By FRANK BAJAK

In an ominous but vague warning, China said Friday that it was drawing up a list of “unreliable” foreign companies, organizations and individuals for targeting in what could signal retaliation for U.S. sanctions on the Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei.

by Xinhua writer Bai Xu

CANBERRA, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The ancient Chinese philosophical sage Mencius once said: "A just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust cause finds little."

The ancient Chinese aphorism came true when the isolated villainous king in William Shakespeare's play Richard III shouted "my kingdom for a horse," only to meet his doom at last.

Apparently, the East and the West, despite their cultural differences, share some similar cautionary tales against the danger of isolation.

by Ramzy Baroud

The Deal of the Century has inspired much discussion about Washington’s latest political gambit in the Middle East. Largely excluded from the debate, however, is the emotional toll involving the Arab peoples everywhere.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Six months after a Chinese scientist was widely scorned for helping to make the world’s first gene-edited babies, he remains out of public view, and new information suggests that others may be interested in pursuing the same kind of work outside the United States.

A fertility clinic in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai emailed scientist He Jiankui to seek training in gene editing, Stanford University bioethicist Dr. William Hurlbut said ahead of a speech Tuesday at the World Science Festival in New York.

by Maysam Behravesh

Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering miscalculations and accidents, have been running high since the Trump administration designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation and revoked sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian oil.

by Henrik Böhme

24 May 2019; DW: The trade spat between Washington and Beijing has reached a new level, with the successful Chinese telecoms equipment provider Huawei stuck in the center. DW's Henrik Böhme asks where this all will end.

By K J M Varma

Beijing, May 25 (PTI) India should cut interest rates further and adopt consistent policies for the export of agricultural produce to enable Indian exporters to take advantage of the current US-China trade war, industry body Ficci's President Sandip Somany said Saturday.

by Nicole Goebel

Angela Merkel was right to take in nearly 1 million refugees in 2015, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview. He also revealed how he got Donald Trump to kiss him.

Jean-Claude Juncker has praised Angela Merkel for her controversial decision to let in nearly 1 million refugees in the autumn of 2015.

by Osama Othman

21 May 2019; MEMO: An American-led war on Iran is still a possibility, despite the fact that US President Donald Trump has openly expressed his lack of enthusiasm for it now, in contrast to his National Security Advisor John Bolton.

By Seema Khan

The landslide victory for the Narendra Modi led BJP government has taken everyone by surprise with many raising eyebrows at the role of election commission, suspected to be hand in gloves with the winning party.

by Ryan Fahey

22 May 2019; MEMO: Since coming to office, US President Donald Trump has grabbed headlines for his loud declarations; that he called the Saudi king and demanded more “protection money”, that he has demanded oil producing countries increase supplies and reduce costs, and most recently that Iran must buckle under the pressure of his sanctions and agree to new terms to end the blockade.

NEW ORLEANS, the United States, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese trading partners are vital to the development of U.S. port businesses and long-term U.S.-China collaboration is mutually beneficial, a senior U.S. port official has said.

"China is a very important trading partner. We shipped about 12 million tons of cargo to China last year. That's not a small amount," said Paul Aucoin, executive director of the Port of South Louisiana, the largest tonnage port in the United States, during a recent interview with Xinhua.