Kazakhstan holds referendum to move past Nazarbayev era

Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 5 (AFP/APP): Voting was underway in Kazakhstan Sunday for a referendum to overhaul the constitution after deadly unrest in January ended the founding leader Nursultan Nazarbayev’s three-decade grip on Central Asia’s richest country. The bloodshed — which grew out of peaceful protests […]

As EU squeezes Russia, Serbia embraces old ally

Belgrade, June 3 (AFP/APP): While the European Union scrambles to isolate Russia and reduce energy imports from the country, EU candidate Serbia is tightening its bond with Moscow through a new gas supply deal. Belgrade has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United […]

Biden announces military help to Ukraine

WASHINGTON – June 1 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden has announced the US will send medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine to aid its forces as they struggle to stall Russian progress, in an apparent change of mind. The US president said on Monday that Washington […]

China says not competing for influence in South Pacific

Port Vila, Vanuatu, June 1 (AFP/APP):China has insisted it has “no intention to compete” for influence in the South Pacific as foreign minister Wang Yi and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong again jetted around the region Wednesday on duelling diplomatic charm offensives. In a statement […]

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