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The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday that trade discussions with a U.S. delegation to New Delhi were “positive” and “forward-looking.”

Chinese state media attempted to portray the “radical right wing” as the real threat looming in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a Tuesday editorial from the state-run Global Times, depicting alleged killer Tyler Robinson as a product of the right.

U.S. Tennis star Taylor Townsend has apologized to China after her social media joke about Chinese food backfired.

India’s participation in military exercises with Moscow and its purchases of Russian oil “stand in the way of closer ties” with the EU.

The Chinese Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it fired water cannons at Filipino ships near the Scarborough Shoal, a feature China is attempting to seize by force in defiance of international law.

“Evil is on the rise in America, and overseas,” says author and talk show host Bill O’Reilly. “Evil is very simple: It’s when one human being hurts another human being on purpose with no remorse.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a trip to Poland on Monday that European powers should join forces with his Communist dictatorship to “oppose the arbitrary tariffs” imposed by President Donald Trump, because they “violate international trade rules and harm the legitimate interests of all countries.”

The young protesters who overthrew the government of Communist Party leader K.P. Sharma Oli last week also made a point of storming the Communist Party headquarters and throwing down its infamous hammer and sickle flag.

Vigils were held around the world for slain free speech advocate and Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk.

South Korean artist Choi Siwon of the boy band Super Junior faced a torrent of anger and calls for his firing over the weekend after publishing an Instagram story featuring an image mourning American conservative commentator and organizer Charlie Kirk.

For Beijing, the decisive moment came when Trump’s threat proved real. “If there hadn’t been a deal,” Bessent said, “then TikTok would’ve gone dark in 48 hours.”

Two men accused of spying for China in Britain including a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament will no longer face prosecution.

Conservative youth groups in Seoul, South Korea, organized memorial sites for mourners to honor the legacy of commentator and activist Charlie Kirk in the days following his assassination, assembling the largest one yet on Monday before the iconic Sungnyemun Gate.

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday tried to score a few political points from the assassination of Charlie Kirk, quoting “Chinese analysts” who said the killing proved “solutions to gun violence still remain out of reach.”

Protests in Nepal, dubbed the “Gen Z protest” because so many of the participants are young people, continued to escalate on Tuesday with more reports of vandalism, arson, and fatal shootings by police. Nepal’s Communist government was toppled by the protesters on Tuesday with the resignation of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.

The Chinese Communist government announced on Wednesday that it will create a “national nature reserve” in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, using Filipino land the Chinese have occupied by force. The announcement was clearly an effort to consolidate Beijing’s grip on the shoal despite international tribunal rulings against China’s expansive territorial claims.

A video circulating this week showed Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joking about the viral imp Labubu dolls during a recent visit to China, prompting China’s Global Times propaganda outlet on Tuesday to celebrate the doll as a “global sensation.”

Cuba Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva claimed this week that the Castro regime negotiated a “restructuring” of its undisclosed financial debt to China, Cuban state outlets reported.

The Taliban terrorist organization running Afghanistan and the Chinese Communist Party, who have become increasingly close since the demise of the legitimate Afghan government in 2021, both condemned Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday following a “precise strike” against the jihadist group Hamas in Qatar.

An article published on Monday in the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, featured the byline of NBA superstar LeBron James – although it featured edited comments offered to the publication and was not an essay written by the athlete.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich traveled to New Delhi on Monday to sign a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) with Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Taiwan’s proposed budget includes a $32.8 million spending increase for the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs.

The South Korean government is reportedly displeased by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Ellabell, Georgia last Thursday, in which 300 South Korean nationals were detained for working without proper immigration papers at a battery plant.

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping commanded the members of BRICS, a security and trade bloc designed to undermine the United States, on Monday to “jointly defend multilateralism” during a virtual “summit.”

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is preparing for a special election in October to replace outgoing Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who announced his resignation after less than a year in office on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised President Donald Trump for imposing “secondary sanctions” on India in response to its massive purchases of Russian oil, stating in an interview this weekend that doing so was the “right idea.”

The World Health Organization is pleading with the Taliban to accept female aid workers for victims of the September 1 earthquake.

With an op ed by LeBron James published in China’s state-run media, it is clear that the NBA is apparently still groveling to the communists.

Police reportedly opened fire on demonstrators in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after protests against a government ban on most social media platforms swelled to enormous size on Monday. The official casualty count included 19 dead and 150 injured as of Monday afternoon.

The FBI and Capitol Police are reportedly investigating a string of fake emails sent to House staffers by Chinese hackers masquerading as Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down as his Liberal Democratic Party slumps in the polls and critics blast his government over its “African Hometown” program seen as a backdoor scheme to enable mass migration from Africa to Japan.

South Korea has temporarily backed off on an anti-American regulation designed to discriminate against American companies after the Trump administration called out these policies while promoting America First trade priorities.

President Donald Trump said Friday that both India and Russia appeared to be “lost” to China days after leaders from the three countries met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in China.

Chinese fast-fashion company Shein said on Thursday it will investigate an advertisement posted on its website that used a model, real or AI-generated, who looked a great deal like accused murderer Luigi Mangione.

Cryptocurrency experts are warning that the industry is now under constant attack by North Korean hackers running elaborate recruiting scams.

While strolling down the red carpet at China’s massive World War 2 victory parade on Wednesday, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Russian warlord Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot microphone discussing the use of organ transplants to dramatically extend their lifespans.