" It's not waiting for any possible contingency.... Instead, it's preparing for all contingencies

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an online appearance at a Taiwan think-tank event in Taipei on Dec.... Japan and 10 other countries make up the economic framework, though the United States has withdrawn from it.... Later Wednesday, mainland China criticized Abe and said he was talking nonsense, adding it has lodged a protest with the Japanese government through a diplomatic channel....

“ The sooner we finish, the better.... “ I’m also mindful of the increasing risks that I’ve been briefed on and the need to factor those risks in.... They’re real and significant challenges that we have to take into consideration.” Mr Biden’s remarks came after Pentagon spokesman John Kirby reiterated the 31 August deadline earlier in the day....

An “alternative” monetary fund to the IMF has been created, but, ironically, it needs the IMF’s blessing to be used. It was created in a different context than today’s, in which we had yet to experience such a sharpening of the contradictions between the imperialist powers and the global majority.

At the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club our session is called “A World Beyond Hegemony: BRICS as a Prototype of a New International Architecture”. The theme is vast and ambitious.

PARIS: Paris 2024 orga-n-isers admitted that there were contingency plans for the Olympics open-ing

members could not retaliate against Ms.... The litigation was filed just days before the group is set

MELAKA: Melaka Civil Defence Force( APM) director and highly experienced rescuer Lt-Col Cuthbert John Martin Quarda is all geared up for rescue missions as heavy rains and floods are due to hit the state in view of the coming monsoon season. Martin Quarda from Penampang, Sabah, and his team of 30 officers and 230 personnel are on standby to ensure smooth evacuation operations for flood victims.“ I will be with my team through thick and thin and coordinate all the rescue tasks, ” he said in an in

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Water Supply Corporation( PBAPP) has drawn up a Raw Water Contingency Plan

spouses. The personnel from the Penang Police Contingent would cast their ballots at 28 polling