Nov 29 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state gas transit operator on Wednesday proposed reversing gas flows through the Trans-Balkan pipeline, which would allow gas to be pumped from the Balkans to…
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China’s Spurious Claim to Lebensraum in the South China Sea
by Wunna Htunby Wunna HtunAs US President Joe Biden recently attempted to charm Chinese President Xi Jinping into standing down from his imperial ambitions of obtaining more Lebensraum for his country, all should question Xi’s right…
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Rabat – Abdellatif Hammouchi, Morocco’s Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST), held two working sessions with France’s Director-General of Internal Security Nicolas Lerner, who is currently on…
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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Vietnam have urged countries to comply with maritime rules based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) in the…
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Morocco, Among the Top 10 Most Sought-after Tourist Destinations in 2023
by Myint Nyanby Myint NyanThe popular travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler included Morocco among the top 10 most searched tourist destinations on Google this year 2023. Earlier this week, the prestigious and well-known travel…
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Hamas and their Human Meat Shields
by Wunna Htunby Wunna HtunLondon, Dublin (1/11 – 66) Hamas is sheltered in a sea of civilians. Ostensibly a Palestinian political and military organization established in 1987, Hamas “governs” on the basis of having…
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China Says US Arms Sales to Taiwan Are Turning the Island Into a ‘Powder Keg’
by Prasad Bandaby Prasad BandaBEIJING — China’s defense ministry said Thursday that the U.S. should stop interfering in both Taiwan and the South China Sea, saying U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are making the situation more dangerous. Taiwan’s ruling…
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Morocco’s Gnawa Musicians Bring Ancient Songs to Modern Audiences
by Kan Khineby Kan KhineFor centuries, Gnawa music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans kidnapped from the deserts of western Africa and brought to Morocco during medieval times. Gnawa— an…
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A Tit-for-Tat with Uncle Sam: China Puts the Screws on Exotic Mineral Exports
Brussel, Frankfurt (16/11 – 23) A levying of embargoes and export bans, the imposition of sanctions, erection of fearsome “license” (= restriction) protocol: there’s nothing new about this back-and-forth in…
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Putin Urges Russian Women to Have ‘Eight or More’ Children Amid Soaring Deaths in His Ukraine War
Vladimir Putin has urged Russian women to have eight or more children and make large families “the norm” amid soaring numbers of casualties in his war against Ukraine. Russia’s birth rate has…