Commentary: Is a stable Afghanistan where China, Russia and US cooperate?
Another Afghan civil war risks becoming the next Syria – a gruesome proxy conflict with major powers arming various factions, says this political analyst.
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Another Afghan civil war risks becoming the next Syria – a gruesome proxy conflict with major powers arming various factions, says this political analyst.
Our correspondents Steve Rosenberg and Stephen McDonell tell us what to expect from the talks.
Every week, Angela Espinoza Pierson looked at her recycling bin — filled with detergent jugs, shampoo bottles and clamshell containers that once held strawberries — with mixed feelings. Sure, it was a lot of plastic.
The New York prosecutor has been tight-lipped about his office’s investigation into the former president, who could make history as the first to ever face a criminal indictment, Alex Woodward reports
Starting at age 17, ElGendy spent six years and three months in squalid prisons in Egypt, and one way he survived, he said, was to imagine the memoir he would publish if he were ever freed.
The Swiss National Bank said at a press conference in Bern on Sunday evening that UBS would be taking over embattled lender Credit Suisse.
The deal will see UBS acquire Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.23 billion).https://t.co/EFY7gyf1qu
— DW News (@dwnews) March 19, 2023
UBS will buy rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse for $3.23 billion and assume up to $5.4 billion in losses, in a shotgun merger engineered by Swiss authorities that won applause from central bankers keen to avoid more market turmoil https://t.co/KYWna0Ed7m pic.twitter.com/i5VPTb4iH5
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 20, 2023
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — his second trip to the Gulf in a month — in an attempt to restore ties with his country’s Arab neighbors.https://t.co/RlgcOQ16Tn
— DW News (@dwnews) March 19, 2023
Sweden won’t be in a vulnerable security situation even if Finland joins NATO first, the Finnish president said, as both Nordic membership candidates negotiate bilateral military pacts with the United States. https://t.co/Zzlzll1qht
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 19, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills “simulating a nuclear counterattack”, including the firing of a ballistic missile carrying a mock nuclear warhead, state news agency KCNA reported Mondayhttps://t.co/f3DgyxmduQ
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 19, 2023
Montenegrins are voting in a presidential election that will shape the small Adriatic country’s attitude towards the West and its relations with neighboring Serbia.https://t.co/sMTCsHo8JD
— DW News (@dwnews) March 19, 2023
Prosecuting Donald Trump would be politically motivated, say Republicans https://t.co/GgfgGmvEfM
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 19, 2023
The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago. The rationale for the war was a lie, and the consequences remain to this day.https://t.co/WEvN4NOMU0
— DW News (@dwnews) March 20, 2023
Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight. https://t.co/Zpuu8G8q5P pic.twitter.com/N0x0AMuwV4
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve and several other major central banks announced a coordinated effort Sunday night to boost the flow of US dollars through the global financial system with the aim of keeping credit flowing to households and businesses.