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Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian body

Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Japan supports an open, free, and secure internet, as well as the application of international norms to state activities in cyberspace. The country should be the primary focus of EU efforts to develop a shared cyber-security agenda in the Indo-Pacific.

Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian body

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine is interested in cooperation with Lithuania in cybersecurity, in particular, at the level of cybercenters operating on the basis of NEC Ukrenergo and NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

Chan Ying on the politics of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997). First published in 1997 in Workers' Liberty magazine. Deng Xiaoping, the second paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China, died on 19 February [1997] at the age of 92. He had reached an advanced stage of Parkinson’s Disease and eventually suffered respiratory and circulation failure.

I am very happy to welcome President Duque here today, what a pleasure. And it is a pleasure to host a really close friend and like-minded partner. Today, …

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, joined Metropolitan Hilarion, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, in an Eastern-rite prayer service at the Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, and together venerated the Crown of Thorns.

This time last year, volunteers and I were busy writing and translating articles to prepare for the New Citizens Movement trials. Many Chinese voices were speaking out forcefully against these trials: law professors, rights lawyers, liberal commentators, as well as a group that called itself the “New Beijingers.” They were Beijing residents and taxpayers without Beijing

As Hong Kong’s legislature began debate this week on the reform package that could shape the future of the local political system, the former British colony’s pro-democracy lawmakers swore again they will reject electoral reforms proposed by the Chinese Communist Party leadership in Beijing. More than 1,000 people gathered outside government buildings as debate began on