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An upcoming debate on Britain’s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands has reportedly been delayed after US backlash.

Chen Zhi is the chairman of the Prince Group, a vast Cambodian conglomerate that the U.S. has accused of participating in significant online scam operations. He has been sent to China to face charges.

Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela will be "turning over" $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a significant negotiation that would redirect supplies from China while assisting Venezuela in avoiding deeper oil production cuts.

The UK is set to receive an influx of cheap Chinese imports that could lower inflation amid the effects of Donald Trump’s global trade war, leading economists have said.

Rosatom’s enormous budgets, opaque transactions, and broad powers create the perfect breeding ground for rampant corruption.

The pro-democracy media tycoon faces a potential life sentence after being found guilty of collaborating with foreign forces and publishing seditious material. Rights groups described the ruling as a "sham conviction" and a warning to journalists globally.

Nepal’s anti-corruption agency charges former ministers, senior officials, and a Chinese construction firm with embezzling $74 million during the construction of Pokhara’s international airport, raising concerns over inflated costs and compromised safety.

The proposed Chinese embassy could offer “security benefits”, No 10 said, amid speculation Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Beijing if the London diplomatic complex is approved.

The media continue uncovering how Russia’s largest grey-market electronics supply chain — previously exposed by the Financial Times — has quietly reconstructed itself using new companies in the UAE, Seychelles and China, after part of the original scheme was disrupted in early 2023.

“This is the most corrupt governance that I have seen in my lifetime,” he said during a speech at Chatham House in central London this week.

A large supply chain for sanctioned electronics, set up in 2022 by the Merlion Group (owned by Citylink owners Alexey Abramov, Oleg Karchev, and Vladislav Mangutov) via Moscow-based Marsala LLC, is still functioning in Russia.

Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped through a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly to Russia, but now he finds himself on trial in a Brooklyn courtroom.

China, Russia, and North Korea’s de facto alliance risks creating a "new world order" which could lead to Tokyo facing a three-front contingency in the future, a report released by a think tank of Japan’s defense ministry said.

Brussels — The Dutch government on Wednesday halted its decision to seize control of the Netherlands-based, Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia.

The resolution, which includes mentions of an independent Palestine, was approved by a vote of 13-0, with China and Russia abstaining.

China has financed investment worth tens of billions of pounds in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which provided it access to military-grade technology.

China sent coast guard vessels through waters near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid escalating tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan.

China’s carbon dioxide emissions have remained steady or decreased for 18 months, analysis shows, supporting hopes that the world’s largest polluter has achieved its peak CO2 emissions target earlier than planned.

Authorities seized London properties — and dinosaur skeletons — from a man previously wanted for questioning in connection with a massive money laundering investigation in Singapore. Meanwhile, a fugitive in the case also purchased luxury London real estate.

A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam exceeding £5.5 billion managed to evade British authorities for years while staying in luxury hotels and sightseeing across Europe, a court has been told.

Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers.

China’s president Xi Jinping attended the official launch of a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier on Wednesday as the country makes moves to rival the US navy.

UK academics whose research criticizes China say they have been targeted, and their universities subjected to "extremely heavy" pressure from Beijing, leading to calls for a reassessment of the sector’s reliance on tuition fee income from Chinese students.