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Voices affirming unity and the need to reject bloc confrontation have come under the spotlight in the just-concluded three-day summit here by Asean leaders with Asian and Western counterparts.
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A North Korean defector living in South Korea, who wished to be identified only by her surname, Kim, panicked when she heard that the border between North Korea and China had reopened. On Aug. 26, North Korea said it would allow its citizens staying overseas ― mostly in China and Russia ― to return home and they would be placed in quarantine for a week once they arrive in the North.
Cécile Fromont, Professor, History of Art, and Didac Queralt, Assistant Professor, Political Science, have been awarded the 2023 international book prizes by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. Cécile Fromont received the 2023 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize for best book for Images on a Mission in Early Modern
Erdoğan has long-running concerns that the strategic sea should not be a ‘Russian lake.’
Former Turkish navy rear admiral Cihat Yayci says making a deal with Russia is 'like going to bed with a bear - you can get scratched any time'.