On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of Rubruck had his first audience with the great Khan Mongke at the Khan camp in Mongolia. Rubruck later wrote to King Louis IX of France (also known as Saint Louis) that, when he left the tent, the secretaries and interpreters of Khan asked him “many questions about the Kingdom of France: if it contained a lot of sheep, cattle and horses – as if they were to move and make every effort.” This year marks the 60th anniversary of modern diplomatic relations Between France and Mongolia, but Rubruck’s account reminds…
Author: Frank M. Everett
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New York – In a crowded room overlooking the United Nations headquarters, the lawyer for nuclear justice Kazakh Aigerim Seitenova created his documentary “Jara – Radioactive Patriarcy: Women of Qazaqstan”. Screening took place on the sidelines of the third meeting of the states of the Treaty Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The documentary produces independently finds environmental destruction and the humanitarian effects caused by the 456 nuclear trials carried out in Kazakhstan over 40 years by the Soviet Union. Seitenova, a third generation survivor of Soviet nuclear tests, was motivated to face and understand the nuclear heritage…
The Lobé-Kribi iron ore project in Cameroon is a large-scale mining initiative designed to operate a major iron ore deposit. Directed by Sinosteel Cam SA, a subsidiary of Sinosteel Corporation LTD Chinese, the project includes large infrastructure developments, including mine, treatment facilities, transport networks and a mineral terminal. Once fully operational, it aims to extract 10 million tonnes of ore per year. A report of mid-February of the local NGO for the promotion of development (YPD) warned that the project presents serious social and environmental risks, threatening the health, livelihoods and cultural heritage of communities in the Lobé-Kribi region. Although…
Donald Trump’s US administration openly admitted that one of the reasons for his attempts to re-engage and rebuild good relations with Russia is to gain a lever effect on China (the so-called inverted Kissinger or the inverted Nixon). The calm or even indifferent reactions of Beijing to Trump’s reconciliation signals with Vladimir Putin can confirm that, whatever the American intentions, the outcome of the Russian-US dialogue would be beneficial for China. First, it is quite obvious that the “Kissinger inverted” is not possibleAnd China knows it. This idea is based on the false assumption that the United States can (to…
Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are generally considered to be the greatest threats to the United States, but to what extent the public favors these threats is less clear. The four have the independent means of threatening regional American interests, if not worldwide, while greater cooperation in the four creates a Unique safety challenge to continuous world leadership. Three already have nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States while the fourth, Iran, could in the predictable future. The four also engaged in various cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns targeting the United States. The invasion of Ukraine by RussiaAnd…
Since the unprecedented break between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 28, the Japanese government has struggled to face the rapidly evolving situation. The opposition parties call Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to unite their forces with European countries who have expressed their solidarity with Ukraine, but Ishiba has maintained a neutral position, suggesting that he wants to avoid aggravating links with the American government led by Trump, the only ally in Japan. Responding to the confrontation of the White House between Trump and Zelensky, the leaders of the main Western countries explicitly expressed their unwavering…
Politicususa is without advertising, without business and brought you thanks to the support of our readers. Please consider supporting our work by becoming a subscriber.Lost among Trump’s chaos, illegal actions and civil servants is the fact that the government should lack money in a week and close.Normally, the Republicans could count on the Democrats to stand with fire extinguishers and hands on the emergency brake while the GOP tried to drive the fiery house clown car and take the country with them.This time, Democrats have a new message for Mike Johnson and Donald Trump.You are alone.Semafor has reported:”It is antipatriotic…
Since the technician based in Bengaluru, Autul Subhash, died by suicide last year, leaving a video message accusing his wife and their case of divorce in progress for his death, there have been many debates in India on the question of whether the laws specific to the gender of the country, like that of domestic violence, “discriminated” against men. The human rights groups, in particular, have directed the request for “neutral laws of the genre”. The reality, however, as the legal experts and women’s rights are very different. The question of domestic violence must be understood in the context of…
Taipei, Taiwan – no country should expect to suppress China and maintain good relations with it, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, while he warned a reaction if the United States tried to contain his country. But in response to questions on American relations when President Donald Trump begins his second term, Wang also held the prospect of a successful partnership between the two biggest economies in the world.”No country should fantasize that it can remove China and maintain a good relationship with China at the same time,” Wang told a press conference on the sidelines of the…