arctic Council in Finland on Monday, Pompeo launched a broadside against the US’ competitors in the region…

‘His Legacy Lives On’: Pete Seeger Remembered on What Would Have Been 100th Birthday Common Dreams May 4, 1970: 49 years later at Kent State (The Rev Kev). Cleveland 19 News White Sands, New Mexico: Mesmerizing Landscape Photography by Navid Baraty Protogri…

On April 25-26, 2019 in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China hosted a forum celebrating its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI sponsors infrastructure investment in countries along the old Silk Road and has the potential to include over 60 countries, …

Tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel! Nicole Sweeney teaches you sociology, Carrie Anne Philbin teaches you computer science, Craig Benzine teaches film history, and Mike Rugnetta is teaching mythology! Check out the playlists for past courses in …