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China has "the upper hand over American in many fields," feeding into tensions between the two countries, Francesco Sisci, a Beijing-based China expert, author, and columnist, told Sputnik.

Taiwan regional authorities has also signed billions in contracts with the US for latest-generation F-16V fighter jets, M1 Abrams main battle tanks, and the HIMARS rocket system.

Xi said the two countries “should be partners rather than adversaries”, and recognized this year as the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the US and China. Xi added that the world is “big enough” to accommodate “the simultaneous development and prosperity of both China and the US”.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval highlighted Indias policy to leverage digital technology for inclusive economic development during an international security meet in St Petersburg, Russia. He emphasized the need for international cooperation to establish an open, stable, secure, reliable, and inclusive framework for information security. Doval reiterated Indias commitment to collaborate with the international community to counter the misuse of information and communication technologies by te...

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday emphasised that India will continue cooperation for countering misuse of information and communication technologies by terrorists and criminals, as also for countering terror funding.

Ajit Doval stresses Indias commitment to countering terrorism and cybercrime through international cooperation, emphasizing the need for inclusive frameworks, security standards, and capacity building for information security.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday emphasised that India will continue cooperation for countering misuse of information and communication technologies by terrorists and criminals, as also for countering terror ...

Moldova has saved $553 million by buying gas from Russian gas giant Gazprom between November 2021 and November 2022, Vadim Ceban, the head of Moldovan gas company Moldovagaz, said on Tuesday.

Russia is discussing with other BRICS countries the interaction of national financial message transmission systems, and currently 159 foreign participants from 20 countries have already joined the Russian platform, Russian Central Bank Head Elvira Nabiullina told Sputnik.

In the waning days of the Cold War US Secretary of State James Baker made a solemn vow to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand “one inch eastward” beyond a reunited Germany, a promise that was broken in just nine years. Now Russian leaders feel vindicated as the rest of the world is waking up to the increasingly capricious and self-serving nature of 21st-century US foreign policy.