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S. Korea, US hold first joint Army special operations drills of year

The Army’s special operations troops wrapped up this year’s first combined exercise with the U.S. Green Berets on Friday, officials said, amid joint efforts to hone combat capabilities against North Korean threats.The exercise took place at Rodriguez Live Fire...

UN climate chief says ‘torrents not trickles’ of finance are needed to meet goals

The UN’s most senior climate official has said “torrents not trickles” of finance are needed if the world is to achieve its Cop goals.In a keynote speech in Baku, Azerbaijan, which will host the Cop29 UN Climate Conference in...

Ukraine, Romania and Moldova start discussing a project to increase reverse gas flows

The operators of gas transportation systems (GTS) of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova have started discussing a project to increase the reverse capacity of the Trans-Balkan pipeline.According to TASS, citing the press service of the Ukrainian GTS Operator (OGTSU)“The Ukrainian...

Kazakhstan proposes the establishment of a joint association of technoparks of SCO member states

Kazakhstan’s Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Musin has proposed the creation of a joint alliance of technoparks of SCO countries.Sputnik-Kazakhstan reported.According to Musin, the main goal of the alliance is to share startup projects and...

Xi Focus: Xi stresses development of new productive forces, high-quality development

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to accelerate the development of new productive forces and firmly promote high-quality development.Xi made the remarks on Wednesday while presiding over a group...

EU Ambassador ready for close cooperation with next Georgian Government

The EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, expressed readiness for close and constructive cooperation with the next government of Georgia.“We have been working very closely with the previous government, and the previous Prime Minister. On December 14 of last...

Korea, US, Japan join forces to enhance cybersecurity, network, digital capabilities

Korea has agreed to strengthen cooperation in the digital field, including cybersecurity, network technology and digital capacity building, with the United States and Japan in a meeting with representatives of the three countries’ digital sectors, the ICT ministry said...

OPEC+ monitoring committee to meet online to assess oil market conditions

The OPEC+ Ministerial Monitoring Committee will meet on Thursday in a videoconference format to assess the current situation in the oil market.According to APA, citing TASS, this time only the ministerial monitoring meeting is planned, where the participants of...

South Korea to sharpen message to NK: envoy

South Korea aims to convey a more specific message to the North Korean leadership this year, emphasizing that provocations will only strengthen the South’s alignment with the United States and Japan, the country’s Ambassador to the United States Cho...

Russia not in talks on gas transit through Ukraine with either Brussels or Kiev — Novak

Russia is currently not in talks on gas transit through Ukraine with either Brussels or Kiev, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters.“Currently there are no negotiations,” he said. Novak added that the possibility of selling gas to...

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