Category: Geopolitics
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Trouble in Paradise
A huge leak of documents called the Paradise Papers are depicting how the rich across the world including UK’s Queen Elizabeth and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau use..
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Trump takes on Asia
US President Donald Trump has embarked on an 11-day trip to Asia during which he will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. What will be his main..
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Trump to meet Jinping
US President Donald Trump will be visiting China as part of his 11-day trip to the Asian region. Jinping has in the past year become one of the most powerful men in the world..
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Syrian request to the UN
Syria has requested the UN to urge condemn airstrikes conducted by Israel in the region. Israel has been involved in the Syrian Civil War as part of the proxy war being fought..
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China’s message to the US
US has revealed that China has conducted bombing drills meant to target the U.S. island territory of Guam. This has increased Pentagon’s growing concerns over..
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Who blinks first?
US Air Force B-1 bombers, accompanied by fighter jets from South Korea and Japan, conducted drills over South Korea, near the Korean peninsula. The drills happened only..
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GCC’s economic future
The International Monetary Fund has warned that a protected impasse between the GCC members could negatively affect the region’s economy. It has been five months..
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The price of oil – Impact
The price of oil rose to its highest since mid-2015. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 59 cents at $61.53 per barrel having hit a session peak of $61.70 earlier. This is the..
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Eurozone on the rise
The Eurozone grew by 0.6% in the three months to September 2017. This is above the expectations set by analysts. According to Eurostat, the growth rate in the past..
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Petro-Yuan’s future
According to reports, China, is set to roll out a yuan-denominated oil contract as early as this year. This could likely play into Russia’s grand plan of reducing US clout..